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Mastering Fluent Bit: Developer Guide to Routing to Prometheus (Part 13)

This intro to mastering Fluent Bit covers the first pattern for developers routing telemetry pipeline metrics to Prometheus, with hands-on examples.

February 2, 2026

by Eric D. Schabell

CORE

· 1,256 Views

From LLMs to Agents: How BigID is Enabling Secure Agentic AI for Data Governance

BigID leverages agentic AI to move beyond traditional LLMs, enabling secure, autonomous data discovery, governance, and real-time decision-making at enterprise scale.

January 30, 2026

by Satish Gaddipati

· 1,947 Views · 1 Like

Testcontainers Explained: Bringing Real Services to Your Test Suite

Testcontainers enables realistic integration testing with broad language support while balancing fidelity, performance, and nuanced adoption strategies.

January 30, 2026

by Ammar Husain

CORE

· 1,784 Views · 2 Likes

ToolOrchestra vs Mixture of Experts: Routing Intelligence at Scale

Learn about two fundamental architectural patterns reshaping how we build intelligent systems. Explore ToolOrchestra, Mixture of Experts (MoE), and other AI patterns.

January 30, 2026

by Vidyasagar (Sarath Chandra) Machupalli FBCS

CORE

· 2,369 Views · 2 Likes

Ralph Wiggum Ships Code While You Sleep. Agile Asks: Should It?

AI makes code cheap, not thinking. When cost disappears, Agile principles supply discipline so teams don’t build the wrong thing faster at scale with AI.

January 30, 2026

by Stefan Wolpers

CORE

· 2,181 Views · 1 Like

Essential Techniques for Production Vector Search Systems, Part 3: Filterable HNSW

Proven techniques for production vector search, including when to use each one, how to combine them effectively, and trade-offs to understand before deployment.

January 30, 2026

by Pavan Vemuri

CORE

· 1,843 Views · 2 Likes

TPU vs GPU: Real-World Performance Testing for LLM Training on Google Cloud

H100 GPUs are best for flexibility, fast iteration, and custom CUDA work. TPU v5p wins on GCP for large-scale LLM training with better cost efficiency and scaling.

January 30, 2026

by Jubin Soni, FBCS

CORE

· 4,427 Views

Automating TDD: Using AI to Generate Edge-Case Unit Tests

This article demonstrates a "Threat-Model-First" workflow where we use AI not just to write code, but to aggressively attack our logic before we implement it.

January 30, 2026

by Nikita Kothari

· 2,457 Views

Designing Irreversible Security Release at Hyper-Scale: Lessons Learned From Things You Can’t Undo

Engineers rely on rollback to keep systems stable—but sometimes it isn’t possible. This article explores irreversible changes and why baking and testing matter.

January 30, 2026

by Arun Anbumani

· 1,185 Views

Mentorship in Modern Engineering Teams: The ROI Question in the Age of AI

This article combines practical mentoring experience with an analysis of how AI alters the junior career path, focusing on what teams should realistically expect today.

January 30, 2026

by Daniel Gonik

· 1,358 Views

Modernizing Applications with the 7 Rs Strategy – A CTO's Guide

The 7 Rs framework helps you choose the smartest path to modernize every application, reduce legacy risk, and align your tech stack with future business goals.

January 29, 2026

by Pranay Parmar

· 2,522 Views · 1 Like

Preventing Cache Stampedes at Scale

High-concurrency systems — especially retail, travel, ticketing, or any “hot product” scenarios — often face cache stampedes (aka "thundering herd", "dogpiling"). Here's a practical pattern for managing concurrent data requests.

January 29, 2026

by Vikas Mittal

· 1,726 Views

Reliable AI Agent Architecture for Mobile: Timeouts, Retries, and Idempotent Tool Calls

Ship reliable mobile agents: timeout everything, retry by error class, persist steps across restarts, and require idempotency keys for write tools.

January 29, 2026

by Mohan Sankaran

· 2,267 Views · 6 Likes

5 Technical Strategies for Scaling SaaS Applications

In this article, I want to take a closer look at the pitfalls of popular SaaS scaling strategies, drawing on my own experience, and share the lessons learned.

January 29, 2026

by Mykhailo Kopyl

· 2,067 Views · 1 Like

AI Awareness for File-Based Work: The Risk of Silent Failure

A real Gemini Pro session shows how AI can look “done” while skipping uploaded data and ignoring STOP commands — creating silent failure risk without verification.

January 29, 2026

by Mallesh Miryala

· 1,225 Views

Cognitive Load-Aware DevOps: Improving SRE Reliability

SRE reliability depends on human cognition as much as infrastructure. Reducing cognitive load is key to resilient systems.

January 29, 2026

by Oreoluwa Omoike

· 2,616 Views

Automating AWS Glue Infra and Code Reviews With RAG and Amazon Bedrock

Automate AWS Glue reviews with infra-first RAG governance, enforcing enterprise standards, reducing manual work, and shifting checks left.

January 29, 2026

by pooja chhabra

· 2,071 Views

Cloud Systems Drift: What Happens When Exceptions Become the System

Cloud systems drift when exceptions accumulate, and decisions lose connection to original objectives. Clear requirements and early security design prevent sprawl.

January 29, 2026

by Kevin Maki

· 4,226 Views