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Standards as the Invisible Infrastructure of Software

Standards align ecosystems, preserve knowledge, and prevent fragmentation — enabling portability, innovation, and long-term stability.

March 13, 2026

by Otavio Santana

CORE

· 2,927 Views

Best Practices to Make Your Data AI-Ready

In this article, I share best practices for building a high-quality data management framework to support AI initiatives.

March 9, 2026

by Mykhailo Kopyl

· 4,839 Views · 1 Like

Autoscaling Is Not Elasticity

Autoscaling is reactive, not resilient. Without caps, metrics, or overrides, it can worsen failures. True elasticity requires policy, testing, and bottleneck awareness.

March 5, 2026

by David Iyanu Jonathan

· 1,993 Views

Infrastructure as Code Is Not Enough

Learn about why Infrastructure as Code alone can't ensure reliability and how intent, policy, and feedback loops create self-correcting, resilient systems.

March 4, 2026

by Venkatesan Thirumalai

· 2,811 Views

Implementing Decentralized Data Architecture on Google BigQuery: From Data Mesh to AI Excellence

Traditional centralized data lakes don’t scale for AI. A Data Mesh not only decentralizes data ownership by domain but also enforces federated governance.

March 3, 2026

by Jubin Soni, FBCS

CORE

· 2,875 Views · 1 Like

What Actually Breaks During Large-Scale S/4HANA Conversions (And How to Prevent It)

S/4HANA migrations break custom ABAP code and interfaces unless you proactively refactor code, SQL, and integrations to support the new data model and semantics.

March 3, 2026

by Deepika Paturu

· 1,628 Views

Edge Computing's Infrastructure Problem: What Two Years of Factory Visits Actually Revealed

Most edge computing remains cloud-dependent, with genuine use cases limited to strict latency or connectivity needs — making it more marketing than architecture.

February 25, 2026

by Igboanugo David Ugochukwu

CORE

· 1,623 Views · 2 Likes

Amazon Q Developer for AI Infrastructure: Architecting Automated ML Pipelines

Master Amazon Q Developer for ML infrastructure. Automate SageMaker pipelines, optimize GPU resources, and accelerate AI development cycles.

February 20, 2026

by Jubin Soni, FBCS

CORE

· 1,880 Views · 1 Like

From On-Call to On-Guard: Hardening Incident Response Against Security-Driven Outages

Security incidents now cause outages. This article shows why SRE and security must share command, tooling, and automation to reduce response time.

February 18, 2026

by Oreoluwa Omoike

· 1,475 Views

Backing Up Azure Infrastructure with Python and Aztfexport

We treat code as a first-class citizen, but our actual cloud state often drifts. Here’s how to build a Python-based “Time Machine” for Azure.

February 12, 2026

by Dippu Kumar Singh

· 1,535 Views

ITSM Uncovered: How IT Teams Keep Businesses Running Smoothly

Modern ITSM is evolving from ticket-based incident handling into intelligent, automated resilience for cloud-native systems.

February 6, 2026

by Akshay Pratinav

· 1,696 Views · 1 Like

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

· 1,981 Views · 1 Like

Vibe Coding Part 3 — Building a Data Quality Framework in Scala and PySpark

How GenAI-assisted “vibe coding” can simplify building PySpark wrappers over Scala Spark libraries when you know what you’re doing.

January 23, 2026

by Bipin Patwardhan

· 1,345 Views · 2 Likes

Scaling Infrastructure as Code in Enterprise Automation

Tools like Ansible enable modernization but introduce a coding skills gap. This article outlines a pattern to democratize automation using intermediate tooling.

January 19, 2026

by Dippu Kumar Singh

· 1,454 Views

Self-Healing Infrastructure Automation Platform That Reduced MTTR by 40%

How we built a self-healing infrastructure automation platform, enabling faster recovery, lower on-call load, and reliability that scales with the system.

January 19, 2026

by Venkatesan Thirumalai

· 2,819 Views · 1 Like

How Unified Data Pipelines Transform Modern AI Infrastructure

AI now uses diverse data types, and old pipelines struggle. Unified data flows centralize data, simplifying management and improving model training and performance.

December 31, 2025

by Samuel Ogbonna

· 1,701 Views · 1 Like

Implementing Automated Validation and Anomaly Detection

Ensure high-quality data in large-scale pipelines with automated validation, anomaly detection, and scalable frameworks that maintain accuracy and consistency.

December 23, 2025

by Venkataram Poosapati

· 1,956 Views · 1 Like

Looking at the Evolving Landscape of ITSM Through the Lens of AI

Elevating the ITSM Experience with Intelligent Workflows, Predictive Insights, and Autonomous Service Experiences for Smarter IT Operations.

December 18, 2025

by Atish Kumar Dash

· 1,297 Views · 1 Like

2026 IaC Predictions: The Year Infrastructure Finally Grows Up

Learn about the top 2026 cloud predictions, from AI-generated IaC to automated fixes and faster recovery, helping teams stay in control as automation grows.

December 15, 2025

by Aharon Twizer

· 1,901 Views

How GPU Power Is Shaping the Next Wave of Generative AI

The next wave of GenAI will be shaped not by model design, but by how effectively organizations secure and scale GPU compute.

December 11, 2025

by Igor Voronin

· 858 Views · 1 Like

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