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Architecting Production AI Across Clouds: Patterns That Decide System Survival

In production, enterprise AI rarely fails at the model. It fails in the architecture around it. Here are the cross-cutting patterns that work.

September 16, 2026

by VenkataSrinivas Kantamneni

· 3,171 Views · 1 Like

Data Governance for the Agentic Era

This article explores how modern data governance and AI-ready architecture help enterprises manage data quality, risk, compliance, and AI at scale.

September 14, 2026

by Dr Gopala Krishna Behara

CORE

· 2,612 Views · 3 Likes

Porting GPU Drivers to Rust on ARM64: The Hardest Trial for Kernel-Level Computing

Rust in the Linux kernel is gaining traction, but GPU drivers are the real test, where complex memory, synchronization, and recovery paths make C bugs costly.

September 14, 2026

by Aakash Chaudhary

· 1,927 Views · 1 Like

A Firewall for AI Agents: Enforce Authority at Every Tool Call

The control that actually stops an AI agent from causing harm runs on its tool calls, not on the words going into the model.

September 14, 2026

by Jithu Paulose

· 2,539 Views · 1 Like

How to Perform Response Verification in REST-Assured Java for API Testing: Part 2

Master REST-Assured response verification in Java with Hamcrest Matchers, JSON assertions, API validations, and real-world examples.

September 11, 2026

by Faisal Khatri

CORE

· 3,072 Views · 4 Likes

Why Continuous Application Security Testing Is No Longer Optional

Point-in-time vulnerability testing is just a snapshot. In today’s threat environment, continuous application security testing shows real security posture.

September 11, 2026

by Jigar Shah

· 2,663 Views · 2 Likes

Prompt Caching: Overriding Tokenization for Faster and More Cost-Effective AI

Prompt caching allows AI systems to reuse the processing of unchanged token sequences, resulting in faster inference, lower latency, and reduced costs.

September 11, 2026

by Ravi Ranjan Shahi

· 3,771 Views · 2 Likes

Replacing JSON With Protobuf in Your Microservice Mesh: A Zero-Downtime Migration Blueprint

JSON hurts at scale. Protobuf cuts payload size by ~72%, reduces CPU overhead, and enforces typed contracts. However, it needs careful schema management.

September 11, 2026

by Bansidhar kadiya

· 3,766 Views · 3 Likes

Improving Repeated Analytics Workloads With Databricks Disk Cache

Databricks disk cache speeds up repeated reads from curated Parquet or Delta tables, but it works best with good table design and partitioning.

September 11, 2026

by Harsh Patel

· 2,449 Views · 1 Like

Member Spotlight: Abhishek Sharma

Meet DZone community member Abhishek Sharma as he shares his tech journey, continuous learning, enterprise architecture insights, and life beyond work.

September 11, 2026

by Dominique Pugh

· 3,191 Views · 2 Likes

How to Test GET API Requests With Playwright TypeScript

Learn how to test GET API requests using Playwright with TypeScript, including params, headers, timeouts, and status code validation.

September 10, 2026

by Faisal Khatri

CORE

· 3,340 Views · 5 Likes

Part 2: Securing and Scaling Goose-to-Java Agent Traffic With agentgateway

Deploy agentgateway as a security proxy between Goose AI agents and Quarkus MCP servers to enforce JWT auth, RBAC, and tool-poisoning guardrails.

September 9, 2026

by Daniel Oh

CORE

· 3,876 Views · 2 Likes

Pipelines on Fire: Why Your CI/CD Tools Are the New Cyber Battlefield

Learn why CI/CD pipelines are becoming major security targets and how to protect runners, secrets, AI tools, and software supply chains.

September 9, 2026

by Igboanugo David Ugochukwu

CORE

· 3,062 Views · 2 Likes

Kubernetes Says Ready. Your LLM Still Isn’t.

Kubernetes can say Ready before an LLM can infer. Measure the gap, then make the readiness check a real inference in production.

September 9, 2026

by Shamsher Khan

CORE

· 3,266 Views · 2 Likes

Memory-First Indexes in SQL Server 2025: Redefining Performance for Hybrid Workloads

Learn how SQL Server 2025 memory-first indexing can accelerate hybrid transactional and analytical workloads by reducing disk I/O and latency.

September 9, 2026

by arvind toorpu

CORE

· 2,632 Views · 3 Likes

Cutting Telemetry Volume Is Not the Same as Cutting Noise

A volume target removes bytes, not noise. Once easy cuts run out, you pay in answers you won't have. Govern the questions your team asks, not bytes per day.

September 8, 2026

by Severin Neumann

· 2,867 Views · 3 Likes

Optimize an AI Agent to Sound Human, Judged by an AI Detector

Use LaunchDarkly agent optimization to make an AI agent's replies sound human against GPTZero, an AI detector, as an inverted judge.

September 8, 2026

by Scarlett Attensil

· 2,809 Views · 2 Likes

What Actually Makes AI Infrastructure Agents More Reliable (It's Not More Agents)

Single AI agents fail during incidents. Four specialized agents — supervisor, telemetry, reasoning, action — handle observability more reliably.

September 8, 2026

by Kinjal Vaishnav

· 2,368 Views · 2 Likes

Architecting Trust: Agentic Microservice Testing Strategies in the Era of Non-Deterministic AI

Learn how to test, monitor, and deploy reliable agentic AI and multi-agent systems in enterprise environments using modern testing and CI/CD strategies.

September 8, 2026

by Viquar Khan

CORE

· 2,932 Views · 1 Like

Prevent Duplicate API Calls With Idempotency: Patterns That Work

A timeout doesn't prove failure. Reserve an Idempotency-Key before any side effect, back it with a unique DB index, and replay the recorded outcome on every retry.

September 8, 2026

by Manjeera Chanda

· 1,930 Views · 2 Likes

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