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An Automated Inventory Pattern for Managing AWS EC2

Here is a practical automation pattern using Python, Boto3, and Pandas to visualize your AWS EC2 inventory without expensive SaaS tools.

January 21, 2026

by Dippu Kumar Singh

· 1,715 Views

Docker Hardened Images for Container Security

Docker Hardened Images (DHI) let Docker handle base image security, so your team can focus on building features instead of chasing vulnerabilities.

January 20, 2026

by Siri Varma Vegiraju

CORE

· 2,293 Views · 2 Likes

A Step-by-Step Guide to AWS Lambda Durable Functions

Build long-running workflows by separating orchestration from execution, persisting state, and using events or callbacks to pause and resume without holding compute.

January 20, 2026

by Lakshmi Narayana Rasalay

· 3,397 Views

Coding Exercise: Database Migration Tool in NodeJS

A practical example of a database schema migration tool written in pure NodeJS. We determine the requirements, design, and implement all components, including tests.

January 19, 2026

by Eduard Dykman

· 2,101 Views · 3 Likes

Prompt Injection Defense Architecture: Sandboxed Tools, Allowlists, and Typed Calls

Treat tool calls as untrusted. Only allow approved tools per feature, validate typed args, and run tools in a sandbox with least privilege.

January 19, 2026

by Mohan Sankaran

· 1,936 Views · 6 Likes

Stop Debugging Code That Works: Identifying False Failures in Kubernetes

How to tell real Kubernetes deployment failures from false alarms by verifying builds, pods, and image digests instead of trusting platform status.

January 19, 2026

by Janani Annur Thiruvengadam

CORE

· 3,760 Views · 3 Likes

Architecting Observability in Kubernetes with OpenTelemetry and Fluent Bit

Microservices solve scalability problems but introduce troubleshooting nightmares. Here is a practical architectural pattern to unify logs, metrics, and traces.

January 13, 2026

by Dippu Kumar Singh

· 5,526 Views · 1 Like

MCP Servers Are Everywhere, but Most Are Collecting Dust: Key Lessons We Learned to Avoid That

Teams rushing to build MCP servers are discovering that enthusiasm doesn’t translate into usefulness. This article unpacks why and how to make your MCP server valuable.

January 13, 2026

by Thomas Johnson

CORE

· 2,621 Views · 4 Likes

Supercharge AI Workflows on Azure: Remote MCP Tool Triggers + Your First TypeScript MCP Server

Remote MCP in Azure Functions exposes serverless tools for AI assistants, enabling scalable, cloud-native workflows with Azure services and bindings.

January 13, 2026

by Swapnil Nagar

· 2,097 Views · 1 Like

The Rise of Diskless Kafka: Rethinking Brokers, Storage, and the Kafka Protocol

Diskless Kafka stores all event data in object storage without using brokers for scalable and cost-efficient data streaming architectures.

January 9, 2026

by Kai Wähner

CORE

· 1,780 Views · 2 Likes

How to Build and Deploy an AI Agent on Kubernetes With AWS Bedrock, FastAPI and Helm

Learn how to build, containerize, and deploy a lightweight, cloud-native AI agent on Amazon EKS using FastAPI, AWS Bedrock, Docker, and Helm.

January 9, 2026

by Chandrasekhar Rao Katru

· 3,537 Views · 6 Likes

Multi-Region Apache Kafka using Synchronous Replication for Disaster Recovery With Zero Data Loss (RPO=0)

Kafka isn’t one-size-fits-all. Choose between self-managed, serverless, or BYOC deployments. New RPO=0 options now enable zero data loss for real-time applications.

January 9, 2026

by Kai Wähner

CORE

· 1,616 Views · 2 Likes

Enterprise Kubernetes Failures: 20 Critical Misconfigurations Guardon Catches Before Outages

Kubernetes Misconfigurations Are Costing Enterprises Millions — Guardon Fixes More Than Just the “Top 20” YAML Mistakes.

January 8, 2026

by Sajal Nigam

· 2,201 Views · 2 Likes

Building a Containerized Quarkus API and a CI/CD Pipeline on AWS EKS/Fargate with CDK

This project demonstrates a production-ready approach to deploying a containerized Quarkus API on AWS EKS/Fargate, leveraging Infrastructure as Code through the AWS CDK.

January 8, 2026

by Nicolas Duminil

CORE

· 2,354 Views · 1 Like

How to Send .NET Crash Dumps to Slack From an ECS Fargate Task

Get .NET crash dumps from AWS ECS Fargate automatically: leverage Amazon EFS, Amazon S3, AWS DataSync, and AWS Lambda to make debugging easier for your dev team.

January 7, 2026

by Alexander Sharov

· 1,818 Views · 2 Likes

Automated Deployment Using a CI/CD Pipeline (Mule 4 | CloudHub 2.0)

This tutorial demonstrates automated deployment using a CI/CD pipeline with Mule 4. It shows how code pushed to a Git repository triggers deployment automatically.

January 7, 2026

by ARINDAM GOSWAMI

· 2,665 Views · 1 Like

Developer Tools That Actually Matter in 2026

The developer tools making real differences today are the ones solving the actual problems we face as developers every day.

January 6, 2026

by Vidyasagar (Sarath Chandra) Machupalli FBCS

CORE

· 8,211 Views · 2 Likes

Beyond the Spec Sheet: Performance Tuning a Massive DWH Migration on AWS

Migrating legacy data warehouses to the cloud is rarely a simple "lift and shift." Here’s a deep dive into solving EBS throughput issues on EC2.

January 5, 2026

by Dippu Kumar Singh

· 2,855 Views · 2 Likes

Terraform Type Constraints: Best Practices for Enterprise-Scale AWS

In this article, we discuss how Terraform type constraints make AWS modules safer, more reusable, and catch configuration bugs long before production.

December 29, 2025

by Thiyagarajan Mani Chettier

· 1,824 Views · 2 Likes

Optimizing Java Applications for Arm64 in the Cloud

In the first part of this series, learn how to tune the JVM for cloud workloads, optimize heap sizing, CPU usage, and more for better Java performance.

December 26, 2025

by Dave Neary

· 3,829 Views · 6 Likes

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