Giving AI Agents the Keys to Real Infrastructure
AI coding assistants can generate pull requests faster than most teams can review them, and that mismatch is creating a new kind of bottleneck across engineering organizations. The volume of AI-generated code is growing rapidly, but without a reliable way to validate that code against real production environments, teams are left choosing between slowing down […]
When Code Becomes Cheap, Engineering Becomes Governance
AI agents can now generate in minutes what once took teams weeks, but the real shift is not faster coding. It is the collapse of code scarcity. As software production becomes industrialized, the job of engineers is moving from writing lines to governing systems, managing risk and deciding what should exist in the first place.
AI Is Forcing DevOps Teams to Rethink Observability Data Management
As AI coding tools accelerate software delivery, they are also intensifying a problem DevOps and SRE teams have been dealing with for years: the unchecked growth of observability data. In this conversation, the founders of Sawmills argue that telemetry volume is no longer just a cost issue. It is becoming a data quality problem that […]
Sorry, Charlie, StarKist Wants AI With Good Taste
A surprising AI experiment showed that feeding a model sloppy code didn’t just produce bad programming, it produced bad behavior. The result points to something philosophers and DevOps engineers have long understood: Character, culture and incentives shape systems far more than rules alone.
The Observability Bill is Coming Due – and AI Wrote Most of It
Observability has always had a data quality problem. AI coding agents just made it catastrophically worse. Shimmy sits down with the co-founders of Sawmills to dig into why unmanaged telemetry is the unglamorous DevOps crisis that is quietly killing budgets — and what an agentic telemetry management platform actually does about it.
Will AI Kill the OSS Star?
As AI-driven development accelerates, open source software faces an uncomfortable paradox: Usage is rising while engagement, sustainability and community economics quietly erode. AI isn’t eliminating OSS, but it is reshaping how code is written, discovered and maintained. The result may not be the death of open source, but the end of its long reign as the default foundation of modern software.
DevOps Didn’t Fail — We Just Finally Gave it the Tools it Deserved
Charity Majors delivers a wake-up jab to DevOps, sparking debate on its evolution and success. Is it a failure or just getting interesting? Alan dives into the discussion.
Shai-Hulud Attacks Shake Software Supply Chain Security Confidence
Being the Dune groupie that I am, I couldn’t pass up the chance to comment on the “Shai-Hulud” NPM attacks. What a clever name for a worm attack. But as the saying goes, “the spice must flow,” so let’s have a look at what is going on here. The Backbone: What Is NPM (and Why […]
AI: Do or Don’t Believe the Hype
If you’ve been anywhere near a tech conference, your LinkedIn feed, or a DevOps Slack channel lately, you’ve probably heard someone claim AI is either the greatest productivity weapon since version control… or the world’s most overhyped autocomplete. Depending on who’s talking, AI is either saving the day or slowing workflow to a crawl. As […]
Turning the Software Factory into an Intelligence Engine
If you’re a technology leader, you need to ask yourself: Are we still building software factories when we should be engineering intelligence?
What Do DevOps Engineers Think of the Current State of DevOps
DevOps is no longer about “doing DevOps” — it’s about owning DevOps Platforms, empowering developers and leveraging AI as a force multiplier.
A Changing of the Guard in DevOps
Three recent pieces here on devopsy.kinsta.cloud shed light on the wave of AI-driven innovation sweeping across the DevOps landscape.
“DevOps is Dead? Long Live DevOps-Powered Platforms”
If PlatformCon NYC proved anything, it’s that the DevOps ethos of collaboration, automation and continuous improvement now has a bigger, better stage.
Agentic Process Automation This Way Comes to Software Development
The shift from robotic process automation (RPA) to agentic process automation (APA), prominently on display at Automation Anywhere’s Imagine conference in Orlando this week, promises significant implications for the software development community—particularly for low-code/no-code and citizen developers. Automation Anywhere, a provider of automation platforms and framework, articulated how APA, powered by agentic AI, will redefine […]
AI Native Dev: Shaping the Future of AI-First Software Development
In an era where artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the software development landscape, a new community has emerged to lead this evolution: AI Native Dev. The community is centered around the website, https://AINativeDev.io/, The site serves as a platform for a raft of different types of content and information. This platform is not just a […]
GenAI in Software Development with Nathen Harvey
Nathen Harvey, DORA Lead at Google Cloud, delves into how generative AI is rapidly reshaping the software development landscape, presenting both exciting opportunities and complex challenges. Harvey reflects on his own journey, from early web operations and his time at Chef to leading the DORA program after its acquisition by Google. DORA (DevOps Research and […]
Dynatrace Ushers in the AI-Powered Future of Observability
Observability has come a long way – Alois Mayr shares his insights on its evolution and how today’s AI-driven landscape is reshaping it.
Celebrating 10 Years of the North American DevOps Group with Jim Schild
Jim Schild, founder and head of community at the North American DevOps Group (NADOG), discusses the journey of building a DevOps community from the ground up. Originally an English literature major with aspirations of teaching, Jim found himself in the tech industry, eventually immersing himself in the DevOps space. In 2015, he launched NADOG as […]
Coding AIs in Large-Scale Software Engineering with Scott Dietzen
Scott Dietzen, CEO of Augment Code, discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping large-scale software engineering. He shares his background in machine learning and his experience working with massive, complex codebases, highlighting the challenges engineers face when maintaining and updating them. Then he explains how AI can help developers navigate these challenges by understanding […]
Meet the 2024 DevOps Dozen Awards Winners
Each year, the DevOps Dozen Awards recognize the best and brightest in the DevOps community and industry, celebrating individuals and organizations making a significant impact. The 2024 DevOps Dozen Awards continue this tradition by honoring those driving innovation, transformation, and excellence in DevOps practices, tools, and leadership. We are thrilled to announce the winners of […]
My Personal Reflection on DevOps in 2024 and Looking Ahead to 2025
It’s that time of the year again when I take a moment to do some navel gazing and look at what was and what will be. Not that I have a crystal ball or anything like that, but from pure osmosis some things seem to sink into my thick skull, and using my powers of […]
PlatformEngineering.com Launches: A New Hub for DevOps and Platform Engineering Insights
The DevOps world has a new sibling: PlatformEngineering.com. As the latest addition to the Techstrong Group family, this site aims to be the premier resource for the platform engineering community. The launch signals an important milestone in the journey of platform engineering, a discipline that has evolved to complement and enhance DevOps practices. Platform Engineering: […]
DevOps Dozen Awards 2024 Finalists Announced
We’re thrilled to announce the finalists for the DevOps Dozen Awards 2024, recognizing this year’s top innovators and their standout contributions in the DevOps field. These exceptional individuals and organizations have shown true dedication to advancing DevOps, driving progress and excellence in our industry over the past year. Congratulations to all the finalists! Your hard […]