CloudOps
Your DevOps Pipeline Is Already a Sustainability Program
Srinath Gopinath | | CI/CD, Cloud Computing, Cloud Sustainability, devops, GreenOps, Sustainable EngineeringDuring my doctoral research on modern engineering practices and operational efficiency, one pattern kept surfacing that I did not expect to find. The engineering teams making the most measurable progress on sustainability ...
Overcoming IP Churn in Ephemeral DevOps Environments Using Userspace Overlays
Modern DevOps practices have completely transformed how we handle compute and orchestration. Tools like Kubernetes enable engineering teams to spin up ephemeral containers in seconds and scale workloads dynamically to meet global ...
Why Enterprise AI Infrastructure Is Becoming a DevOps Problem
Most enterprise AI projects start with retrieval. You connect Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, and Slack. Maybe a few internal databases nobody has touched in five years. You tune embeddings, optimize chunking, wire up ...
Survey Credits Engineering Teams With Keeping Lid on Cloud Costs
A CloudZero survey credits engineering teams with keeping cloud costs under control, but there's still some room for improvement. A survey of 1,000 U.S. engineering and finance professionals working in organizations with ...
Tools for Sustainability in Cloud Computing
You’re probably sold on the environmental benefits of moving to the cloud. These tools can help you get there faster by measuring your applications’ carbon emissions ...
Best of 2023: Microservices Sucks — Amazon Goes Back to Basics
Richi Jennings | | Amazon, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Web Services, AWS, Marcin Kolny, microservice, microservice architecture, microservices, microservices architecture, microservices pros and cons, microservices vs. monoliths, monolith, monolithic, monolithic applications, monolithic apps, monolithic method, Monoliths, monoliths pros and cons, monoliths vs. microservices, scalable microservices architecture, scaling microservices, serverless, serverless architecture, serverless computing, serverless computing framework, serverless technology, The Long View, Werner VogelsIn this week’s #TheLongView: Amazon Prime Video has ditched its use of microservices-cum-serverless, reverting to a traditional, monolithic architecture. It vastly improved the workload’s cost and scalability ...
Meta Mayhem: Hybrid Work FAIL ¦ Yet More Layoffs
Richi Jennings | | Hybrid Work environment, layoffs, managing remote workers, Meta, Meta Platforms, Metaverse, redundancy, Remote work, Remote Worker, remote workers, remote workforce, remote working, RTO, tech layoffs, The Long View, WFH, work from home, working at home, working from home, Workplace from FacebookIn this week’s #TheLongView: Meta’s enforced hybrid work plan is failing badly, and Meta makes more layoffs ...
FCC: Net Neutrality is a ‘Thing’ Again ¦ Meta Shutters Big UK Site
Richi Jennings | | facebook, FCC, Hybrid Work environment, Jessica Rosenworcel, Meta, Meta Platforms, net neutrality, Remote work, The Long View, WFH, work from home, working from homeIn this week’s #TheLongView: Network neutrality is back on the FCC’s agenda, and unused London office gets Zucked ...
npm is Scam-Spam Cesspool ¦ Google in Microsoft Antitrust Thrust
Richi Jennings | | Amit Zavery, azure, code repo, code repositories, code repository, GOOG, GOOGL, google, Google Cloud, IaaS, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, MSFT, NPM, npm registry, open source, public repository, Repos, repositories, repository, Repository Security, SEO, Software Supply Chain, software supply chain attacks, Software Supply Chain Security, Software Supply Chains, softwaresupplychain, source code repository, spam, supply chain, supply chain attacks, supply chain security, The Long ViewIn this week’s #TheLongView: The npm registry suffers spam infestation, and Microsoft makes Google sad ...
Voice.ai ‘Stole’ Code ¦ AWS Gets Filthier
Richi Jennings | | Amazon, AWS, Bloom Energy, CO2 emissions, data center, data centers, datacenter, gpl, Green data center, LGPL, open source licensing, The Long View, voice.aiIn this week’s #TheLongView: Alleged theft of GPL code, and Amazon will run its data centers on gas ...
Microsoft Outage Outrage: Was it BGP or DNS?
Richi Jennings | | azure, BGP, DNS, gitops, it-as-code, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Teams, MSFT, Office 365, outage, The Long ViewAll of Microsoft’s cloud services go down, everywhere. Redmond’s IaaS, PaaS and SaaS—including GitHub—were dead for several hours, and are still running unreliably—despite Microsoft saying it’s fixed ...
EU Data Privacy: Try Again | SkyPilot: Choose Cheapest Cloud | WFH: Better Meetings
Richi Jennings | | cloud cost management, data privacy, Data Privacy Framework, Europe, GDPR, If you want the rainbow—you gotta put up with the rain, Max Schrems, Multi-cloud, privacy, Remote work, SkyPilot, The Long View, WFHIn this week’s The Long View: EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework reemerges, Berkeley brings cloud selection box, and proof that remote work is good work ...
