Kubernetes introduced external admission controlin v1.7to allow administrators to define policies for what objects can be admitted into a cluster. One way to enforce these policies is through validating admission policies, which use theCommon Expression Language (CEL)to declare validation rules. K.. read more  

"Botkube" is the new bridge to connect developers, software engineers and site reliability engineers with Kubernetes clusters. It is an API automation engine in form of a chatbot that allows users to interact directly with K8s clusters via the chat platform used within the organization. With a mod.. read more  

Google Cloud has launched anAI-based Claims Acceleration Suitethat automates health insurance prior authorization and claims processing, reducing administrative burdens and costs by converting unstructured data into structured data for faster, informed decisions that improve patient care. The syste.. read more  

Google Cloud Deploy now offers canary deployment and parallel deployment for Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Run, and Anthos. Canary deployment is a deployment strategy that safely introduces a new application release alongside the current release, using percentage-based traffic splitting and valida.. read more  

The article explores the impact of node count on the creation of indexes inCloud Spannerdatabases. Adding nodes before index backfill starts is effective in speeding up the process, but adding nodes during the process does not improve performance. Additionally, reducing nodes during the process cou.. read more  

Google Cloud Run and Cloud Function: Which one to use? After reading tons of articles, the conclusion is always the same ⇒ Cloud Run is well complete for any language, even Coffee. Although both are compared in the article, the main goal is to strike back at Cloud Run lobbyists, but it shows that .. read more  

Google Cloud Workflowsis a highly scalable and easily monitored service that is ideal for businesses seeking a cost-effective solution for event processing and batch jobs. While it offers many benefits, developers may encounter challenges including the lack of support for user-defined environment v.. read more  

CDNs are collections of geographically distributed caches that place content closer to end-users to improve performance and reduce traffic on backbone networks. Placing CDN caches inside ISPs networks - embedded caches - has become increasingly popular, but it also adds complexity to operating cache.. read more  

"This post is a cursed compendium of 69 ways to f*** up your deploy. It is the irreverent Grimms Brothers version of deployment scenarios." The 69 ways are categorized by themes such as identity crisis, logging and monitoring errors, and deployment mismatches. The author caution against common mist.. read more  

Developers seeking to build web applications that can scale seamlessly and adapt to change without incurring excessive costs can consider migrating to AWS Lambda, which offers scalability, flexibility and cost savings. This can be made even easier withAWS Lambda Web Adapter, an open-source project .. read more