GCompris, CodeMonkey, Microbit, and Raspberry Pi kits aren’t just toys. They’re a full tech ladder for tiny humans. Start with GCompris to get little fingers clicking. Add CodeMonkey for block logic basics. Then toss in Microbit or an Elecrow kit, and suddenly code makes LEDs blink and buzzers buzz...

MariaDB Kubernetes Operator 25.08.0 drops some real upgrades. First up:physical backups. Now supported through native MariaDB tools and Kubernetes CSI snapshots—huge win if you're dealing with chunky datasets and tight recovery windows. It alsodefaults to MariaDB 11.8, which brings in anative vect..

Google Cloud's pushingGKEbeyond container orchestration, framing it as an AI inference engine. Meet the new crew: theInference Gateway(smart load balancer, talks models and hardware),custom compute classes, and aDynamic Workload Schedulerthat tunes for both speed and spend. The setup handles GPU an..

A fresh pattern’s gaining traction:Docker + Tailscale sidecarsreplacing old-school reverse proxies and clunky VPNs. Each service runs as its ownmesh-routed node, containerized and independent. The trick?Network namespace sharing.App containers hook into the Tailscale mesh with no exposed ports, no ..

CNCF just dropped anAI workload conformance program, built like the Kubernetes one—so AI tools play nice across clusters. Portability, meet your referee. It’s tightening the loop betweenOpenTelemetry and OpenSearch, turning ad-hoc hacks into actual cross-project coordination. AndBackstage and GitOp..

Kubernetes observability isn’t just about catching metrics or tailing logs. It’s about stitching togethermetrics, logs, and tracesto see what’s actually happening—across services, over time, and through the chaos. Thing is, Kubernetes doesn’t come with this built in. So teams hack together toolchai..

Kubernetes is eyeing a YAML remix. Version 1.34 may bring inKYAML—a stricter, YAML-compatible subset built to cut down on sloppy configs and sneaky formatting bugs. KYAML keeps the good parts: comments, trailing commas, unquoted keys. But it dumps YAML’s whitespace drama. Existing manifests and Hel..

Headlamp just dropped an AI Assistant plugin that foldsLLM-driven actions and queriesstraight into the Kubernetes UI. It taps intocontext-aware promptsto spot issues, restart deployments, and hunt down flaky pods—without leaving the interface. System shift:This pushes Kubernetes toward intent-based..

Cloudera acquired Taikun for seamless deployment of data and AI workloads in any environment. This move reinforces Cloudera's commitment to flexibility and innovation in managing complex IT infrastructures...

Snowflake just leveled up its workload scheduler—now driven by LLMs and reinforcement learning. Instead of locking jobs to static warehouses, it predicts where to send them in real-time. Smarter routing, tighter hardware use, over40%shaved off compute bills. Bigger picture:Another nod toward ML-bas..