DevOps Round-Up

A Collection of Top DevOps News, Articles, Presentations April 2024 [InfoQ] DevOps Round-Up Sponsored by [DoiT] [Latest Content](#latest-content), [Top Viewed Content](#top-viewed-content), [Top News](#news), [Top Articles](#top-articles), [Top Presentations](#top-presentations-and-interviews) In this special newsletter we bring you up to date on all the new content and news related to DevOps on InfoQ. We are also maintaining a portal page for this content on InfoQ at: [(. [] Latest Content on InfoQ [AWS Makes CloudFormation Stack Creation up to 40% Faster]( (news, Mar 17, 2024) [CNCF Incubates Strimzi to Simplify Kafka on Kubernetes]( (news, Mar 24, 2024) [Transitioning Discord’s Engineering Team to Cloud Development Environments]( (news, Mar 23, 2024) [Development Environment Manager Daytona Now Open Source]( (news, Mar 23, 2024) [Cloudflare Open Sources Pingora, a Rust framework for Developing HTTP Proxies]( (news, Mar 21, 2024) [Kubernetes Cookbook: Building cloud native applications (By O'Reilly)]( Gain the practical know-how to efficiently build, manage, and scale cloud-native applications. Whether you’re starting your Kubernetes journey or looking to refine your skills, this book is your roadmap to mastering the complexities of Kubernetes in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. [Download now](. Sponsored content [Kubernetes Cookbook: Building cloud native applications (By O'Reilly) - Sponsored by DoiT]( [] Top Viewed Content on InfoQ [AWS Lambda Under the Hood]( (presentations, Feb 17, 2024) [TikTok Owner Open-Sources Next Gen Kubernetes Federation Tool]( (news, Feb 06, 2024) [AWS Introduces an Experimental Low Latency Runtime for Faster, More Efficient Serverless Apps]( (news, Feb 20, 2024) [Pinterest Open-Sources a Production-Ready PubSub Java Client for Kafka, Flink, and MemQ]( (news, Feb 11, 2024) [Glasskube an Emerging Kubernetes Package Management System]( (news, Mar 06, 2024) [] Top News [AWS Launches CDK Migrate and CloudFormation IaC Generator for Infrastructure as Code Adoption]( AWS announced the general availability (GA) of CDK Migrate, a component of the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK – an open source project), which enables developers to migrate AWS CloudFormation templates, previously deployed CloudFormation stacks or resources created outside of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) into a CDK application. [CNCF Survey: Half of Organizations Spend More with Kubernetes, Mostly Due to Overprovisioning]( CNCF published the results of its latest microsurvey report on cloud-native FinOps and cloud financial management (CFM). Kubernetes has driven cloud spending up for 49% of respondents, while 28% stated their costs remain unchanged and 24% saved after migrating to Kubernetes. Respondents listed overprovisioning, lack of awareness and responsibility, and sprawl as the main factors for overspending. [Freenginx: Core Nginx Developer Announces Fork of Popular Web Server]( Recently, a former employee of F5 and main contributor of the Nginx project announced the fork Freenginx of the popular web server. The new project was started to address a security dispute and wants to be a drop-in replacement of Nginx, run by developers rather than corporate entities. [7 Cloud Landing Zone Anti-Patterns to Avoid]( How you organize your resources and set up controls will have a huge impact on whether your cloud journey is smooth sailing or not. Applying our experience from helping 3,000+ companies with their cloud challenges, here are the top 7 landing zone anti-patterns and what you should be doing instead. [Learn More](. Sponsored content [7 Cloud Landing Zone Anti-Patterns to Avoid - Sponsored by DoiT]( [McDonald's Streamlines CI with GitHub Actions and Reusable Workflows]( Recently McDonald’s talked about how they leveraged GitHub Actions to emphasize readability, maintainability, and reduce code duplication. Their goals included establishing a streamlined CI process, enhancing developer productivity, and implementing pipeline observability and monitoring. [Grab Improves Kafka on Kubernetes Fault Tolerance with Strimzi, AWS AddOns and EBS]( Grab updated its Kafka on Kubernetes setup to improve fault tolerance and completely eliminate human intervention in case of unexpected Kafka broker terminations. To address the shortcomings of the initial design, the team integrated with AWS Node Termination Handler (NTH), used the Load Balancer Controller for target group mapping, and switched to ELB volumes for storage. [] Top Articles [How Platform and Site Reliability Engineering Are Evolving DevOps]( As DevOps has evolved from nice to have to must have, organizations need to evolve their practices using site reliability and platform engineering. Getting the balance right is hard and necessary. [article]( [AWS Lambda under the Hood]( The AWS Lamda under the Hood article starts with an introduction to Lambda itself to outline the key concepts of the service and its fundamentals with a deep dive into understanding the system. [article]( [Managing 238M Memberships at Netflix]( In this article, Diwan shares how the Netflix membership team does distributed systems: the architecture bets, technology choices, and operational semantics. [article]( [3 Tips to Improve Your AWS Cost Optimization Strategies]( Managing cloud costs is crucial for sustainable growth, requiring optimization aligned with business needs. This is easier said than done due to the dynamic nature and complexity of cloud environments. Here are three areas in which you can improve your existing AWS cost optimization efforts. [Learn More](. Sponsored content [3 Tips to Improve Your AWS Cost Optimization Strategies - Sponsored by DoiT]( [] Top Presentations [Million Dollar Lines of Code: an Engineering Perspective on Cloud Cost Optimization]( Erik Peterson discusses the right timing and approach for engineering cost optimization and how to use cost efficiency metrics as powerful constraints that drive innovation, and engineer profit. [Erik Peterson]( [Beyond Micro Frontends: Effective Composable Decoupled Applications on Cloud Native Infrastructure]( Natalia Venditto discusses supporting infrastructure and how cloud-native and the Web Platform APIs are paving the way to push the boundaries of what was once known as the Jamstack and micro-frontends. [Natalia Venditto]( [Building Sub-Second Latency Video Infrastructure at Cloudflare]( Renan Dincer provides insight on how Cloudflare has deployed a sub-second latency live streaming system at scale, focusing on protocols used: HLS, DASH, RTMPS, SRT and WebRTC. [Renan Dincer]( [How DoorDash Ensures Velocity and Reliability through Policy Automation]( Lin Du discusses the details of their approach at DoorDash; how they enabled their engineers to self-serve infrastructure through policy automation while ensuring both reliability and high velocity. [Lin Du]( [Mastering the Art of Platform Engineering: Perspectives from Industry Practitioners]( The panelists discuss the human and technical dimensions of platform engineering, sharing insights into establishing, implementing, and sustaining successful platform engineering programs. [InfoQ Live]( [Connect with InfoQ on Twitter]( [Connect with InfoQ on Facebook]( [Connect with InfoQ on LinkedIn]( [Connect with InfoQ on Youtube]( You have received this message because you are subscribed to the “Special Reports Newsletter”. To stop receiving this email, please click the following link: [Unsubscribe]( C4Media Inc. (InfoQ.com), 2275 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Suite #325, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M8V 3Y3