Architecture & Design Round-Up

A Collection of Top Architecture & Design News, Presentations & Podcasts December 2023 [InfoQ] Architecture & Design Round-Up Sponsored by [Camunda] [Latest Content](#latest-content), [Top Viewed Content](#top-viewed-content), [Top News](#news), [Top Presentations & Podcasts](#top-presentations-and-podcasts) In this special newsletter we bring you up to date on all the new content and news related to Architecture & Design on InfoQ. We are also maintaining a portal page for this content on InfoQ at: [(. [] Latest Content on InfoQ [AWS Introduces Amazon Linux 2023 Runtime for Lambda]( (news, Nov 16, 2023) [From Monitoring to Observability: eBPF Chaos]( (presentations, Nov 24, 2023) [Microsoft Introduces Azure Integration Environments and Business Process Tracking in Public Preview]( (news, Nov 23, 2023) [OpenTelemetry Logging Marked Stable: Morgan McClean at KubeCon NA]( (news, Nov 23, 2023) [Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring with Machine Learning Predictions]( (news, Nov 13, 2023) [Decoding Microservices: Best Practices for Developers]( Download this handbook to discover the traits that the most robust microservices architectures have, why building a distributed monolith is a real risk you need to avoid, how a workflow engine can streamline your architecture, and more. [Download now](. Sponsored content [Decoding Microservices: Best Practices for Developers - Sponsored by Camunda]( [] Top Viewed Content on InfoQ [Microsoft Announces a New Azure SQL Database Free Offer in Public Preview]( (news, Oct 01, 2023) [AWS Restructures and Consolidates Its Well-Architected Framework]( (news, Nov 08, 2023) [Microsoft Refreshes its Well-Architected Framework]( (news, Nov 15, 2023) [New Docker Compose Functionality Banishes Alt-Tabbing and Bind Mounts]( (news, Oct 19, 2023) [CloudWatch Introduces Best Practice Alarm Recommendations for 19 AWS Services]( (news, Nov 04, 2023) [] Top News [Terraform 1.6 Makes Testing Framework Generally Available]( HashiCorp has released Terraform 1.6 with several new improvements including a new testing framework. Additional improvements include changes to config-driven import, Terraform Cloud CLI workflows, and the Amazon S3 backend. This version marks the first release of Terraform to be under the Business Source License v1.1 (BSL 1.1). [NGINX Modules Can Now Be Written in Rust]( NGINX announced the availability of ngx-rust project which allows developers to write NGINX modules in Rust. The Rust programming language has emerged as a powerful and popular choice due to its stability, security features a rich ecosystem, and strong community support. [AWS Lambda under the Hood: Mike Danilov at QCon San Francisco]( During the first day of QCon Dan-Francisco 2023, Mike Danilov, a senior principal engineer at AWS, presented on AWS Lambda and what is under the hood. The talk is a part of the “Architectures You’ve Always Wondered About.”rnrnDanilov's talk centered around invoke routing, compute infrastructure, and cold starts topics. [[Guide] Building Your Hyperautomation Tech Stack]( As organizations adopt automation Centers of Excellence, they seek to leverage technologies that will enable their success. Download this guide to understand the challenges and opportunities hyper automation creates for developers, why successful transformation relies on orchestration, and more. [Download now](. Sponsored content [[Guide] Building Your Hyperautomation Tech Stack - Sponsored by Camunda]( [Microsoft Announces Radius: a New Open Application Platform for the Cloud]( Microsoft has recently announced Radius, a cloud-native application platform designed to facilitate collaboration between developers and platform engineers who assist them in delivering and managing cloud-native applications. This platform ensures that these applications adhere to corporate standards for cost-efficiency, operational efficiency, and security as the default approach. [How Amazon Prime Video Delivers 99.999% Availability While Reducing Costs]( Amazon Prime Video created a highly available live video streaming architecture by combining redundant components to achieve the five-nines of availability that they require for their platform. The company optimized the deployment topology and video encoding to reduce costs while ensuring optimal video quality for users. [] Top Presentations & Podcasts [Demystifying Kubernetes Platforms with Backstage]( Matt Clarke discusses how Spotify's deployments infrastructure team integrated Kubernetes with Backstage to streamline developer productivity and how you can do the same. [Matt Clarke]( [The Commoditization of the Software Stack: How Application-First Cloud Services are Changing the Game]( Bilgin Ibryam discusses the intersection of cloud-native technologies such as Dapr with developer-focused cloud services. [Bilgin Ibryam]( [How to Build a Successful Cloud Capability on a Heavy Regulated Organization]( Ana Sirvent discusses their cloud capability journey, highlighting lessons learned and best practices on culture, processes and technology. [Ana Sirvent]( [Leverage AI Automation in Your Workflows]( Download this guide to learn the benefits, differences, and challenges among predictive, generative, and augmented intelligence, identify where AI fits within your hyper automation tech stack, and discover how a process orchestration platform can solve AI challenges and help increase efficiency. [Download now](. Sponsored content [Leverage AI Automation in Your Workflows - Sponsored by Camunda]( [Developer-First Observability with Micha “Mies” Hernandez van Leuffen]( In this episode, Thomas Betts talks with Micha “Mies” Hernandez van Leuffen about observability and incidents, and the roles of developers, SREs and other team members. [InfoQPodcast]( [Adam Jacob Discusses DevOps, Modelling Infrastructure, and Increasing Collaboration]( Adam Jacob, CEO and co-founder at System Initiative, sat down with InfoQ podcast host Daniel Bryant to discuss the evolution and potential future directions of DevOps and managing infrastructure. [InfoQPodcast]( [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