A survey of 954 IT decision-makers suggests more resources are now being allocated to reducing friction across the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Conducted by CDW, the survey finds more than two-thirds of respondents (68%) report their organization has adopted an internal developer platform (IDP). The primary goal is to improve operational efficiency (57%), provide better […]

When we investigated why our Atlantis instance took 30 minutes to restart, we discovered a bottleneck in how Kubernetes handles volume permissions. By adjusting the fsGroupChangePolicy, we reduced restart times to 30 seconds.

Policy as code can do more than enforce compliance. Learn how platform teams use guardrails, tagging and sizing policies to prevent cloud cost waste early.

Most platform teams aren’t deciding whether they’ll run across multiple clouds. They already are, or they’ll be soon. The real question is how to migrate critical systems without turning on-call into a guessing game. Observability raises the stakes more than almost any other domain. An observability control plane isn’t just a dashboard. It’s the operational […]

Observability systems generate massive telemetry, but schema drift creates friction. Learn how inferred schemas and OpenTelemetry Weaver restore structure.

Autonomous infrastructure platforms replace manual provisioning, accelerating delivery, improving compliance and freeing platform teams to focus on strategic work.

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