InfoQ

IBM & Red Hat are expanding Lightwell with new commercial offerings to help organizations build trusted, verifiable software supply chains for AI-assisted software development. Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/4zexcJ3 #InfoQ #DevOps #OpenSource #AI

Is Platform Engineering just DevOps with a new badge? Shweta Vohra shares a surprising reaction from a recent talk: 70% of the room said Platform Engineering is simply a rename of DevOps. 🔹 2010: "We need DevOps" 🔹 2018: "We need Kubernetes" 🔹 2026: "We need Platform Engineering" 💡 The Bottom Line: The label matters far less than the outcome. Focus on self-service capabilities, clear architectural boundaries, and reducing cognitive load for better Developer Experience - not just collecting new titles. 🎧 Hear more from Shweta in the Cloud & DevOps InfoQ Trends Report 2026 podcast 👉 https://bit.ly/45ZOADJ #PlatformEngineering #DevOps #DeveloperExperience #SoftwareArchitecture #TechLeadership #InfoQ

Discover how the #AWS team eliminated a hidden, high-latency pre-flight round trip in a multi-region API by moving from SigV4 to SigV4a. The change removed the need for clients to pre-discover which region to sign for, improving both latency & regional failover resiliency. The code change was small - the 6-month rollout wasn't. 📰 Read the #InfoQ article by Suresh Gururajan: https://bit.ly/4wMEykU #CloudComputing #CloudArchitecture #APISecurity #Authentication #LowLatency

#Spotify introduced an external indexing architecture for #ApacheParquet data lakes, enabling low-latency point queries without replicating data into operational databases. The approach maps lookup keys to Parquet files and row locations, supporting analytics, ML, AI, and online services from the same datasets. More on #InfoQ 👉 https://bit.ly/4htHvm1 #SoftwareArchitecture

#CHERI brings hardware-enforced memory safety to C/C++ with minimal code changes, while its non-bypassable capabilities enable fine-grained compartmentalization. 🎬 Watch the full #InfoQ talk with transcript 👉 https://bit.ly/4wqvx0c #MemorySafety #Security #Hardware #Compilers #Performance

Are you buying real AI - or just a new veneer? Daniel Bryant sees a familiar pattern: the same hype cycle we saw with DevOps & Cloud is now playing out with AI. 2016: “You need this for DevOps” 2021: “You need this for Cloud” 2026: “You need this for AI” The lesson? Look beyond the label. Evaluate AI tools on architecture, security, and measurable ROI - not marketing hype. 🎧 Hear more from Daniel in the Cloud & DevOps InfoQ Trends Report 2026 podcast 👉 https://bit.ly/45ZOADJ #AI #AIWashing #DevOps #PlatformEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture

#AI makes the first 80% of development feel fast - but hides architectural complexity until it's too late. Engineering leaders need to optimize for systemic comprehension, not just throughput. A repo-bound Context Store helps #AIagents and human reviewers evolve code by combining: • Spec-Anchored SDD (System Design Document) • TDD (Test-Driven Development) • Automated Fitness Functions 📰 Read the #InfoQ article: https://bit.ly/3Ri5fPb #SoftwareArchitecture #AIDevelopment #EvolutionaryArchitecture

#Astro 7 brings major build performance improvements with native tooling and a rewritten #RustLang compiler. The release adds faster Markdown processing, stricter HTML rules, advanced routing, and incremental builds, while feedback highlights legacy file compatibility and dependency-count concerns. Details here 👉 https://bit.ly/4i994RO #WebDevelopment #InfoQ

Sarah Wells on #AIGovernance: good guardrails reduce friction instead of adding it. #AIagents can generate code at scale, but experienced engineers are still essential to define architectural boundaries and ensure AI critiques its own work. 🎧 Listen now: https://bit.ly/44oxL4R #Governance #AI #SoftwareArchitecture #LLMs #InfoQ #podcast

GitHub Code Quality is now generally available on GitHub Enterprise Cloud & GitHub Team. It combines CodeQL analysis with AI-assisted detection of maintainability and reliability issues, while Copilot Autofix suggests fixes for review in pull requests. Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4qdF9tK #DevOps #GitHub #CodeQuality #InfoQ