Platforms, paradigms, processes and processing itself all evolve. Because the information technology industry crosses from one chasm to another on an apparently endless loop of perpetual change, applications and wider systems need to be almost continually modernized. Amazon Web Services wants to enable that process with AWS Transform, a service that now ships with new

Stack Overflow today made generally available an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that makes it possible to use natural language to search its repositories for code. Company CTO and chief product officer Jody Bailey said AI Assist provides developers with a conversational search and discovery tool that enables them to more easily find relevant online content

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As development environments evolve at breakneck speed, our approach to securing them remains stuck in the past. I’ve watched countless organizations implement robust Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, deploy Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) tools, and then breathe a collective sigh of relief, believing they’ve solved their access control challenges. But have they? An

Let me be clear. I do not like the term “vibe coding.” The label is sloppy and the concept it pushes is even sloppier. It lumps together two very different practices and turns a serious profession into a trend. On one side, experienced developers use AI to speed up real work. They ask pointed questions,

Many SRE initiatives stall because organizations adopt the title without the principles. True SRE success requires leadership vision, cultural change, shared KPIs and continuous maturity measurement—not tools alone.

Modern DevOps teams face outages driven by complex dependencies and AI-enabled systems; success now depends on moving from reactive monitoring to prescriptive, AI-assisted incident resolution that shortens MTTI and MTTR.

Vulnerability management in 2025 is overwhelmed by escalating CVEs and costly breaches; organizations must shift from slow, manual patching to continuous, risk-based, AI-powered remediation to stay secure.

Alan reflects on a chaotic yet inspiring year in DevOps, highlighting the rise of AI in engineering, the maturation of DevSecOps, the evolution of hybrid work culture, the surge of platform engineering and IDPs, and the continued strength and inclusivity of the DevOps community — while acknowledging the talent crunch, tool sprawl and security theater that still challenge the industry.

A major expansion of the self-propagating Shai-Hulud cyberattack aimed at popular node package managers (npms) used by JavaScript application developers is creating a major headache for DevSecOps teams around the globe. Based on what is being described as the “Second Coming” of Shai-Hulud, this version affects a much wider range of npms and is much