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Database Sharding: How It Works and When You Actually Need It

Feb 21, 2026 By Prathamesh Sonpatki In Last9
How database sharding works, common strategies (hash, range, directory), shard key selection, and the operational cost of running a sharded database in production. Prathamesh works as an evangelist at Last9, runs SRE stories - where SRE and DevOps folks share their stories, and maintains o11y.wiki - a glossary of all terms related to observability.
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Expert Insight: Why Local Internet Traffic Matters More Than You Think

Expert Insight: Why Local Internet Traffic Matters More Than You Think

Feb 20, 2026 By Mike Hoy, CTO, Pulsant, and Mike Hellers, Product Development Manager, LINX In Pulsant
Imagine sending a letter to your neighbour across the street, only for it to be routed through London or even Amsterdam before landing in their letterbox. This is effectively what happens to much of Scotland's internet traffic. Despite physical proximity between users, businesses and services, digital data is frequently sent on needlessly long journeys, often leaving the country before reaching its destination. This approach is inefficient, costly and poses questions about privacy, resilience and digital sovereignty.
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What feels different about enterprise IT operations today compared to even 3-5 years ago?

Feb 20, 2026 By Virtana In Virtana
Speed isn’t the problem. Speed without shared visibility is. AI compressed release cycles, multiplied dependencies, and pushed accountability to teams who no longer own the full stack. The result? Faster change. Slower resolution. Higher risk. This is why MTTR is moving the wrong way...and why observability has to evolve. : Amit Rathi.
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Rancher Live: Konveyor's Cloud Native Modernisation Blueprint

Feb 20, 2026 By Rancher In Rancher
Join Divya Mohan as she hosts Savitha Raghunathan, Konveyor maintainer & Red Hat Senior Software Engineer to learn more about the CNCF Sandbox project, Konveyor. Dive into some of the open source strategies for legacy app migration to Kubernetes using the 6 Rs: Rehost, Replatform, Refactor & learn blueprint tools for analysis, containerization & AI-powered refactoring.
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Kubernetes Namespaces: What They Are, How They Work, And What They Don't Solve

Feb 20, 2026 By Lyne Carolyne In CloudZero
Using Kubernetes to manage containerized applications has its fair share of challenges. One of those challenges is managing complexity. Using namespaces can help minimize that complexity. Yet, a common misconception is that using multiple namespaces in a single Kubernetes cluster can degrade performance. Another issue: Kubernetes namespaces can reduce visibility into costs. There’s more to it than that.
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Anbox Cloud 1.29.0: what's new?

Feb 20, 2026 By Canonical Ubuntu In Canonical
In this video, the Anbox team covers new features and changes in their latest 1.29.0 release: What is Anbox Cloud? Anbox Cloud lets you run virtualized Android environments securely, at any scale, to any device letting you focus on your use case. Run Android in system containers, not emulators, on AWS, OCI, Azure, GCP or your private cloud with ultra low streaming latency. Tags: Trademark notice Android is a trademark of Google LLC. Anbox Cloud uses assets available through the Android Open Source Project.
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