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Zero-Code OpenTelemetry for Vert.x

Drop a JAR on the JVM. Get distributed tracing, RxJava context propagation, log-trace correlation, and Vert.x internal metrics. No code changes. No Maven dependency. Java 8–21. Inside the design of last9/vertx-opentelemetry v2.3.4. 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.

The zero-trust agent: why your AI needs a sandbox, not a blank check

Key takeaway: Granting AI agents unrestricted access to cloud infrastructure is an unacceptable security risk. Upsun provides a "zero-trust" framework by utilizing isolated, production-perfect preview environments that allow AI to be productive without the risk of a hallucinated production outage.

A New Era of Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities

There have been TWO major kernel vulnerabilities announced this week. Copy-Fail (CVE-2026-31431) was announced on April 30th. Dirty Frag (CVE-2026-43284), also known as 'Copy Fail 2: Electric Boogaloo' announced literally hours ago. Both have already been patched on Cycle, and our users can receive this update simply by restarting their nodes. The Linux patch was released less than an two hours ago, and we're the first to get it to our customers.

Q1 2026 Product Update: Harness Pipeline | Harness Blog

The first quarter of 2026 introduces eight major pipeline orchestration enhancements that accelerate development, simplify validation, and strengthen governance. Execute pipelines from Git tags for immutable versioning, leverage AI to author OPA policies without Rego expertise, and gain complete visibility into queued pipelines across your account.

7 Best Practices to Improve Digital Employee Experience in Modern IT Environments

Digital employee experience isn’t just a nice to have anymore. In hybrid, SaaS heavy IT environments Digital Employee Experience (DEX) is where productivity can live or die. Employees don’t care whether the culprit is Wi‑Fi connectivity, CPU/RAM load, poor battery life, or a misbehaving cloud app. They just know work got harder.

Q1 2026 Product Update: Harness Continuous Delivery & GitOps | Harness Blog

The first quarter of 2026 introduces AI-powered continuous verification that eliminates configuration overhead, expanded deployment platform support including Azure Container Apps and enhanced Windows capabilities, and GitOps workflow improvements that align with how teams actually ship software.

Introducing Harness Release Orchestration: Enterprise Release Management, Reimagined | Harness Blog

Enterprise releases spanning multiple services, teams, and environments demand more than spreadsheets and manual coordination. Harness Release Orchestration provides a unified framework for modeling, automating, and tracking complex releases with complete visibility from planning through production deployment.

Founder keynote: Human-AI collaboration at scale | Team '26 | Atlassian

It’s time to reimagine teamwork for the AI era. Join Atlassian leaders to hear how human-AI teams collaborating in one system of work will propel your entire organization forward. About Atlassian: Behind every great human achievement, there is a team. From medicine and space travel to disaster response and pizza deliveries, we help teams all over the planet advance humanity through the power of software. Our mission is to help unleash the potential of every team.