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Scaling with Wildcard Certificates: Why Modern Infrastructure Benefits

Managing TLS certificates at scale is one of those operational tasks that starts simple and quickly grows into a sprawling problem. As organizations adopt microservices, multi-tenant architectures, and globally distributed load balancers, the number of domains and subdomains they support can expand dramatically. Each certificate then requires its own lifecycle management: Wildcard certificates offer a powerful solution to this growing complexity.

Protect Against Critical Unauthenticated RCE in React & Next.js (CVE-2025-55182) with Traceable WAF

A critical, unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability, CVE-2025-55182, has been discovered in React Server Components and Next.js with the maximum severity rating of 10.0. The article highlights that Traceable by Harness WAF provided immediate, proactive protection against this vulnerability class through multi-layered defenses like Server Side Template Injection (SSTI) and Node.js Injection attack rules, even before the CVE was officially disclosed.

Building dbRosetta Part 4: Automating a CI Database Build

Since I’m starting development with the dbRosetta database, and since I’m way more comfortable with databases than with code, I’m going to continue within the database sphere for a bit as we build out dbRosetta. My next step is to work with the AI to get a pipeline in place to take our database code and deploy it to Azure Flex Server.

Automate infrastructure operations with Datadog Infrastructure Management

Many organizations struggle to track how their cloud infrastructure changes over time. Modern environments span tens of thousands of resources across hundreds of accounts and multiple clouds. Application teams add new services and regions at a rapid pace, increasing the number and variety of resources that need to be managed. These shifts can cause infrastructure configurations to drift from a well-architected state, increasing the risk of service reliability issues and unexpected cloud spend.

The Agentic Solution Making AI's Value Clear to IT, Execs, and Customers

Leaders in every industry are investing heavily in AI. Shocking, I know. Operations teams are modernizing infrastructure and automating workflows while boards are asking for faster returns. And yet, for all the investment, one question still lingers: where’s the value? The truth is that most enterprises have a translation problem, not necessarily ‘just’ a visibility problem. Executives see AI as a growth strategy, but IT sees it as operational complexity.