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Common Drupal deployment pitfalls and how cloud automation fixes them

Deploying a Drupal 10 or Drupal 11 application can feel like walking through a minefield of potential problems. Even a well-built Drupal site can stumble during deployment due to a few common pitfalls. For IT managers and technical project leads, understanding these pitfalls—and how cloud automation can solve them—means fewer late-night emergencies and smoother launches.

Prometheus and CloudWatch Integration for AWS Metric Collection

The Prometheus CloudWatch exporter pulls AWS CloudWatch metrics into your Prometheus setup, giving you a unified view of your infrastructure alongside application metrics. If you're already running Prometheus and need visibility into AWS services like EC2, RDS, or Lambda, this exporter handles the integration without forcing you to switch monitoring stacks.

How to Convert MS Access Database to MySQL

Microsoft Access is a relational system for managing databases that is used to create small-scale databases for a single user or small teams. MySQL is a robust open-source relational database management system for more extensive data volumes and web applications. With the help of dbForge Studio for MySQL, you can easily migrate data from Microsoft Access to MySQL and preserve data and functional integrity.

Is it time to switch CI/CD platforms? 7 warning signs

Every engineering team eventually faces this question: “Is our CI/CD setup actually helping us, or is it getting in the way?” The answer isn’t always obvious. CI/CD problems often develop gradually: small issues become accepted workarounds, and those workarounds become standard practice. What once worked well for your team might not fit your current needs or scale. The decision to evaluate new tooling usually builds over time as pain points accumulate and priorities shift.

Security and Compliance Takes Center Stage: Key Insights from Open Source Finance Forum - London 2025

We’ve just wrapped up London’s 2025 Open Source Finance Forum (OSFF) in London and in this blog I’ll try to capture the key highlights from this year’s event while they’re still fresh. Dominant themes were the increasing prominence of legislation and governance frameworks, and what these mean for developers and practitioners.

6x Developer Velocity: Intuit's Secret to Unlocking Innovation

Join Jimil Patel, Head of Technical Product Marketing and Developer Advocacy at Intuit, as he shares the company's transformative journey from cloud-native to AI-native, resulting in a 6x increase in developer velocity. Recorded at Civo Navigate Austin 2025, this talk explores Intuit's Modern SaaS AIR platform, AI-powered developer tools, intelligent auto-scaling, and AIOps-driven operations. Discover how Intuit is redefining the future of software development with real-world examples, including IKS AIR for self-healing runtimes and AI-driven observability, which cut MTTR by 50%.

Setup Guide: Infra Assistant for Natural Language Puppet Queries

Learn how to get started with Puppet Infra Assistant quickly with a step-by-step guide and examples. Infra Assistant makes it easier to interact with Puppet data and services with a natural language interface. It's "bring your own key" with support for OpenAI and Azure OpenAI (with more coming soon), and secured with opt-in requirements and role-based access control.

Puppet Infra Assistant: AI-Powered Natural Language Queries

Finding critical infrastructure insights shouldn't be a game of hide-and-seek. The new AI-powered Infra Assistant is a natural language interface that allows users of any skill level to chat with Puppet data and services for quick insights and reporting on infrastructure state. You don't need any Puppet experience to get started; it's safe to use in your infrastructure; and it's secured with explicit opt-in and robust role-based access control.

GPU Powerhouse: Scaling an AI Cloud in the Heart of Europe

The AI revolution needs more than models - it needs massive infrastructure. And Julien Gauthier is building it. In this episode of Uplink, Julien, CEO of Arkane Cloud, joins host Michael Reid to unpack how his company scaled from 3D rendering and gaming to delivering GPU cloud services for AI workloads across the globe. We explore how Arkane built a 1,000-GPU cluster in Paris (with capacity for 6,000), the rise of inference workloads in Europe, and the real-world engineering and business challenges of deploying high-density infrastructure - including cutting-edge liquid cooling handling 135kW per cabinet.

SwiftPM, CocoaPods, and the Future of Enterprise Development for Apple Platforms

Swift is the default and preferred language for developing applications within the Apple ecosystem. The Swift Package Manager (SwiftPM) has become the de-facto dependency manager for Swift, enabling developers to share and reuse code effortlessly. While its elegance lies in its simplicity, there’s a common concern about integrating SwiftPM into robust, enterprise-grade development workflows. This is where JFrog Artifactory shines.