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We've Never Shipped Code This Fast. Understanding It Hasn't Kept Up.

Ask anyone where dev ends and ops begins and they'll struggle to draw the line. That's the point of the last decade of DevOps: the two disciplines merged so completely that the boundary stopped mattering. But ask where building ends and understanding begins, and everyone answers instantly. Right after deploy.

Google Cloud outage on October 20, 2026: a europe-west2 power event and 171 possibly affected services

A power event in Google’s europe-west2-b (London) zone triggered a wide Google Cloud outage on October 20, 2026, taking down dozens of services including Cloud SQL, BigQuery, Compute Engine, and Kubernetes for customers across the UK and beyond. StatusGator sent an Early Warning Signal at 07:02 UTC, 1 hour and 35 minutes before Google Cloud publicly acknowledged the incident at 08:37 UTC. The ripple effect was wide: StatusGator tracked 171 other services showing signs of impact during the outage.

Application Metric or Log? Which should you use?

Sentry offers both "Application Metrics" and "Logs", but both can seem pretty similar. Both logs and metrics are just a collection of attributes attached to a name in your code. Both can be counted, visualized, or alerted on. Both are not sampled by default. So how do you know which to choose? In this video, we'll briefly go over a few examples of when to use logs and when to use metrics. TLDR; Logs are designed for debugging and may be temporary or likely to change when problems arise. Metrics on the other hand are stable, purposely placed events used to track user behaviors.

Cloud Networking 101 | Holly Podbielak | Megaport Connect 2026

Cloud has transformed networking. This session explores the fundamentals of cloud networking, including software-defined infrastructure, automation, APIs, infrastructure as code, and cloud connectivity, providing a practical foundation for modern network engineers. Recorded at Megaport Connect 2026. Chicago | Thursday 22 October ABOUT THE SPEAKER | Holly Podbielak, Solutions Consultant, Palo Alto Networks.

Building Secure Hybrid Multicloud Architectures | Jeremiah Johnson | Megaport Connect 2026

As infrastructure expands across clouds, data centers, and the edge, complexity grows. This session explores practical strategies for designing secure, scalable multicloud architectures that balance performance, governance, connectivity, and operational simplicity. Recorded at Megaport Connect 2026. Chicago | Thursday 22 October ABOUT THE SPEAKER | Jeremiah Johnson, US Cloud Engineering Manager, Fortinet.

The Full Stack Network (And Everything We Broke Along the Way) | Richard Olson | Megaport Connect

What does it take to build a global hybrid multicloud network? Richard Olson, Tech Lead at Canva, shares the architectural decisions, tradeoffs, and lessons learned scaling infrastructure across clouds, regions, and bare metal at global scale. Recorded at Megaport Connect 2026. Chicago | Thursday 22 October ABOUT THE SPEAKER | Richard Olson, Tech Lead (Networking and Compute), Canva.