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Knowledge Graphs: The Backbone of AI-First Software Delivery | Harness Blog

Mar 17, 2026 By Prateek Mittal In Harness
--- ‍Key Takeaways --- AI can generate code in seconds. It still can’t ship software safely. That gap isn’t about model quality or prompt engineering. It’s about context, and most software organizations don’t have a system that accurately reflects how pipelines, services, environments, policies, and teams actually relate to each other. Without that context, AI doesn’t automate delivery. It amplifies risk.
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5 Database Monitoring Tips Every DBA Should Use to Reduce Firefighting

Mar 17, 2026 By udara.ratnakumara In Redgate
This is a guest post from udara.ratnakumara. In a recent webinar I hosted with my colleague Chris Hawkins, Inside a DBA’s Day: What Really Happens and How to Stay Ahead, we talked through the realities of a typical DBA day and the practical ways teams can stay ahead of issues rather than constantly reacting. For many DBAs, the day doesn’t start with coffee. It starts with an alert. A report is suddenly slow. An application query is timing out.
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Redgate Monitor is now available as a fully managed SaaS edition

Mar 17, 2026 By Phil James In Redgate
This is a guest post from Phil James. Database teams are already juggling a lot. Monitoring the performance of complex, multi-platform estates takes expertise and focus — and that's before you factor in installing, maintaining, and updating the monitoring tooling itself. That's the tension we've been hearing from database teams for a while. The monitoring solution is supposed to reduce operational burden, yet the infrastructure that runs it adds more.
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12 DevOps Tools You Should Be Using in 2026 (SREs Included)

Mar 17, 2026 By Eduardo Messuti In Statuspal
When everything on the internet comes with an “AI-powered” tag attached and AI fatigue is in full gear, we come to the rescue with a list of tools and services for DevOps and SREs. No AI included. Twelve tools across infrastructure, security, observability, and incident management. Mostly open source. All of them solving specific problems without a chatbot in sight.
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Top 10 Platform Engineering Platforms for 2026 (March Edition)

Mar 16, 2026 By Alex Oprisan In Bunnyshell
Platform engineering is rapidly evolving as businesses look for more efficient ways to manage infrastructure, automate workflows, and improve developer productivity. In this edition, we’ll explore the top 10 platform engineering platforms for March 2026, optimized for scalability, automation, and ease of use. These platforms empower developers to focus on building code while platform engineers handle infrastructure with reduced complexity.
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Is Your Org Ready for Peak Season? How to Automate Production Readiness with Cortex

Mar 16, 2026 By Cortex | Engineering Operations Platform In Cortex
Stop relying on hope as a production readiness strategy. Whether it’s Black Friday, tax season, or a major product launch, engineering leaders need to know—with 100% certainty—if their systems can handle the load. In this video, Becka demonstrates how Cortex replaces manual, time-consuming readiness reviews with a continuous, automated framework. What we cover: The Readiness Gap: Why manual self-reporting and static spreadsheets fail during high-traffic periods.
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Always Audit Ready: Streamlining SOC 2 & ISO Compliance with Cortex

Mar 16, 2026 By Cortex | Engineering Operations Platform In Cortex
Stop dreading your next audit. If you’ve ever survived a SOC 2, ISO, or regulatory audit, you know the drill: weeks of manual data pulling, hunting for owners, and frantic spreadsheet updates. In this video, we show you how Cortex transforms compliance from a painful annual event into a continuous, automated process. What we cover: The "Audit Scramble" vs. "Always Ready": Why manual snapshots fail and how a living service landscape keeps you compliant 365 days a year.
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Liquibase MongoDB Extension Tutorial | Install & Use the Harness Community Extension

Mar 16, 2026 By Harness In Harness
Discover how to manage MongoDB schema changes using Liquibase with the Harness Community Liquibase MongoDB Extension. In this step-by-step tutorial, you will learn how to install, configure, and run MongoDB database migrations using Liquibase Community Edition. This extension enables DevOps teams to bring database version control and CI/CD practices to MongoDB, making schema changes easier to track, automate, and deploy.
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Becoming an Azure Expert MSP

Mar 16, 2026 By Turbo360 In Turbo360
Recently, Wortell achieved the Microsoft Azure Expert MSP designation, a milestone that places them among a select group of managed service providers recognized for their Azure expertise and operational maturity. In this webinar, Alex Tilgenkamp (Azure Cloud Architect at Wortell) shares insights into what it takes to achieve this designation and what it means for organizations building and scaling their Azure managed services practice.
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The Agent-Native Repo: Why AGENTS.MD is the New Standard | Harness Blog

Mar 16, 2026 By Dewan Ahmed In Harness
This is part 1 of a five-part series on building production-grade AI engineering systems. Across this series, we will cover: Most teams experimenting with AI coding agents focus on prompts. That is the wrong starting point. Before you optimize how an agent thinks, you must standardize what it sees. AI agents do not primarily fail because of reasoning limits. They fail because of environmental ambiguity.
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