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What is AWS Fargate for Amazon ECS?

As cloud applications moved from VMs to containers and then to microservices, the amount of background work needed to keep everything running grew just as quickly. You gain speed and flexibility, but you also end up managing clusters, scaling rules, and capacity choices that don’t really add to the product you’re building. AWS Fargate steps in right there. It lets you run your ECS tasks without looking after any servers at all.

OTel Updates: Complex Attributes Now Supported Across All Signals

OpenTelemetry now supports maps, heterogeneous arrays, and byte arrays across all signals. Here’s where these new types shine — and where simple primitives still fit naturally. If you’ve been working with OpenTelemetry for a while, you’re likely familiar with the straightforward key-value approach to attributes. It’s simple, fast, and works well with how most telemetry backends store, index, and query data.

The database professional of the future: headlines from Redgate's Keynote at PASS Data Community Summit 2025

Redgate took the main stage earlier today to open PASS Data Community Summit with our keynote, where we shared our vision for the future of the database development experience – one driven by speed, safety, and the intelligent use of AI. As data estates grow in scale and complexity, and as organizations push to deliver software faster than ever, the role of the database is undergoing significant change.

AI wrote the code, but can you trust it? #aicoding #integration #cursor #devops #speedscale

Using AI coding tools like Cursor is fast, but it leaves a massive question: Is the new code going to break production? We solve this by combining Cursor with Proxymock! I take a live traffic snapshot of my running app, feed it back to the AI, and instantly run realistic integration tests locally. It's the only way to get true confidence before you push. Watch the full video below!

Best Cheap Black Friday VPS Deals - November 2025: A Cost-Based Analysis

It is November 2025 and Black Friday is here, and the VPS hosting world is getting ready for its biggest sale event of the year. Numerous VPS deals with huge discount percentages will appear across every website, but what should be considered is that the real savings aren't always what they look like at first glance. This guide focuses on total cost and provides a few different options that you can consider.

Fast and Clear Presentations for Tech Teams: Saving Time While Explaining Complexity

We've all been there. Technical complexity is our daily bread, but explaining it? That's where things get messy. Technical presentations shouldn't feel like translating ancient hieroglyphs. Yet here we are, drowning audiences in diagrams that look like subway maps. The irony? We build systems for clarity and efficiency, then create presentations that achieve neither. Modern IT teams face a presentation paradox. We need to move fast-really fast-while ensuring everyone actually understands what we're building, breaking, or fixing.

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2025: Recap

Hi everyone, my name is Bailey Ahrens, and I’m a marketing intern at Speedscale! I just returned a few days ago from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025. While it was only my second trade show, it felt like a huge step forward in my confidence, skills, and future direction. My first conference (API World) was all about stepping outside my comfort zone. KubeCon was where I started leaning into that confidence and finding my place in the tech community.