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India's path to digital independence: AI, Cloud, and Sovereignty

Digital sovereignty has moved from theory to necessity as organizations grapple with data control and independence. At Civo Navigate India 2025, Rahul Poruri, Toshal Khawale, Deepthi Anantharam, and Kunal Kushwaha examined how nations are balancing innovation with the need for multi-jurisdictional compliance.

Get Kafka-Nated S2E1: Giannis Polyzos on Fluss, Lakehouse, and the Future of Streaming

Season 2 of Get Kafka-Nated kicks off with Giannis Polyzos for a deep dive into Fluss and one of the most enduring questions in data infrastructure: streaming vs batch, or both? Drawing on his experience as a member of the Fluss PMC, Giannis breaks down what Fluss is, how it fits into modern lakehouse architectures, and where the lakehouse model is heading as we look toward 2026.

Hidden Cloud Costs: The Cost Behind Every Cloud Click

In the cloud, every click has a cost, even if it doesn’t feel like it at the moment. In this conversation, we unpack how small, everyday cloud decisions quietly add up to significant spend, why teams often miss the true cost behind “simple” actions, and how FinOps and cloud leaders can reframe cost conversations around value, impact, and accountability. If you manage cloud costs, build in Azure, or care about FinOps, this episode will change how you think about cloud decisions.

Democratizing Reliability: Giving Non-Engineers Real Operational Power with Dileshni Jayasinghe

Many companies don’t invest in incident management until something goes wrong. commonsku took a different path. In this episode of Humans of Reliability, Sylvain sits down with Dileshni Jayasingha, VP of Technology at commonsku, to talk about what it really takes to introduce incident management in a mature, profitable SaaS that had never formalized it. From rolling out observability and incident tooling to practicing internal status updates before going public, Dileshni shares how her team built the right muscles before they were forced to.