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How Slack built its next-generation EC2 platform
Slack describes the control plane, migration strategy, and operational safeguards behind its internal compute platform.
Read the article at Slack Engineering ↗How March Networks stores enterprise video on AWS
The architecture uses S3 tiers, secure ingestion, and centralised governance for video spread across many sites.
Read the article at AWS Architecture ↗Amazon SQS turns 20
AWS revisits the design choices that made a simple message queue a durable building block for distributed systems.
Read the article at AWS ↗Starlink unveils its next-generation V5 kit
The redesigned terminal promises higher throughput, better environmental protection, and a simpler installation.
Read the article at Teslarati ↗A GKE blueprint for securing AI at enterprise scale
Google Cloud lays out identity, isolation, policy, and observability controls for AI workloads on Kubernetes.
Read the article at Google Cloud ↗OpenShell secures the agent that governs a fleet
Tigera looks at containment and network policy for agents with broad infrastructure privileges.
Read the article at Tigera ↗How Terraform state encryption works
A practical guide explains what sensitive data lands in state and how encryption changes the threat model.
Read the article at Spacelift ↗Using an MCP server with Terraform workflows
Spacelift demonstrates where agent tooling can help infrastructure teams and where approvals still matter.
Read the article at Spacelift ↗Graphify maps a software system as a graph
The open-source tool turns repositories and service relationships into a graph developers can inspect.
Read the article at GitHub ↗What the 2026 State of SaaS report says
BetterCloud’s data tracks application sprawl, automation, governance, and the workload now facing IT teams.
Read the article at BetterCloud ↗How MAPFRE modernised fraud detection with EMR Serverless
The case study connects Iceberg, Airflow, graph features, model scoring, and production claims workflows.
Read the article at AWS Architecture ↗Apache Spark 4.2 arrives
Databricks highlights the query, streaming, Python, and operational changes in the new open-source release.
Read the article at Databricks ↗Tech Little Brawta guides
Practical guides
Step-by-step walkthroughs with diagrams, screenshots, and the details needed to follow along.
Open Source · 3 min
Why You Should Get a Red Hat Developer Membership
What the no-cost Red Hat Developer program gives you, what it does not include, and how to put RHEL, Ansible, and OpenShift to work in a learning lab.
Cybersecurity · 3 min
Managing Nodes in PNETlab: Checking Status, Stopping, and Starting Nodes in Offline Mode
A complete, illustrated walkthrough for preparing PNETLab, creating a dedicated account, configuring the Python scripts, and testing node controls safely.
Infrastructure · 2 min
How to Create a Bootable USB Drive for VMware ESXi Using Rufus
An illustrated Windows guide to downloading ESXi and Rufus, selecting the correct USB drive, writing the installer, and checking the result.
Infrastructure · 6 min
Home Lab Naming Conventions
A naming system for sites, environments, devices, and services that stays useful when a small lab grows into a multi-site network.
Cybersecurity · 3 min
Home Lab Vlans
The complete VLAN plan for the eight-site Tech Little Brawta lab, with diagrams, subnet tables, and the reasoning behind each segment.
Infrastructure · 2 min
Home Lab Physical and Virtual Topology
Two diagrams explain the real hardware, virtual platforms, and eight simulated sites that make up the Tech Little Brawta home lab.
Open Source · 3 min
Home Lab Software
A practical comparison of network emulators and hypervisors, including why the first lab used PNETLab and ESXi and what to reconsider today.
Technology · 2 min