Osmond Van Hemert

OpenTelemetry’s logging API and SDK reaching general availability completes the observability trifecta. Here’s why this matters more than you might think.

Python 3.13’s experimental free-threading mode is here. I’ve been testing it in production workloads — here’s what actually works and what doesn’t.

With re:Invent just around the corner, here’s what matters most for teams building on AWS — and what’s likely just marketing noise.

November’s Patch Tuesday brought critical zero-days being actively exploited, reminding us that patch management is still the unglamorous foundation of security.

GitHub Universe 2025 showed us where coding is headed — and it’s less about typing code than ever before.

The Matter smart home protocol reaches version 1.4, and while progress has been slower than promised, the interoperability story is finally getting convincing.

AI coding assistants have evolved from glorified autocomplete to genuine development partners, and the implications for how we build software are becoming clearer.

Kubernetes 1.32 arrives with improvements to sidecar containers, resource management, and the continued push to simplify the platform for operators.

CISA’s Secure by Design initiative is moving from voluntary pledges to measurable industry impact, and software vendors are starting to feel the pressure.

Python 3.14 arrives with maturing free-threading support and an experimental JIT compiler, signaling a new performance era for the language.

The EU’s latest push to scan encrypted messages reignites the fundamental debate about whether governments can mandate backdoors without destroying security for everyone.

A viral post about Slack’s massive price increase highlights the growing problem of SaaS cost escalation and what engineering teams can do about it.