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All rights reserved.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260423-edge-computing-industrial-iot/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260423-edge-computing-industrial-iot/AWS and Azure are aggressively expanding their edge computing offerings for industrial IoT, bringing cloud-native tooling to factory floors and field operations.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260402-google-cloud-next-2026/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260402-google-cloud-next-2026/Google Cloud Next 2026 put platform engineering front and center, with new tools for developer experience, Gemini-powered operations, and a maturing GKE ecosystem.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260226-opentofu-infrastructure-as-code/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260226-opentofu-infrastructure-as-code/OpenTofu has matured significantly since its fork from Terraform. Here’s where things stand and what it means for teams managing cloud infrastructure.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260212-cloud-finops-engineering-ownership/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260212-cloud-finops-engineering-ownership/FinOps has evolved from a finance initiative to an engineering discipline, and the teams that treat cloud costs as a first-class engineering metric are winning.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251225-platform-engineering-2025-retrospective/Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251225-platform-engineering-2025-retrospective/Reflecting on how platform engineering matured in 2025, from internal developer platforms to the evolution of the DevOps toolchain.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251204-opentelemetry-logs-ga-three-pillars/Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251204-opentelemetry-logs-ga-three-pillars/OpenTelemetry’s logging API and SDK reaching general availability completes the observability trifecta. Here’s why this matters more than you might think.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251120-aws-reinvent-2025-preview/Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251120-aws-reinvent-2025-preview/With re:Invent just around the corner, here’s what matters most for teams building on AWS — and what’s likely just marketing noise.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251016-kubernetes-132-platform-maturity/Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251016-kubernetes-132-platform-maturity/Kubernetes 1.32 arrives with improvements to sidecar containers, resource management, and the continued push to simplify the platform for operators.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250918-slack-price-hike-saas-costs/Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250918-slack-price-hike-saas-costs/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.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250828-bitnami-docker-deletion/Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250828-bitnami-docker-deletion/Broadcom’s deletion of Bitnami images from Docker Hub is a wake-up call about depending on container registries you don’t control.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250731-quic-protocol-linux-kernel/Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250731-quic-protocol-linux-kernel/The push to bring QUIC protocol support into the Linux kernel marks a significant shift in how we think about transport-layer networking.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250710-opentelemetry-full-maturity/Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250710-opentelemetry-full-maturity/With OpenTelemetry’s logging signal reaching GA status, the project now covers all three pillars of observability with stable APIs, fulfilling a long-standing promise to the industry.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250529-opentofu-terraform-fork-maturing/Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250529-opentofu-terraform-fork-maturing/A year and a half after forking from Terraform, OpenTofu is proving that community-driven infrastructure tooling can thrive — but challenges remain.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250501-tech-tariffs-software-supply-chain/Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250501-tech-tariffs-software-supply-chain/New US tariffs on technology imports are sending ripples through hardware supply chains, cloud pricing, and software infrastructure planning.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250410-google-cloud-next-2025-ironwood-tpu/Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250410-google-cloud-next-2025-ironwood-tpu/Google unveils its 7th-gen Ironwood TPU at Cloud Next 2025, signaling a new phase in the cloud AI infrastructure war.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250320-nvidia-gtc-2025-blackwell-ultra/Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250320-nvidia-gtc-2025-blackwell-ultra/Nvidia’s GTC 2025 keynote unveiled Blackwell Ultra and the next-gen Vera Rubin architecture, doubling down on the infrastructure layer that powers everything in AI.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250227-kubernetes-container-security-hardening/Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250227-kubernetes-container-security-hardening/With Kubernetes pushing security features to GA and CISA issuing container hardening guidance, the container ecosystem is growing up on security. Here’s what matters for platform teams.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250130-stargate-project-ai-infrastructure/Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250130-stargate-project-ai-infrastructure/The newly announced Stargate Project promises $500B in AI infrastructure investment. What does this mean for the cloud landscape and developers building on top of it?https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241128-aws-reinvent-2024-highlights/Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241128-aws-reinvent-2024-highlights/AWS re:Invent 2024 opens with major announcements around Trainium2 chips, Aurora DSQL, and Amazon’s own Nova AI models. Here’s what’s worth paying attention to.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241121-microsoft-ignite-2024-azure-ai/Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241121-microsoft-ignite-2024-azure-ai/Microsoft Ignite 2024 delivered a wave of Azure AI announcements — from Copilot Actions to Azure AI Foundry. Here’s what matters for developers and architects.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240829-nvidia-earnings-ai-infrastructure/Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240829-nvidia-earnings-ai-infrastructure/NVIDIA’s Q2 FY2025 earnings show 122% year-over-year revenue growth. The numbers reveal where AI infrastructure is heading.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240718-crowdstrike-global-outage/Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240718-crowdstrike-global-outage/A faulty CrowdStrike Falcon sensor update has caused one of the largest IT outages in history, bricking millions of Windows machines worldwide.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240425-ibm-hashicorp-acquisition/Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240425-ibm-hashicorp-acquisition/IBM’s $6.4 billion acquisition of HashiCorp signals a major consolidation in the cloud infrastructure space. Here’s what it means for Terraform users and the broader IaC community.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240411-broadcom-vmware-licensing-shakeup/Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240411-broadcom-vmware-licensing-shakeup/Broadcom’s aggressive restructuring of VMware’s licensing and product portfolio is forcing organizations to rethink their virtualization strategies.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240229-nvidia-earnings-ai-infrastructure-boom/Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240229-nvidia-earnings-ai-infrastructure-boom/NVIDIA’s record Q4 earnings reveal the staggering scale of AI infrastructure investment and what it means for developers and cloud architecture.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240111-opentofu-1-6-terraform-fork-grows-up/Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240111-opentofu-1-6-terraform-fork-grows-up/OpenTofu hits its first GA release, proving that the open-source fork of Terraform is more than a protest — it’s a viable alternative.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240104-opentofu-open-source-infrastructure/Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240104-opentofu-open-source-infrastructure/As OpenTofu approaches its first stable release, the HashiCorp license change continues to reshape how we think about open source infrastructure tooling.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/231214-kubernetes-129-mandala-release/Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/231214-kubernetes-129-mandala-release/Kubernetes 1.29 ships with native sidecar container support, improved networking, and a continued push toward simplifying cluster operations.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/231130-aws-reinvent-2023-amazon-q/Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/231130-aws-reinvent-2023-amazon-q/AWS re:Invent 2023 introduces Amazon Q, Graviton4, and a wave of AI-integrated cloud services that signal where enterprise infrastructure is heading.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/231026-opentofu-terraform-fork/Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/231026-opentofu-terraform-fork/OpenTofu, the community fork of Terraform born from HashiCorp’s license change, is rapidly building momentum under the Linux Foundation.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230831-opentofu-terraform-fork-open-source/Thu, 31 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230831-opentofu-terraform-fork-open-source/HashiCorp’s switch to the Business Source License has triggered a community fork of Terraform called OpenTofu, and the implications for infrastructure-as-code are enormous.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230810-hashicorp-terraform-bsl-license/Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230810-hashicorp-terraform-bsl-license/HashiCorp’s decision to relicense Terraform and other products under the Business Source License has sent shockwaves through the infrastructure community.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230525-microsoft-build-2023-copilot-stack/Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230525-microsoft-build-2023-copilot-stack/Microsoft Build 2023 reveals the ‘Copilot Stack’ — a layered architecture that shows how Microsoft plans to embed AI into every developer workflow.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221208-kubernetes-126-electrifying/Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221208-kubernetes-126-electrifying/Kubernetes 1.26 ‘Electrifying’ arrives with significant improvements to storage, scheduling, and the ongoing effort to remove legacy code.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221124-aws-reinvent-2022-cloud-opinionated/Thu, 24 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221124-aws-reinvent-2022-cloud-opinionated/AWS re:Invent 2022 kicks off with a clear message: the cloud giant is moving beyond primitives and toward opinionated, integrated solutions.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221013-microsoft-ignite-2022-azure/Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221013-microsoft-ignite-2022-azure/Microsoft Ignite 2022 delivered a wave of Azure updates that signal where enterprise cloud infrastructure is heading next.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221006-cloudflare-r2-storage-wars/Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221006-cloudflare-r2-storage-wars/Cloudflare R2’s general availability challenges AWS S3’s dominance with zero egress fees and full S3 API compatibility, reshaping the economics of cloud storage.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220901-heroku-ending-free-tier/Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220901-heroku-ending-free-tier/Heroku’s decision to eliminate free dynos and databases marks the end of an era. Where do developers go now for easy, free deployment?https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220714-jwst-first-images-data-infrastructure/Thu, 14 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220714-jwst-first-images-data-infrastructure/The James Webb Space Telescope released its first full-color images this week. Behind the breathtaking photos is a remarkable data pipeline worth examining.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220526-broadcom-vmware-acquisition/Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220526-broadcom-vmware-acquisition/Broadcom’s proposed $61B acquisition of VMware could reshape the enterprise cloud and virtualization landscape for years to come.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220505-kubernetes-124-dockershim-removal/Thu, 05 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220505-kubernetes-124-dockershim-removal/Kubernetes 1.24 finally removes Dockershim, completing the long-telegraphed divorce from Docker as a container runtime.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220127-terraform-1-1-iac-maturity/Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220127-terraform-1-1-iac-maturity/Terraform 1.1 brings refactoring support and moved/imported blocks, signaling that Infrastructure as Code tooling is growing up.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/211202-aws-reinvent-2021-cloud-abstractions/Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/211202-aws-reinvent-2021-cloud-abstractions/AWS re:Invent 2021 delivered a clear message: the cloud is moving toward higher-level abstractions, and developers should pay attention.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/211125-aws-reinvent-2021-serverless-evolution/Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/211125-aws-reinvent-2021-serverless-evolution/AWS re:Invent 2021 is underway in Las Vegas, and the announcements already hint at where cloud infrastructure is headed next.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/211118-centos-stream-9-enterprise-linux-shift/Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/211118-centos-stream-9-enterprise-linux-shift/CentOS Stream 9 has arrived as the successor to both CentOS 8 and the traditional CentOS model — and the enterprise Linux community is still adapting.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210930-facebook-bgp-outage-internet-fragility/Thu, 30 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210930-facebook-bgp-outage-internet-fragility/Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram went down for six hours due to a BGP misconfiguration, exposing how fragile the internet’s routing infrastructure really is.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210805-kubernetes-1-22-release/Thu, 05 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210805-kubernetes-1-22-release/Kubernetes 1.22 drops several long-deprecated beta APIs and graduates key features to stable — a sign the project is maturing and cleaning house.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210729-windows-365-cloud-pc-future/Thu, 29 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210729-windows-365-cloud-pc-future/Microsoft announces Windows 365, a full Cloud PC experience — and it might reshape how we think about developer workstations and enterprise IT.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210701-terraform-1-0-infrastructure-as-code-milestone/Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210701-terraform-1-0-infrastructure-as-code-milestone/After years of 0.x releases, Terraform hits 1.0 with stability guarantees. What this means for the IaC ecosystem and your existing workflows.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210610-fastly-cdn-outage-single-points-failure/Thu, 10 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210610-fastly-cdn-outage-single-points-failure/When a single configuration change at Fastly took down half the internet, it exposed uncomfortable truths about how we build on CDN infrastructure.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210603-gitops-argocd-cncf-incubation/Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210603-gitops-argocd-cncf-incubation/With ArgoCD accepted into CNCF incubation and Flux reaching its own milestones, GitOps is transitioning from buzzword to standard practice for Kubernetes deployments.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210527-microsoft-build-2021-developer-platform/Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210527-microsoft-build-2021-developer-platform/Microsoft Build 2021 doubled down on the developer platform strategy with Azure improvements, deeper GitHub integration, and a clearer vision for the cloud-native developer workflow.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210408-kubernetes-1-21-release/Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210408-kubernetes-1-21-release/Kubernetes 1.21 lands with immutable Secrets and ConfigMaps going stable, CronJobs promoted to GA, and signals that the platform is maturing past its explosive growth phase.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210318-nvidia-gtc-2021-grace-cpu/Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210318-nvidia-gtc-2021-grace-cpu/NVIDIA’s GTC keynote reveals new hardware and software ambitions that signal where AI infrastructure is heading — and what developers should pay attention to.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210311-ovhcloud-datacenter-fire/Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210311-ovhcloud-datacenter-fire/A catastrophic fire at OVHcloud’s Strasbourg datacenter destroys thousands of servers and raises hard questions about cloud resilience and backup strategies.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210218-texas-grid-cloud-resilience/Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210218-texas-grid-cloud-resilience/The Texas power grid failure is knocking out data centers and cloud services, offering hard lessons about infrastructure resilience, multi-region architecture, and the physical realities underlying our digital systems.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/201224-centos-stream-shift/Thu, 24 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/201224-centos-stream-shift/Red Hat’s decision to shift CentOS from a stable downstream rebuild to a rolling upstream preview has sent shockwaves through the server community.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/201029-docker-hub-rate-limiting/Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/201029-docker-hub-rate-limiting/Docker Hub’s new rate limits take effect November 1st. If you haven’t prepared your build pipelines, you’re about to find out the hard way.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/201015-hashicorp-waypoint-boundary/Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/201015-hashicorp-waypoint-boundary/HashiCorp announced two new open-source tools at HashiConf Digital — Waypoint for application deployment and Boundary for secure remote access. Here’s why they matter.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200903-kubernetes-119-extensibility/Thu, 03 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200903-kubernetes-119-extensibility/Kubernetes 1.19 lands with extended support windows, Ingress API improvements, and a clear signal that the platform is maturing fast.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200827-kubernetes-1-19-release/Thu, 27 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200827-kubernetes-1-19-release/Kubernetes 1.19 arrives with the longest support window yet and a focus on stability features. For production operators, this is the release we’ve been asking for.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200709-terraform-013-module-foreach/Thu, 09 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200709-terraform-013-module-foreach/Terraform 0.13 brings count and for_each to modules, automatic provider installation, and custom validation rules. A look at what changes in practice.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200702-redis-6-acls-threading-production/Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200702-redis-6-acls-threading-production/Redis 6.0 brings ACLs and I/O threading to the world’s most popular in-memory data store. Here’s what the changes mean in practice.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200611-cicd-pipeline-security-remote-work/Thu, 11 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200611-cicd-pipeline-security-remote-work/As teams rushed to enable remote development workflows, CI/CD pipelines became a prime target. Here’s what’s going wrong and how to harden your build infrastructure.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200507-github-codespaces-cloud-development/Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200507-github-codespaces-cloud-development/GitHub Satellite 2020 introduces Codespaces, a cloud-based development environment that could change how we think about local toolchains.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200409-infrastructure-as-code-pandemic-scaling/Thu, 09 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200409-infrastructure-as-code-pandemic-scaling/The sudden shift to remote work has stress-tested Infrastructure as Code practices at unprecedented scale. Here’s what’s working, what’s breaking, and what we should learn.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200305-tech-remote-work-infrastructure/Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200305-tech-remote-work-infrastructure/As tech companies start mandating work-from-home policies amid growing COVID-19 concerns, the infrastructure supporting remote work faces its biggest test yet.https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200220-docker-desktop-new-direction/Thu, 20 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200220-docker-desktop-new-direction/Three months after selling Docker Enterprise to Mirantis, Docker Inc. is refocusing on developer experience. What does this mean for the container ecosystem?https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200116-github-actions-reshaping-ci-cd/Thu, 16 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200116-github-actions-reshaping-ci-cd/GitHub Actions went generally available in November 2019. Two months in, the migration patterns are becoming clear — and the implications for the CI/CD landscape are significant.