https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/tags/cloud/Recent content in Cloud on Osmond van HemertHugo -- gohugo.ioen© Osmond van Hemert. All rights reserved.Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260507-anthropic-compute-moat/Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260507-anthropic-compute-moat/Anthropic just bought all 300+ MW of SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data centre. Stacked next to its multi-gigawatt deals with AWS, Google, Azure and Fluidstack, the frontier-model race has quietly become a power-and-real-estate race — and that changes what developers can expect from these APIs.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260423-edge-computing-industrial-iot/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260402-google-cloud-next-2026/Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260305-nvidia-gtc-2026-blackwell-ultra/Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260305-nvidia-gtc-2026-blackwell-ultra/With NVIDIA’s GTC 2026 around the corner, here’s what developers and infrastructure teams should be watching for in the next generation of AI compute.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260226-opentofu-infrastructure-as-code/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260212-cloud-finops-engineering-ownership/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260205-webassembly-component-model-maturity/Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260205-webassembly-component-model-maturity/The WebAssembly Component Model is reaching maturity, and it might finally deliver on the ‘write once, run anywhere’ promise that Java made thirty years ago.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251225-platform-engineering-2025-retrospective/Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251204-opentelemetry-logs-ga-three-pillars/Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251120-aws-reinvent-2025-preview/Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251016-kubernetes-132-platform-maturity/Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250918-slack-price-hike-saas-costs/Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250828-bitnami-docker-deletion/Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250731-quic-protocol-linux-kernel/Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250710-opentelemetry-full-maturity/Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250619-aws-reinforce-2025-ai-security/Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250619-aws-reinforce-2025-ai-security/AWS re:Inforce 2025 puts AI workload security front and center, with new guardrails, identity controls, and data protection features that signal where cloud security is headed.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250522-microsoft-build-2025-ai-platform/Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250522-microsoft-build-2025-ai-platform/Build 2025 revealed Microsoft’s strategy to make Azure the default platform for AI development — from model hosting to agent orchestration.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250501-tech-tariffs-software-supply-chain/Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250410-google-cloud-next-2025-ironwood-tpu/Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250327-ingress-nightmare-kubernetes-vulnerability/Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250327-ingress-nightmare-kubernetes-vulnerability/CVE-2025-1974 and related vulnerabilities in the Kubernetes ingress-nginx controller allow unauthenticated remote code execution, affecting an estimated 40% of Kubernetes clusters.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250320-nvidia-gtc-2025-blackwell-ultra/Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250227-kubernetes-container-security-hardening/Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250130-stargate-project-ai-infrastructure/Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250109-nvidia-ces-2025-ai-infrastructure/Thu, 09 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250109-nvidia-ces-2025-ai-infrastructure/NVIDIA’s CES 2025 keynote unveiled the RTX 5090, Project DIGITS personal AI supercomputer, and Cosmos foundation models — cementing their grip on AI infrastructure.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250102-salt-typhoon-treasury-breach/Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250102-salt-typhoon-treasury-breach/The Chinese state-sponsored Salt Typhoon campaign breached the US Treasury Department, exposing how even the most security-conscious organizations remain vulnerable.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241128-aws-reinvent-2024-highlights/Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241121-microsoft-ignite-2024-azure-ai/Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241114-salt-typhoon-telecom-breach/Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241114-salt-typhoon-telecom-breach/The Salt Typhoon campaign has compromised major US telecom providers, exposing the fragility of critical infrastructure and the growing sophistication of state-sponsored cyber operations.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241107-dotnet-9-release/Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241107-dotnet-9-release/Microsoft ships .NET 9 at .NET Conf 2024, delivering significant performance improvements and deeper cloud-native integration that solidify its position as a top-tier platform.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240829-nvidia-earnings-ai-infrastructure/Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240718-crowdstrike-global-outage/Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240530-microsoft-build-2024-copilot-era/Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240530-microsoft-build-2024-copilot-era/Microsoft Build 2024 doubles down on AI with Copilot+ PCs, Windows Recall, and deep Azure AI integrations — but is the industry ready for always-on AI?https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240523-microsoft-build-2024-copilot-stack/Thu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240523-microsoft-build-2024-copilot-stack/Microsoft Build 2024 reveals the full Copilot stack strategy. From custom copilots to Team Copilot, here’s what developers need to know about building on Microsoft’s AI platform.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240516-google-io-2024-gemini-developer-tools/Thu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240516-google-io-2024-gemini-developer-tools/Google I/O 2024 was wall-to-wall Gemini. Beyond the AI hype, there are meaningful developer platform shifts worth paying attention to.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240425-ibm-hashicorp-acquisition/Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240411-broadcom-vmware-licensing-shakeup/Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240404-redis-relicensing-valkey-fork/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240404-redis-relicensing-valkey-fork/Redis Labs switches from BSD to a dual SSPL/RSALv2 license, and the Linux Foundation responds by backing the Valkey fork.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240321-nvidia-blackwell-gtc-2024/Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240321-nvidia-blackwell-gtc-2024/NVIDIA unveils the Blackwell B200 GPU at GTC 2024, promising a generational leap in AI training and inference performance.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240229-nvidia-earnings-ai-infrastructure-boom/Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240208-google-gemini-rebrand-ai-platform/Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240208-google-gemini-rebrand-ai-platform/Google retires the Bard brand and goes all-in on Gemini. Behind the marketing refresh is a real technical shift with implications for developers building on Google’s AI stack.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240111-opentofu-1-6-terraform-fork-grows-up/Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/231214-kubernetes-129-mandala-release/Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/231130-aws-reinvent-2023-amazon-q/Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/231026-opentofu-terraform-fork/Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230928-amazon-anthropic-investment/Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230928-amazon-anthropic-investment/Amazon pours $4 billion into Anthropic, signalling a major shift in how cloud providers are positioning themselves in the AI race.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230921-mgm-resorts-social-engineering-attack/Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230921-mgm-resorts-social-engineering-attack/The MGM Resorts cyberattack that started with a phone call is a stark reminder that the most sophisticated defenses can be undone by human vulnerability.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230803-intel-downfall-cpu-vulnerability/Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230803-intel-downfall-cpu-vulnerability/A new Intel CPU vulnerability called Downfall exposes sensitive data through speculative execution, and the performance impact of mitigations is significant.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230622-red-hat-rhel-source-code-controversy/Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230622-red-hat-rhel-source-code-controversy/Red Hat’s decision to restrict public access to RHEL source code sends shockwaves through the enterprise Linux ecosystem and raises fundamental questions about open source sustainability.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230525-microsoft-build-2023-copilot-stack/Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230511-google-io-2023-palm2-ai-platform/Thu, 11 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230511-google-io-2023-palm2-ai-platform/Google I/O 2023 puts AI front and center with PaLM 2, signaling a massive platform shift across Search, Workspace, and Cloud.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230302-chatgpt-api-opens-floodgates/Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230302-chatgpt-api-opens-floodgates/OpenAI releases the ChatGPT and Whisper APIs at a fraction of expected cost, and every developer I know is scrambling to integrate.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230126-microsoft-openai-ten-billion-investment/Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230126-microsoft-openai-ten-billion-investment/Microsoft’s massive investment in OpenAI signals a fundamental shift in how cloud providers compete — and it’s not just about chatbots.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230119-microsoft-openai-investment/Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230119-microsoft-openai-investment/Reports indicate Microsoft is investing $10 billion in OpenAI. What this mega-deal means for the cloud landscape, AI development, and the rest of the industry.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221222-lastpass-breach-vault-data/Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221222-lastpass-breach-vault-data/LastPass reveals attackers obtained copies of customer vault data, turning an already serious breach into one of the worst password manager incidents in history.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221208-kubernetes-126-electrifying/Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221124-aws-reinvent-2022-cloud-opinionated/Thu, 24 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221027-mastodon-decentralized-social-scaling/Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221027-mastodon-decentralized-social-scaling/As users flood to Mastodon following the Twitter acquisition, the open-source platform faces its biggest infrastructure test yet.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221013-microsoft-ignite-2022-azure/Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221006-cloudflare-r2-storage-wars/Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220901-heroku-ending-free-tier/Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220804-twilio-phishing-breach/Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220804-twilio-phishing-breach/Twilio’s breach through a sophisticated phishing attack targeting employees raises hard questions about SMS-based authentication and supply chain trust.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220714-jwst-first-images-data-infrastructure/Thu, 14 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220707-cloudflare-mantis-record-ddos/Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220707-cloudflare-mantis-record-ddos/Cloudflare mitigated the largest HTTPS DDoS attack ever recorded at 26 million requests per second. The Mantis botnet represents a new generation of volumetric threats.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220526-broadcom-vmware-acquisition/Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220526-broadcom-vmware-acquisition/Broadcom’s proposed $61B acquisition of VMware could reshape the enterprise cloud and virtualization landscape for years to come.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220505-kubernetes-124-dockershim-removal/Thu, 05 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220505-kubernetes-124-dockershim-removal/Kubernetes 1.24 finally removes Dockershim, completing the long-telegraphed divorce from Docker as a container runtime.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220421-heroku-security-breach-supply-chain/Thu, 21 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220421-heroku-security-breach-supply-chain/Heroku’s OAuth token breach exposes the fragile trust chain in platform-as-a-service dependencies and what it means for developers.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220324-lapsus-group-okta-microsoft-breach/Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220324-lapsus-group-okta-microsoft-breach/The Lapsus$ hacking group has breached both Okta and Microsoft, exposing critical weaknesses in identity provider security and third-party access management.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220210-nvidia-arm-deal-collapse/Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220210-nvidia-arm-deal-collapse/NVIDIA’s $40 billion bid for ARM has officially fallen apart under regulatory pressure, and the implications for the semiconductor landscape are enormous.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220127-terraform-1-1-iac-maturity/Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/211202-aws-reinvent-2021-cloud-abstractions/Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/211125-aws-reinvent-2021-serverless-evolution/Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/211118-centos-stream-9-enterprise-linux-shift/Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/211028-facebook-rebrands-to-meta/Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/211028-facebook-rebrands-to-meta/Facebook’s rebrand to Meta signals a massive infrastructure bet on the metaverse — here’s what it means for developers and platform engineers.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210930-facebook-bgp-outage-internet-fragility/Thu, 30 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210916-azure-omigod-vulnerability-cloud-agents/Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210916-azure-omigod-vulnerability-cloud-agents/The OMIGOD vulnerabilities in Azure’s silently-installed OMI agent expose a troubling pattern: cloud providers deploying software on your VMs without your knowledge or consent.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210819-tmobile-data-breach-api-security/Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210819-tmobile-data-breach-api-security/The T-Mobile breach exposing 40+ million records highlights systemic failures in API security and data protection that the entire industry needs to address.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210805-kubernetes-1-22-release/Thu, 05 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210729-windows-365-cloud-pc-future/Thu, 29 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210708-kaseya-vsa-supply-chain-ransomware/Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210708-kaseya-vsa-supply-chain-ransomware/The REvil ransomware group exploited Kaseya’s VSA platform to hit over 1,500 businesses simultaneously. This is what supply chain attacks look like at scale.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210701-terraform-1-0-infrastructure-as-code-milestone/Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210610-fastly-cdn-outage-single-points-failure/Thu, 10 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210603-gitops-argocd-cncf-incubation/Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210527-microsoft-build-2021-developer-platform/Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210520-google-io-2021-ai-ml-advances/Thu, 20 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210520-google-io-2021-ai-ml-advances/Google I/O 2021 showcased AI advances that prioritize practical developer tooling over flashy demos — a shift that signals real maturity in the field.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210408-kubernetes-1-21-release/Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210325-aws-opensearch-elasticsearch-fork/Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210325-aws-opensearch-elasticsearch-fork/Amazon announces OpenSearch, a fork of Elasticsearch, escalating the most consequential open source licensing battle in years.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210318-nvidia-gtc-2021-grace-cpu/Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210311-ovhcloud-datacenter-fire/Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210304-microsoft-exchange-hafnium-zero-day/Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210304-microsoft-exchange-hafnium-zero-day/Four zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server are being actively exploited at scale, and the fallout is only beginning.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210218-texas-grid-cloud-resilience/Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210114-elasticsearch-license-change/Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210114-elasticsearch-license-change/Elastic’s decision to move Elasticsearch and Kibana from Apache 2.0 to dual SSPL/Elastic License reignites the debate about open source sustainability in the cloud era.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/201224-centos-stream-shift/Thu, 24 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/201203-salesforce-acquires-slack/Thu, 03 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/201203-salesforce-acquires-slack/Salesforce’s $27.7 billion acquisition of Slack signals a consolidation wave in enterprise software. Developers should pay attention.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/201029-docker-hub-rate-limiting/Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/201015-hashicorp-waypoint-boundary/Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200903-kubernetes-119-extensibility/Thu, 03 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200827-kubernetes-1-19-release/Thu, 27 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200709-terraform-013-module-foreach/Thu, 09 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200702-redis-6-acls-threading-production/Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200521-microsoft-build-2020-wsl2/Thu, 21 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200521-microsoft-build-2020-wsl2/Microsoft Build 2020 goes fully virtual and doubles down on developer experience with WSL 2 GA, Windows Terminal 1.0, and tighter Azure integrations.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200507-github-codespaces-cloud-development/Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200409-infrastructure-as-code-pandemic-scaling/Thu, 09 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200326-zoom-security-crisis/Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200326-zoom-security-crisis/Zoom’s explosive pandemic-driven growth is exposing serious security and privacy issues. The ‘Zoombombing’ phenomenon is just the tip of the iceberg.https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200305-tech-remote-work-infrastructure/Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200220-docker-desktop-new-direction/Thu, 20 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200116-github-actions-reshaping-ci-cd/Thu, 16 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.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.