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Presentation: AI Works, Pull Requests Don’t: How AI Is Breaking the SDLC and What To Do About It
Michael Webster discusses the rise of headless AI agents and their impact on software delivery pipelines. He shares how massive, AI-generated pull requests create a severe bottleneck for human reviewers and introduce persistent technical debt. Learn how engineering leaders can leverage test impact analysis and automated validation pipelines to verify agentic output without sacrificing stability.
By Michael WebsterArgo CD 3.5 Tightens Supply Chain Security with Internal mTLS and Source Integrity
The Argo CD project released a v3.5 release candidate in June 2026. This version adds mutual TLS enforcement for internal components. It also includes Git commit signature verification for supply chain security and native ApplicationSet management in the UI. The release also graduates two significant features: impersonation and Source Hydrator, from alpha to beta.
By Claudio MasoloDapr 1.18 Introduces Verifiable Execution, Bringing Cryptographic Trust to AI Agents and Workflows
Diagrid has announced the release of Dapr 1.18, introducing what it calls Verifiable Execution, a new set of capabilities designed to bring cryptographic trust, provenance, and tamper-evident execution records to distributed applications and AI agents.
By Craig RisiHow Cloudflare Solved a Congestion Bug in quiche
Cloudflare has recently shared how they uncovered an issue in their Rust implementation of CUBIC, a congestion controller algorithm, which prevented it from recovering from a scenario of heavy packet loss at the start of a connection.
By Gianmarco NalinBuilding a European Cloud Orchestration Platform within an Enterprise
Modern cloud deployments involve many tools with different lifecycles, creating a heavy burden on engineers. The Kubernetes ecosystem offers a unified Control Plane approach. Sharing best practices through tech talks and inner-source collaboration can create an engaged community and drive adoption.
By Ben Linders
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