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End of year review: Ubuntu Desktop in 2023

As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time to look back on the evolution of Ubuntu Desktop over the last twelve months. The philosopher Gary Barlow once wrote “we’ve come so far, and we’ve reached so high, and we’ve looked each day and night in the eye”. These words certainly resonate in the context of our most recent Ubuntu releases.

How to Detect Unauthorized Changes in Production with Kosli

Let’s not beat around the bush: change management is a prehistoric discipline desperately in need of fresh thinking. Its “best practices” are frankly terrible. Nobody honestly thinks manually filling out change tickets, waiting for CAB meetings and external approvals does anything to meaningly reduce risk. Change management is slow, inconsistent, doesn’t scale, and is prone to error.

The Benefits of using containerization in DevOps workflows

Software development cycles demand rapid deployment and scalability, traditional infrastructure struggles to keep pace. Enter containerization—a revolutionary technology empowering DevOps teams to streamline their workflows, enhance portability, and drive efficiency in software development and deployment.

Yay CPU Limits or Nay CPU Limits 001 by Natan Yellin - Navigate Europe 23

Natan Yellin demystifies Kubernetes resource management, with a particular focus on CPU limits. Through practical examples, including a unique 'Tinder for Socks' analogy, Natan challenges the conventional use of CPU limits and offers alternative strategies for optimizing performance and cost in Kubernetes environments.

Failure Flags helps build testable, reliable software-without touching infrastructure

Building provably reliable systems means building testable systems. Testing for failure conditions is the only way to reliably root out issues before they impact customers. However, most current Chaos Engineering and resilience testing is focused on the underlying infrastructure. This helps identify potentially catastrophic failures, but misses the more frequent failures that still significantly impact customer experience.

Atlassian welcomes AI to the team | Atlassian

Our mission at Atlassian is to unleash the potential of every team. We believe the future of teamwork will be a partnership between humans and artificial intelligence (AI), wherever work gets done. We’re excited to announce that the first wave of Atlassian Intelligence capabilities are generally available across our cloud platform. These not only empowers teams by boosting individual productivity, they also harness organizational data to make insights immediately accessible, and leverage those insights to simplify data-driven decision-making.

Ephemeral Environments for Every PR - Are We There Yet? by Yshay Yaacobi - Navigate Europe 23

Join Yshay Yaacobi as he delves into the transformative world of ephemeral environments in software development. Discover how his team revolutionized their PR flow, adopting Fermyon environments for automated, efficient deployment processes. This session covers the journey from manual deployments to a seamless, continuous deployment strategy, offering insights into the practical benefits and applications of ephemeral environments in modern software development.