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5 key takeaways from the 2026 State of Software Delivery

AI has made it easier than ever to write code. Shipping it is a different story. Today we released the 2026 State of Software Delivery report, sponsored by Thoughtworks. In it, we analyzed more than 28 million CI/CD workflows across thousands of engineering teams. The picture that emerged is clear: teams are producing more code than ever, but fewer of them are able to turn that activity into software that actually reaches customers.

AWS EC2 Vs. Azure VMs Vs. GCE: Understanding The Real Cost Of Cloud VMs

AWS EC2, Azure Virtual Machines, and Google Compute Engine (GCE) appear similar on paper but produce different bills due to how each provider prices capacity, discounts, idle time, and commitment terms. The same VM configuration can cost 20-40% more or less depending on which cloud you choose and how your workload runs. On paper, all three offer similar virtual machines. In reality, they price capacity, discounts, and idle time very differently.

2026 - Redgate Flyway - Starting strong with Oracle

Deploying changes to Oracle databases can be complex from working across multiple schemas, handling dependencies, and accounting for environment differences. Flyway has been helping teams bring order and automation to Oracle development for over 15 years and in 2026 we’re accelerating that investment even further. Here’s a look at the latest enhancements available today and what’s coming next for Oracle users.

Database Security Failures Don't Start in Security Teams

When a database security incident happens, everyone turns to the security team. We look for a simple root cause analysis, and then we add a control, tighten a policy, and maybe even buy a silver bullet tool. We feel progress! But the incident didn’t start there. It started years earlier, when the organization made a series of perfectly reasonable decisions that quietly expanded the surface area and weakened the consistency of control.

Designing Alerts for Action

In the first two posts of this series, we explored how alert noise emerges from design decisions, and why notification lists fail to create accountability when responsibility is unclear. There’s a deeper issue underneath both of those problems. Many alerting systems are designed without being clear about the outcome they’re meant to produce. When teams don’t explicitly decide what they want to happen as a result of a signal, they default to the loudest option available.

Unlimited Team Sizes for All

Starting from today, Healthchecks.io users on all plans (Hobbyist, Supporter, Business, Business Plus) can invite an unlimited number of users into their projects. Previously, the limits were: 3 team members for Hobbyist and Supporter, 10 team members for Business, and unlimited team members for Business Plus. From now on, it is unlimited for all.

Top 6 Cloud Monitoring Challenges in Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Environments

Hybrid and multi-cloud monitoring breaks down when teams can’t connect signals to customer impact fast enough to act. Hybrid and multi-cloud sound simple: run some workloads in public cloud, keep some on-premises, and connect it all. But in practice, you’re managing dependencies across teams and systems, tools that don’t share context, and incidents that refuse to stay in one place.