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A Year in Internet Analysis: 2025

This year-end wrap-up covers topics from BGP security (including ASPA and excessive AS-SETs) and the geopolitical (Ukraine’s IPv4 exodus, the Iran internet shutdown, and Red Sea cable cuts) to the year’s most significant outages (TikTok, the Spain/Portugal blackout, and cloud failures at AWS, Azure, and Cloudflare). Plus, we explore Starlink’s new Community Gateways, and revisit the evolving landscape of AS ranking and OTT service tracking.

Debug Faster with Chrome + Rollbar Debugging Assistant

Context switching is one of the biggest hidden productivity killers in debugging. Jumping between multiple open browser tabs slows momentum and increases cognitive load, especially when you’re trying to diagnose an issue under pressure. Google Chrome's new split screen feature, paired with Rollbar Debugging Assistant, enables a faster, more focused way to troubleshoot errors without constantly losing your place.

Rovo Dev Auto Closing Vulnerabilities | Bitbucket Blitz | Atlassian

Learn how Atlassian uses Rovo Dev to automatically find and fix code vulnerabilities with Rovo Dev and Bitbucket. This capability saves our developers thousands of hours over three months and reduces issue resolution time by half, allowing them to focus on building software and solving problems for our customers. This technology is available to all of our customers. Learn how it works, and start using it yourself.

The Observability Stack is Collapsing: Why Context-First Data is the Only Path to AI-Powered Root Cause Analysis

By Bill Balnave, VP of Customer Success at Mezmo The core promise of modern observability is simple: cut Mean Time To Resolution (MTTR). Yet, despite a boom in tooling and investment over the last four years, the data tells a sobering story: our industry is actually getting worse at finding and resolving issues. Dashboards, once our trusted guide, have become the starting point for a chaotic "dashboard hunt" that rarely leads to the definitive root cause.

Transforming Symfony monolith to multi-apps: a step-by-step guide

This blog post is based on Florent Huck, Developer Advocate at Upsun, at SymfonyCon 2023. We utilized AI tools for transcription and to enhance the structure and clarity of the content. The journey from a single monolithic application to a multi-application architecture doesn't have to be daunting. At a recent developer conference, Florent from Upsun's Developer Relations team shared a practical step-by-step guide on how to refactor a monolith into multiple applications using Upsun.

How Istio Ambient Mode Delivers Real World Solutions

For years, platform teams have known what a service mesh can provide: strong workload identity, authorization, mutual TLS authentication and encryption, fine-grained traffic control, and deep observability across distributed systems. In theory, Istio checked all the boxes. In practice though, many teams hit a wall. Across industries like financial services, media, retail, and SaaS, organizations told a similar story. They wanted mTLS between services to meet regulatory or security requirements.

Site24x7's Kubernetes monitoring | Proactive, scalable, AI-powered

Kubernetes drives modern cloud-native applications, but its distributed nature creates visibility and performance challenges at scale. In this video, discover how Site24x7 provides real-time monitoring, AI-powered anomaly detection, and scalability for Kubernetes environments, helping you to proactively manage resources and resolve issues faster. Key features of Site24x7 Kubernetes Monitoring: Whether you're running a single Kubernetes cluster or managing multiple environments, Site24x7 helps you ensure peak performance and faster decision-making with minimal manual intervention.

What is DEX? And Why DEX is Important

Digital Employee Experience (DEX) refers to how employees interact with the digital tools, systems, and technologies they use at work-and how those interactions affect their productivity, satisfaction, and overall work experience. DEX encompasses the quality of the digital interactions and services that employees encounter while using workplace technologies. It includes various factors such as application performance, network connectivity, device usability, and overall user satisfaction.

Lessons From The FinOps In Full Bloom Podcast: 6 Cloud Insights I Didn't Expect

Every time I step on set with a guest for FinOps In Full Bloom, I’m anticipating the lightbulb moments I know will pop up during the podcast. These are the conversations that reveal how curiosity and collaboration can spark real transformation in the cloud.