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Optimizing Java Applications for Arm64 in the Cloud (Fri, 26 Dec 2025)
Java remains one of the most popular languages for enterprise applications running on the cloud. While languages like Go, Rust, JavaScript, and Python have a high profile for cloud application developers, the RedMonk language rankings have ranked Java in the top three most popular languages throughout the history of the ranking. When deploying applications to the cloud, there are a few key differences between deployment environments and development environments. Whether you’re spinning up a microservice application on Kubernetes or launching virtual machine instances, it is important to tune your Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to ensure that you are getting your money’s worth from your cloud spend. It pays to know how the JVM allocates resources and to ensure you use them efficiently.
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The Architecture of Prompts: Designing Reliable, Deterministic AI Systems (Fri, 26 Dec 2025)
If 2025 was the year organizations discovered prompt engineering as a discipline, 2026 will be when we establish it as standard practice. Prompts aren't clever text tricks—they're software components with architectures, failure modes, and lifecycle requirements. As production LLM deployments multiply, consequences escalate from "weird response" to "compliance violation" or "incorrect customer data." This demands a fundamental shift: we must think about prompts like APIs or microservices. A prompt isn't a sentence—it's an engineered system designed for consistent outputs under varying conditions.
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Inside a Large Retailer’s Web Architecture: Data Extraction and Analytical Insights (Fri, 26 Dec 2025)
Recently, I was trying to identify and understand my daily sugar and other nutrient intake. So, I was trying to find ways to get my bills sorted and identify specific product items. Whether shopping at Whole Foods, QFC, or Costco, I wanted to access my information in an accessible way. To solve this problem, I probably need an app that will read my bills and categorize accordingly. There must be an existing some app for that, or we can now use AI to automate most of it.
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Shift-Left Strategies for Cloud-Native and Serverless Architectures (Fri, 26 Dec 2025)
The growth observed in modern-day cloud applications is staggering to say the least. Applications are being built faster and deployed at a faster pace. However, there can be several obstacles on this journey toward proactive security, as security and compliance often lag behind rapid development cycles. Traditional, end-of-cycle security checks simply haven’t kept up. Shift-left security has become a true game-changer in this regard. The whole architectural framework of shift-left security depends on moving critical security practices earlier in the development lifecycle. Incorporating security in the development lifecycle should not be an afterthought. Within this context, teams are empowered to identify and eliminate risks at design time, build time, and during CI/CD — not after. These modern workloads are highly dynamic and interconnected, and a single mishap can trickle down across the entire environment. And as cloud-native and serverless architectures grow more prominent by the day, it becomes imperative to adopt this proactive approach. In this article, we will take a look at some of the ways in which shift left security strategy can be incorporated into cloud native and serverless architecture from day one.
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DevOps Cafe Podcast

DevOps Cafe Ep 79 - Guests: Joseph Jacks and Ben Kehoe (Mon, 13 Aug 2018)
Triggered by Google Next 2018, John and Damon chat with Joseph Jacks (stealth startup) and Ben Kehoe (iRobot) about their public disagreements — and agreements — about Kubernetes and Serverless. 
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DevOps Cafe Ep 78 - Guest: J. Paul Reed (Mon, 23 Jul 2018)
John and Damon chat with J.Paul Reed (Release Engineering Approaches) about the field of Systems Safety and Human Factors that studies why accidents happen and how to minimize the occurrence and impact. Show notes at http://devopscafe.org
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DevOps Cafe Ep. 77 - Damon interviews John (Wed, 20 Jun 2018)
A new season of DevOps Cafe is here. The topic of this episode is "DevSecOps." Damon interviews John about what this term means, why it matters now, and the overall state of security.  Show notes at http://devopscafe.org
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