Platform Engineering Labs has released formae, an open-source infrastructure-as-code platform designed to address limitations in existing tools, focusing on automatic discovery, codification of existing infrastructure, and a reconcile/patch workflow. It uses PKL instead of HCL and targets reducing drift and complexity.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   AI is revolutionizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), enhancing speed, intelligence, and responsiveness. However, human expertise remains crucial for understanding AI-generated outputs and ensuring proper system functionality.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   The article discusses the increasing complexity of Kubernetes and suggests that Silicon Valley is exploring alternative technologies for container orchestration, citing a benchmark showing a stripped-down stack outperforming Kubernetes.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   K8S-native cluster-wide deployment for vLLM. Provides a reference implementation for building an inference stack on top of vLLM, enabling scaling, monitoring, request routing, and KV cache offloading with easy cloud deployment.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   Companies are increasingly moving away from cloud computing to on-premises servers to lower costs and regain control over their operations.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   AWS announces S3 Tables, a new bucket type for data analytics using Apache Iceberg format, and S3 Metadata for fast query of data, at the Re:Invent conference.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   Explore how LocalStack serves as a drop-in replacement for AWS, allowing developers to test and develop AWS services locally.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   AWS has decided to make their Valkey-based services significantly cheaper than their Redis counterparts. Valkey is the successor fork of Redis spearheaded by AWS and others, offering the same features and APIs but at a lower price.
   
    
 
 
  
   
   Alibaba Cloud has developed a new tool called TAAT that analyzes log file timestamps to improve server fault prediction and detection. The tool, which combines machine learning with timestamp analysis, saw a 10% improvement in fault prediction accuracy.