AWS Expands Aurora DSQL with Playground, New Tool Integrations, and Driver Connectors Amazon has announced several updates for Aurora DSQL, focusing on usability, integrations, and developer tooling. The improvements include a new interactive Aurora DSQL Playground that lets developers...

AWS has announced several updates for Aurora DSQL, focusing on usability, integrations, and developer tooling.

My recap for @infoq.com is out today.

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Cloudflare Introduces Support for ASPA, an Emerging Internet Routing Security Standard Cloudflare recently announced support for ASPA (Autonomous System Provider Authorization). The new cryptographic standard helps make Internet routing safer by verifying the path data takes across netw...

Cloudflare recently announced support for ASPA. The cryptographic standard helps make Internet routing safer by verifying the path data takes across networks to reach its destination and preventing traffic from traversing untrusted networks. More on @infoq.com

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AWS Introduces Nested Virtualization on EC2 Instances AWS recently announced support for nested virtual machines within virtualized EC2 instances running KVM or Hyper-V. A long-awaited feature by the community, the new option enables use cases such as ap...

AWS recently announced support for nested virtual machines within virtualized EC2 instances running KVM or Hyper-V. A long-awaited feature by the community, the new option enables use cases such as app emulation and hardware simulation. More on @infoq.com

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MySQL 9.6 Changes Foreign Key Constraints and Cascade Handling MySQL is changing the way foreign key constraints and cascades are managed. Starting with MySQL 9.6, foreign key validation and cascade actions are handled by the SQL layer rather than the InnoDB stor...

# MySQL is changing how foreign key constraints and cascades are managed. Starting with MySQL 9.6, foreign key validation and cascade actions are handled by the SQL layer rather than the InnoDB storage engine.
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AWS Drops Patent Infringement Protection for Video Encoding Services AWS has removed its legal protections for customers using its video transcoding and streaming services, potentially exposing them to patent infringement claims from codec rights holders. The change af...

AWS has removed its legal protections for customers using its video transcoding and streaming services, potentially exposing them to patent infringement claims from codec rights holders.
More on @infoq.com
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Databricks Introduces Lakebase, a PostgreSQL Database for AI Workloads Databricks has recently announced the general availability of Lakebase, a serverless, PostgreSQL-based OLTP database that scales compute and storage independently. Lakebase is designed to integrate wi...

#Databricks has recently announced the general availability of #Lakebase, a serverless, PostgreSQL-based OLTP database that scales compute and storage independently.

More on @infoq.com.

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Cloudflare Introduces Local Uploads for R2 to Cut Cross-Region Write Latency by 75% Cloudflare has recently introduced Local Uploads for R2 in open beta. The new feature optimizes write performance for globally distributed users without changing bucket location, reducing cross-region...

#Cloudflare has recently introduced Local Uploads for R2 in open beta. The new feature optimizes write performance for globally distributed users without changing bucket location, reducing cross-region write latency.

My recap is out today on @infoq.com

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LocalStack for AWS Drops Community Edition Raising Developer Concerns LocalStack has recently announced changes to the delivery of its AWS Cloud emulators, dropping the popular open source Community Edition, and creating a single image that requires registration. Projec...

LocalStack has recently announced changes to the delivery of its AWS Cloud emulators, dropping the popular open source Community Edition, and creating a single image that requires registration.

My recap is out today on @infoq.com

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From Paging to Postmortem: Google Cloud SREs on Using Gemini CLI for Outage Response A recent article by Google Cloud SREs describes how they use the AI-powered Gemini CLI internally to resolve real-world outages. This approach improves reliability in critical infrastructure operation...

A recent article by Google Cloud SREs describes how they use the AI-powered Gemini CLI internally to resolve real-world outages. My recap on @infoq.com is out today.

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#Percona recently announced #OpenEverest, an open-source platform for automated database provisioning and management that supports multiple database technologies. More on #InfoQ.

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Two Missing Characters: How a Regex Flaw Exposed AWS GitHub Repos to Supply-Chain Risk AWS recently published a security bulletin acknowledging a configuration issue affecting some popular AWS-managed open-source GitHub repositories. Dubbed CodeBreach, the critical vulnerability could h...

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AWS recently published a security bulletin acknowledging a configuration issue affecting some popular AWS-managed open-source GitHub repositories. My recap for @infoq.com is out today.

Expired Oracle Patent Opens Fast Sorting Algorithm to Open Source Databases A recent article reports that an Oracle patent on a fast sorting method has expired, allowing open source databases to use it freely. Mark Callaghan, the inventor behind the sorting algorithm, shows h...

A recent article reports that an Oracle patent on a fast sorting method has expired, allowing open source databases to use it freely. More on @infoq.com
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Cloudflare Introduces Aggregations in R2 SQL for Data Analytics Cloudflare recently announced support for aggregations in R2 SQL, a new feature that lets developers run SQL queries on data stored in R2. This enhancement expands R2 SQL beyond basic filtering and ma...

#Cloudflare recently announced support for aggregations in R2 SQL, a new feature that lets developers run SQL queries on data stored in R2. My recap is out today on @infoq.com

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MongoBleed Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Read Data from MongoDB's Heap Memory MongoDB recently patched CVE-2025-14847, a vulnerability affecting multiple supported and legacy MongoDB Server versions. According to the disclosure, the flaw can be exploited remotely by unauthentic...

MongoDB recently patched CVE-2025-14847, a vulnerability affecting multiple supported and legacy MongoDB Server versions. The flaw can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers with low complexity, potentially leading to the exfiltration of sensitive data.

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AWS Introduces VPC Encryption Controls to Enforce Encryption in Transit AWS has recently introduced VPC Encryption Controls, allowing customers to validate whether traffic within and between VPCs is encrypted and to require encryption where supported. The feature provides...

AWS has recently introduced VPC encryption controls, allowing customers to validate whether traffic within and between VPCs is encrypted and to require encryption where supported.

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#CaseStudy - Karrot replaced its legacy recommendation system with a new scalable architecture powered by multiple AWS services!

Read how they built it and what issues it addresses: bit.ly/3KNEfE4

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AWS CodeCommit Returns to General Availability After Backlash AWS recently announced that the managed source control service AWS CodeCommit is again generally available and that new features, including Git Large File Storage, will be added early in 2026. This ma...

AWS recently announced that the managed source control service AWS CodeCommit is again generally available and that new features, including Git Large File Storage, will be added early in 2026. My recap for @infoq.com is out today.

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MySQL Repository Analysis Reveals Declining Development and Shrinking Contributor Base A recent report has analyzed the repository statistics of the MySQL server to evaluate the project's status, Oracle's commitment to MySQL, and the future of the community edition. Julia Vural, softwar...

A recent report by @percona.bsky.social has analyzed the repository statistics of the hashtag#MySQL server to evaluate the project's status, Oracle's commitment to MySQL, and the future of the community edition.

My recap is out today on @infoq.com

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AWS Introduces EC2 Instance Attestation AWS has introduced EC2 instance attestation, a new security feature that enables customers to verify that their virtual machines are running approved software configurations in a cryptographically sec...

AWS has introduced EC2 instance attestation, a new security feature that enables customers to verify that their virtual machines are running approved software configurations in a cryptographically secure manner. My recap for @infoq.com is out today.

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PlanetScale Extends Database Platform to PostgreSQL PlanetScale has announced the general availability of its managed sharded Postgres service, built for performance and reliability on AWS or Google Cloud. The launch extends PlanetScale's offerings to ...

@planetscale.com recently announced the general availability of its managed sharded Postgres service, built for performance and reliability on AWS or Google Cloud. My recap for @infoq.com is out today.

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Cloudflare Adds Node.js HTTP Servers to Cloudflare Workers Cloudflare recently implemented the node:http client and server APIs in Cloudflare Workers, allowing developers to migrate existing Node.js applications to the serverless computing platform. These HTT...

Cloudflare recently implemented the node:http client and server APIs in Cloudflare Workers, allowing developers to migrate existing Node.js applications to the serverless platform. These HTTP APIs enable frameworks such as Express.js and Koa.js to run on Workers.

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In this #InfoQ virtual panel, eng leaders share:
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Oracle Brings Database Services Directly to AWS Cloud AWS recently announced the general availability of Oracle Database@AWS, a new option for Oracle Exadata workloads, including Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), within AWS. This new option allows ...

AWS recently announced the general availability of Oracle Database@AWS, a new option for Oracle Exadata workloads, including Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), within AWS. My recap for @infoq.com is out today.

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The European Cloud Dilemma: Innovation Versus Digital Sovereignty European tech companies are facing a tricky situation, using popular American cloud services like AWS and Google Cloud, but worrying about keeping control of their data in Europe. With rising geopolit...

Ahead of the @infoq.com Dev Summit in Munich, Markus Ostertag, Elena van Engelen-Maslova, Erik Steiger, and Katharine Jarmul discussed the European cloud dilemma in a recent "Sovereign Clouds, Hyperscalers and European Alternatives" podcast.

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How Cloudflare Migrated Quicksilver to Multi-Level Caching While Serving Billions of Requests The engineering team at Cloudflare recently shared how they transitioned Quicksilver, their internal global key-value store, to a tiered caching architecture. They described their incremental journey ...

The engineering team at Cloudflare recently shared how they transitioned Quicksilver, their internal global key-value store, to a tiered caching architecture.

My recap is today out on @infoq.com
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Sovereign Clouds, Hyperscalers and European Alternatives: InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 2025 Preview In this podcast episode, speakers from the upcoming InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 2025 tackle the practical challenges facing European developers caught between regulatory pressures and technological realit...

Last week, I had the pleasure of recording a podcast episode with speakers from the upcoming InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 2025. We discussed the practical challenges facing European developers caught between regulatory pressures and technological realities.

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Cloudflare Chooses PostgreSQL Extension Over Specialized OLAP for 100K Row/Second Analytics In a recent article from the engineering team behind the Zero Trust product suite, Cloudflare explains why it chose TimescaleDB over ClickHouse to add analytics and reporting capabilities to its inter...

In a recent article from the engineering team behind the Zero Trust product suite, #Cloudflare explains why it chose TimescaleDB over ClickHouse to add analytics and reporting capabilities to its internal platform.

My recap is out today on @infoq.com

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AWS Introduces Vector Capabilities on Amazon S3 At the recent AWS Summit in New York City, AWS announced the preview of Amazon S3 Vectors, claiming to be the first cloud object store with native support to storing large vector datasets. The new option offers subsecond query performance, reducing the cost of storing AI-ready data compared to traditional vector databases.

At the recent AWS Summit in New York City, #AWS announced the preview of Amazon S3 Vectors, claiming to be the first cloud object store with native support for storing large vector datasets. More on @infoq.com

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Amazon S3 Adds Sort and Z-Order Compaction to Improve Apache Iceberg Query Performance AWS has recently announced that Amazon S3 now supports sort and z-order compaction for Apache Iceberg tables. The new features reduce scan times and engine costs, and are available for both S3 Tables ...

#AWS has recently announced that Amazon S3 now supports sort and z-order compaction for Apache Iceberg tables. More on @infoq.com

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Secure Messaging: The Guardian Leverages Millions of Readers to Provide Strong Plausible Deniability The Guardian has recently released Secure Messaging, a highly secure and user-friendly tool designed to protect journalistic sources by concealing the very fact that messaging is occurring. The open s...

The Guardian has recently released Secure Messaging, a highly secure and user-friendly tool designed to protect journalistic sources by concealing the very fact that messaging is occurring. More on @infoq.com

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