NATS Data Loss Exposed: Jepsen Finds 49.7% Message Loss
Jepsen’s analysis of NATS 2.12.1 uncovered something every backend developer dreads: acknowledged messages that aren’t actually durable. Independent distributed systems testing found NATS ...
Developer Productivity: 89% Say Non-Technical Factors Matter Most
The tech industry spent billions on developer tools in 2025. Faster IDEs, smarter CI/CD pipelines, ...
IBM’s $11B Confluent Bet: Kafka Goes Mainstream as Antitrust Chaos Looms
IBM acquires Confluent for $11B, making Kafka enterprise-critical. But antitrust concerns, cultural clash, and data ...
NYT Sues Perplexity: Fair Use Won’t Save AI This Time
The New York Times just sued Perplexity AI for copyright infringement, and this time the ...
Infracost Raises $15M to Shift FinOps Left: Full Story
Infracost, a developer-centric FinOps platform that integrates cloud cost estimation directly into code reviews, raised ...
Schleswig-Holstein Ditches Microsoft: €15M Saved
German state Schleswig-Holstein hit a major milestone in October 2025, completing the migration of over 40,000 government email accounts and 100 million emails ...
RTO Mandates Backfire: 73% Quit Risk, Developer Exodus
Eighty-three percent of CEOs expect full return-to-office within three years. Only 44% of workers will ...
Technical Debt Crisis 2025: 33% Time Wasted, $1.5M Cost
Engineers spend 33% of their time on technical debt instead of building features, costing $1.5 ...
Werner Vogels’ Final AWS Keynote: End of an Era
Werner Vogels, Amazon’s CTO and the legendary architect of AWS, delivered his final AWS re:Invent ...
Meta’s Publisher U-Turn: AI Race Forces Desperate Deals
Meta just signed commercial AI data agreements with CNN, Fox News, USA Today, and People ...