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How a Culture of Data-Driven Conversations Can Support Platform Engineering

Ben Linders — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:54:00 GMT

To provide SRE as a service, a team built a center of excellence, introducing Federated SREs and roles like production manager and technical tribe lead. They created a culture of data-driven conversations where SLOs and SLAs were democratised. Surviving growing cognitive load meant continuously simplifying architecture and embedding sovereignty and resilience into platform design decisions.

By Ben Linders

AWS Replaces Fat-Tree Data Center Networks with Random Graph Theory, Cutting Routers by 69%

Steef-Jan Wiggers — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:25:00 GMT

AWS disclosed that Resilient Network Graphs, a flat network architecture based on quasi-random graph theory, is now the default for most new data center builds. The design replaces fat-tree hierarchies with direct ToR-to-ToR mesh connections using passive optical ShuffleBoxes, cutting routers by 69%, boosting throughput by 33%, and reducing network power consumption by 40%.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

A Trailing Slash Bypassed AWS API Gateway Authorization

Steef-Jan Wiggers — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:55:00 GMT

A security researcher found that adding a trailing slash to AWS HTTP API paths bypassed Lambda authorizer authentication entirely, enabling unauthenticated wire transfers at a fintech. The root cause is a path normalization mismatch between HTTP API's greedy route matching and its authorization layer. The same vulnerability class appeared in gRPC-Go via CVE-2026-33186.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Google Cloud Suspends Railway's Production Account, Causing Eight-Hour Platform-Wide Outage

Steef-Jan Wiggers — Sat, 30 May 2026 10:03:00 GMT

Google Cloud's automated systems suspended Railway's production account without notice, triggering an eight-hour platform-wide outage affecting 3 million users. The cascade took down workloads across all providers including AWS and bare metal because Railway's control plane was hosted on GCP. Railway is demoting GCP to backup-only status.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Microsoft Announces Azure Linux 4.0, Its First General-Purpose Server Linux Distribution

Steef-Jan Wiggers — Thu, 28 May 2026 09:49:00 GMT

Microsoft announced Azure Linux 4.0 and Azure Container Linux at Open Source Summit. Azure Linux 4.0 is a Fedora-based general-purpose server distribution for Azure VMs, the first time Microsoft has offered a supported Linux beyond container hosting. Azure Container Linux is an immutable container-optimized host built on Flatcar.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Cloudflare Adds Support for Claude Managed Agents

Renato Losio — Thu, 28 May 2026 06:23:00 GMT

Cloudflare recently added support for Claude Managed Agents, allowing developers to run and manage Claude agents within Cloudflare. Developers can connect agents to private systems, choose their runtime environment, and monitor agent activity using Cloudflare services.

By Renato Losio

Azure Logic Apps Adds Sandboxed Code Interpreters to Agent Workflows

Steef-Jan Wiggers — Wed, 27 May 2026 09:45:00 GMT

Microsoft added sandboxed code interpreters to Azure Logic Apps, enabling agents within integration workflows to generate and execute Python, JavaScript, C#, and PowerShell in Hyper-V isolated sessions. Architects get full control over model selection per workflow. The capability positions Logic Apps as an agent platform for integration alongside Foundry and Copilot Studio.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers