https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Policy as Code feed https://www.infoq.com/articles/configuration-control-plane/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Policy+as+Code <img src="https://res.infoq.com/articles/configuration-control-plane/en/headerimage/configuration-as-a-control-plane-designing-for-safety-and-reliability-at-scale-header-1773657574566.jpg"/><p>Configuration has evolved from static deployment files into a live control plane that directly shapes system behavior. The evolution of configuration management highlights why misconfigurations can trigger large outages and how hyperscalers deploy changes safely using staged rollouts, validation, blast radius limits, and automated rollback at scale.</p> <i>By Karthiek Maralla</i> Configuration Management Policy as Code GitOps Site Reliability Engineering Platform Engineering Distributed Systems Cloud Architecture DevOps Development Architecture & Design article Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/articles/configuration-control-plane/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Policy+as+Code Karthiek Maralla 2026-03-20T09:00:00Z /articles/configuration-control-plane/en https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/03/google-cel-expr-python/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Policy+as+Code <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/03/google-cel-expr-python/en/headerimage/google-cel-expr-python-1773686641450.jpeg"/><p>Google has open sourced CEL-expr-python, a Python implementation of the Common Expression Language (CEL), a non-Turing complete embedded policy and expression language designed for simplicity, speed, safety, and portability.</p> <i>By Sergio De Simone</i> Policy as Code Python Open Source Development news Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:00:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/03/google-cel-expr-python/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Policy+as+Code Sergio De Simone 2026-03-16T19:00:00Z /news/2026/03/google-cel-expr-python/en