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  1. When CI Fails: Governed Investigation with GitHub Copilot and MCPTech Talks · GitHub · Copilot

    A recap of my GitHub Dev Days 2026 session at Microsoft Sri Lanka, exploring governed CI investigation with GitHub Copilot, GitHub Agentic Workflows and MCP.

  2. Your Agent Needs a Boundary: Azure Container Apps SandboxesDevOps · Azure · Platform Engineering

    Why agents need an enforced execution boundary, what Azure Container Apps Sandboxes provides, how it compares with NVIDIA OpenShell, and the tradeoffs worth understanding.

  3. Your Policy Checks Are Green. Your Impact Is Still Unknown.DevOps · Platform Engineering · Governance

    Green CI can leave downstream compatibility unassessed. Why critical shared repositories need consumer impact review, and where governed investigation with GitHub Copilot and MCP can help.

  4. TIL: crictl is kubectl for the node — debug containers without the API serverToday I Learned · Kubernetes · Containers

    crictl talks directly to the container runtime on a node — no API server, no kubelet required. Essential for debugging nodes where kubectl won't reach.

  5. TIL: Helm's --atomic flag does an automatic rollback on failureToday I Learned · Helm · Kubernetes

    helm upgrade --atomic waits for the rollout and automatically rolls back to the previous release if the upgrade fails. Useful but has a sharp edge.

  6. TIL: kubectl explain is a full API reference in your terminalToday I Learned · Kubernetes · Kubectl

    kubectl explain --recursive reveals the entire resource schema without leaving your terminal. Faster than googling the Kubernetes API docs.

  7. Kubernetes v1.37 Sneak Peek: What Platform Engineers Should Actually Care AboutDevOps · Kubernetes · Platform Engineering

    A platform engineer's guide to Kubernetes v1.37: the upgrade risks to act on, features worth testing, and architectural signals shaping future platforms.

  8. Kubernetes TLS Certificate Management: How Cluster Certificates WorkDevOps · Kubernetes · TLS

    A practical deep dive into Kubernetes TLS certificate management, covering the certificate authorities, component certificates, communication paths, and the commands you need to inspect and manage cluster PKI.

  9. Your Pods Are Running. Now What? Layer 7 Traffic on AKS with Application Gateway for ContainersDevOps · Azure · AKS

    Running containers on AKS is only half the job. This post explains how Azure Application Gateway for Containers handles Layer 7 traffic management—routing, TLS, canary releases, and more—through Kubernetes-native APIs.

  10. Anyscale Just Landed Natively on Azure Kubernetes ServiceNotes · Azure · Kubernetes

    A deep dive into Anyscale on Azure, agentic AI workloads, and Managed Ray on AKS.

  11. ARC GitHub Runners as a Platform ServiceNotes · GitHub Actions · Kubernetes

    A production blueprint for running GitHub Actions self-hosted runners as a centralized platform service on Amazon EKS — ephemeral pods, IRSA two-hop trust, multi-tenant namespaces, and zero long-lived credentials.

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