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The Cloud Has Made Us Reckless! It's Time to Reclaim Control

Tim Banks takes the stage at Civo Navigate San Francisco 2025 to explore the unintended consequences of cloud adoption. From runaway AWS bills to vendor lock-in and lost operational skills, Tim offers a thought-provoking look at how convenience in the cloud has come at a cost to resilience, privacy, and sustainability.

Everything You Need to Know About OpenTelemetry Histograms

Modern systems throw off a lot of data—metrics, traces, logs—sometimes more than we know what to do with. When you're trying to understand how values spread out over time (like response times, memory usage, or queue lengths), averages alone don’t tell the full story. OpenTelemetry histograms help fill in those gaps. This guide walks through what they are, why they matter, and how DevOps engineers can use them to improve observability in real systems.

OWASP CI/CD Top 10: Inadequate IAM

In the race to ship software faster, many teams have turned to automation, decentralised tools, and powerful pipelines. But lurking under the surface of these streamlined processes is a growing and often invisible Identity and Access Management (IAM) threat vector. — a core vulnerability in modern CI/CD security.

Lessons Learned in LLM Prompt Security: Securing AI with AI

AI is no longer just a buzzword. According to a 2024 McKinsey survey, 72% of companies now use AI in at least one area of their business. By 2027, nearly all executives expect their organizations to use generative AI for both internal and external purposes. However, with this rapid adoption comes significant security risks. As organizations rush to implement AI solutions, many overlook a critical vulnerability: prompt security.

How Does OpenTelemetry Logging Work?

Modern systems throw off logs like confetti—and making sense of all that noise is half the battle. OpenTelemetry logging offers a way to bring some order to the chaos. It helps DevOps teams collect logs in a consistent format, no matter what language or framework they’re working with. In this guide, we’ll walk through what OpenTelemetry logging is, why it matters, and how to put it to work in your stack.

Why Should You Care About Endpoint Monitoring?

Modern applications rely on numerous interconnected endpoints to function properly. Maintaining visibility into these critical connection points is fundamental to both system reliability and security. When endpoints fail, degrade, or become compromised, the impact cascades to users, teams, and ultimately affects your bottom line. Effective endpoint monitoring provides the visibility needed to prevent these issues.

Super Mario & Platform Engineering? You'll Be Surprised!

What can Super Mario teach us about platform engineering? More than you'd think! At Civo Navigate San Francisco 2025, Ramiro Berrelleza, founder of Okteto, draws surprising parallels between one of gaming’s most iconic series and the world of platform engineering. Learn how building familiar, reliable foundations, just like Super Mario, can empower developers, foster innovation, and avoid constantly reinventing the wheel.

Build a scalable internal developer portal with Backstage and CircleCI

Internal developer portals (IDPs) have become essential tools in platform engineering, helping standardize developer workflows and reduce friction by providing self-service access to tools, APIs, and infrastructure. During my time on a platform team, I experienced firsthand the transformative power of IDPs. Our team implemented custom solutions that significantly reduced load on developers, allowing them to focus on writing code rather than navigating complex infrastructure.

The hitchhiker's guide to infrastructure modernization

One of my favourite authors, Douglas Adams, once said that “we are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.” Whilst Adams is right about a lot of things, he got this one wrong – at least when it comes to infrastructure. As our Infra Masters 2025 event demonstrated, infrastructure is the technology that makes everything work – from managing a satellite in outer space, to, say, livestreaming an event.