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Cost Optimization vs. Value Optimization: Shifting the Mindset

In this session, we explore how organizations can move beyond basic cloud cost reporting to truly understand the business value of their IT investments. Using the T2Bv (Technology-to-Business Value) meta-framework alongside FinOps practices, we explain how to connect IT resources, including Azure environments, to measurable business outcomes.

Cost Awareness in CI/CD Pipelines: A FinOps Guide | Harness Blog

This guide walks through practical ways to embed cost awareness directly into CI/CD workflows so development teams can make cost-informed decisions before deployment. You’ll learn how to implement automated cost feedback loops, introduce pipeline budget guardrails, and use Harness Cloud Cost Management to align DevOps velocity with FinOps accountability.

Defeating Context Rot: Mastering the Flow of AI Sessions | Harness Blog

In Part 1, we argued that most dev teams start in the wrong place. They obsess over prompts, when the real problem is structural: agents are dropped into repositories that were never designed for them. The solution was to make the repository itself agent-native through a standardized instruction layer like AGENTS.md. But even after you fix the environment, something still breaks. The agent starts strong.

Why True Operational Security Requires an Unmanaged Cloud VPS

When deploying infrastructure for sensitive communications, penetration testing, or privacy-centric applications, your threat model must account for the human element. Handing over the root access of your server to a "managed" hosting provider fundamentally breaks that model. In 2026, serious security practitioners know that true OPSEC cannot exist in an environment where support staff have administrative backdoors into your operating system.

Fear, Identity & Flaky Tests: AI in Reliability w/ Dana Lawson (CTO, Netlify)

The self-healing systems that SREs have dreamed about for a decade aren't a distant promise anymore — they're already being built, and the biggest barrier left is cultural. Dana Lawson, CTO at Netlify, has spent over 25 years in the trenches of developer infrastructure, from sysadmin roots to running the platform that powers 5% of the internet.

Kubecost Vs. OpenCost: What's The Difference? (Updated 2026)

Kubernetes (K8s) adoption has exploded over the past few years. But it hasn’t been easy to monitor, manage, and optimize K8s costs. To provide greater cost visibility into Kubernetes clusters and environments, Kubecost launched in 2019 and was acquired by IBM in 2024, while OpenCost debuted in 2022. OpenCost has several founding contributors. But Kubecost developed the cost allocation engine that the OpenCost implementation uses.

How Developers Build a Meaningful Career in the Age of AI

What does a meaningful developer career look like in the age of AI? We brought together four experts to answer exactly that. In this GitKon panel, GitKraken CMO Kate Adams moderates a conversation with Leon Noel (Managing Director of Engineering, Resilient Coders), Danny Thompson (Director of Technology and host of The Programming Podcast), Maggie Hunter (Recruitment Lead, GitKraken), and Dimitry Fonarev (CEO, Testkube) to explore how software engineers can future-proof their careers, grow their skills, and navigate an industry that is changing fast.