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Docker Verified Publisher Applications Are Now Self-Serve
Apply to become a Docker Verified Publisher (DVP) now directly through Docker Hub. Get your verified content seen first by devs looking for trusted options.
You Don’t Need To Be a Manager To Lead: Why Leadership Matters for Software Engineers
Many assume that leadership in software engineering starts only when you stop coding and become a manager. I once shared this belief, thinking technology would be simpler than working with people. That was an early misconception. While it is possible to focus your career on code, architecture, databases, and other technical areas, the challenges that shape your impact become less technical over time. Even the best architectural decision has little value if others do not trust, understand, or sup
Custom metrics are now supported in Vercel Observability
You can now emit your own metrics directly from your Vercel Functions and analyze them alongside Vercel's built-in observability data. Use the function from the package to record any value you care about, like request latency or business events, and attach attributes to filter and group by:metric()@vercel/functions Once emitted, your custom metrics are available across Observability: • slice and aggregate metrics on the fly. • build and share dashboards. • query using the command.Query bui
AI-Generated Exploit Scripts Target Siemens S7 PLCs in U.S. Critical Infrastructure
The U.S. government on Wednesday warned of an "active threat" targeting critical infrastructure organizations in the country using artificial intelligence (AI)-generated exploit scripts. The activity is targeting Siemens S7 SeriesProgrammable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to conduct reconnaissance and capability development using AI-generated scripts disguised as legitimate monitoring tools. That
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Authoring Dogwood policies from natural language in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
AI agents can take actions that do not match your organization's policies. Policy in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore lets teams enforce controls across agents, now including time-based constraints. This post shows how Policy Authoring turns natural-language policy documents into correct Dogwood policies, with worked examples and best practices.
Scaling agentic AI: Enterprise patterns without vendor lock-in
Scaling agentic AI across an enterprise requires patterns that preserve flexibility while avoiding vendor lock-in. In this second post of our multi-agent series, we examine how ML teams operate many agentic AI systems across a multi-everything environment of frameworks, models, and providers, and the principles that let those systems scale together.
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