Engineering Insights

Maximizing value with Amazon EKS Auto Mode: Strategies for visibility, control, and optimization

In this post, we explore how to maximize Auto Mode's value through comprehensive cost visibility, proactive governance, and continuous optimization strategies. We cover essential cost management dimensions: establishing spending visibility, forecasting resource needs, implementing governance controls, and measuring efficiency improvements. For both new and experienced Amazon EKS Auto Mode users, this guide offers actionable insights to balance performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency in Kub

.NET MAUI Moves to CoreCLR in .NET 11

.NET MAUI apps on Android, iOS, and Mac Catalyst now run on CoreCLR by default in .NET 11, unifying the runtime across all of .NET. The post .NET MAUI Moves to CoreCLR in .NET 11 appeared first on .NET Blog.

Viaduct 1.0 and the future of Airbnb’s data mesh

Google Named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Application Development Platforms: Mid-cycle update

May 2026 update: We’ve refreshed this post to reflect our mid-cycle positioning and the evolution of our platform since the report was first published last November.  Last fall, Google was recognized as a Leader in the inaugural Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Application Development Platforms, positioned highest in Ability to Execute of all vendors evaluated.  In our opinion, the mid-cycle update published last week reflects continued momentum. In this update, Google is a Leader, positioned hig

Your Model Doesn't Matter. Your Infrastructure Does.

Everyone calling an LLM API has access to the same models. So what actually sets technical teams apart? It’s everything around the model like the routing logic, the live data pipelines, and the ability to scale from prototype to production without ever rewriting your code. Which LLM tops a benchmark matters less than what becomes possible when infrastructure stops being an afterthought, when one platform owns the full stack from GPU to API. Our Deploy 2026 session walked through this with live d

Accelerated X-Ray Analysis for Nanoscale Imaging (XANI) of Novel Materials

A massive-scale X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) enables tracking structural and electron dynamics in novel systems, including fusion materials, semiconductors,... A massive-scale X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) enables tracking structural and electron dynamics in novel systems, including fusion materials, semiconductors, batteries, and catalysis. It produces ultrashort X-ray pulses that can record the movements of atoms and electrons. These instruments can detect the smallest change in materia

PCI PIN and P2PE compliance packages for AWS Payment Cryptography are now available

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pleased to announce the successful completion of Payment Card Industry Personal Identification Number (PCI PIN) and PCI Point-to-Point Encryption (PCI P2PE) assessments for the AWS Payment Cryptography service. This assessment expands the AWS Payment Cryptography compliance portfolio, with AWS now validated as a component provider for Key Management (KMCP) and […]

The power of LLMs on your data, more than two orders of magnitude faster and cheaper

Databases have introduced new AI-powered SQL functions which take natural language instructions as input and are evaluated using LLMs. They leverage the power of LLMs to answer new kinds of queries: Which product reviews are negative about durability? Which customer support tickets have been resolved by providing a workaround?  These new AI functions push the boundaries of what is possible in a SQL query engine by bringing the semantic understanding of LLMs to your data, thus enabling previously