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In this episode, Drew Oetzel sits down with Ryan Anguiano, Staff Architect at @WhatIfMediaGroup to discuss their massive migration of from legacy EC2 instances to using the @Strimzi operator. Ryan shares deep technical insights into how they optimized their data streaming architecture, including their use of EKS, EBS storage striping, and why the 12-Factor App methodology was the key to migrating over 100 services in just a few months.

95% of AI pilots are failing. Here's why the other 5% are winning. While most organizations scramble to retrofit compliance into their AI implementations, leading finance teams are building it in from the start—and gaining a major competitive edge. Three insights that caught my attention: → Vendor solutions succeed at 2x the rate of internal builds (67% vs 33%)—your team's expertise matters more than you think.

In this episode, *Dr. Sanjiva Weerawarana* and *Asanka Abeysinghe* demystify what “agents” really are and why architects should care. They walk through core concepts and terminology—agents, agent loops, prompts, context, memory, RAG, tools, MCP, and skills—and discuss how agents observe, act, and evaluate. The conversation compares agents to traditional systems, explores where agents fit in modern architectures (including solo agents, agent-to-agent patterns, and multi-agent setups), and looks at orchestration challenges.

Cortex Code CLI is expanding capabilities to accelerate your enterprise data lifecycle inside Snowflake! Introducing dbt and Apache Airflow support, expanded model choice across Claude Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6, and GBT 5.2. New enterprise-grade governance controls, and a self-serve subscription option. See how Cortex Code CLI helps you ship workflows faster, integrate data systems, and build with confidence using natural language.

Our engineers Ben Boral and Balazs Hajagos have a look at the official release notes to see what's interesting in the latest Xcode beta (already available for use on Bitrise!). Bitrise provides a full-stack, vertically integrated mobile DevOps solution that unites the tools, processes and testing frameworks engineering teams need to build best-in-class mobile experiences. Over 400,000 developers use Bitrise’s products: Bitrise CI, Build Cache, Release Management, and Insights.