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This post explores building distributed AI agents using the orchestrator pattern with Google's Agent Development Kit (ADK) and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol.

Developers & Practitioners

Friend Bubbles: Enhancing Social Discovery on Facebook Reels

This article details the technical architecture of Facebook's Friend Bubbles feature on Reels, which surfaces content that friends have liked or reacted to.

Securing Production Debugging in Kubernetes

This post covers best practices for securing production debugging access in Kubernetes environments using least-privilege and short-lived credentials.

The Hacker News

21 min read

Security•2026-03-18

OFAC Sanctions DPRK IT Worker Network Funding WMD Programs Through Fake Remote Jobs

OFAC sanctioned six individuals and two entities linked to a DPRK IT worker scheme that defrauds U.S.

AWS

81 min read

Culture•2026-03-18

Our First 2026 AWS Heroes Cohort Is Here!

AWS announces its first 2026 Heroes cohort, recognizing three community leaders for their contributions to the AWS ecosystem.

Data Engineering•2026-03-18

What’s New in Azure Databricks at FabCon 2026: Lakebase, Lakeflow, and Genie

This post covers new Azure Databricks capabilities announced at FabCon 2026, including Lakebase, Lakeflow Connect Free Tier, and Genie enhancements.

From the Captain’s Chair: Naga Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri

A curated roundup of Docker blog posts selected by Naga Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri, covering AI agent security, supply chain attacks, E2E testing, and running Claude Code with Docker.

Streamline read scalability with Cloud SQL autoscaling read pools

Google Cloud SQL introduces generally available autoscaling for read pools, enabling dynamic scaling of read replicas for MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Interlock Ransomware Exploits Cisco FMC Zero-Day CVE-2026-20131 for Root Access

Amazon Threat Intelligence has exposed an active Interlock ransomware campaign exploiting CVE-2026-20131, a critical zero-day in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC).

Google Cloud

69 min read

Backend•2026-03-18

Next-gen caching with Memorystore for Valkey 9.0, now GA

Google Cloud announces the general availability of Memorystore for Valkey 9.0, delivering major performance gains and new developer-facing features for high-throughput, low-latency workloads.

Databases

Databricks

31 min read

Data Engineering•2026-03-18

How to move from Apache Airflow® to Databricks Lakeflow Jobs

This post provides a practical migration guide for teams moving from Apache Airflow to Databricks Lakeflow Jobs as their native orchestrator.

Product