Actionforge is a VS Code Extension to Build GitHub Workflows Visually

Actionforge provides a visual, node-based interface to create and maintain GitHub Action workflows masking their underlying YAML textual definition. Packaged as an extension for Visual Studio Code, the tool does not require any external services and is now available in beta.

DigitalOcean Introduces CPU-based Autoscaling for its App Plaform

DigitalOcean has launched automatic horizontal scaling for its App Platform PaaS, aiming to free developers from the burden of scaling services up or down based on CPU load all by themselves.

Docker Desktop 4.29 Improves Container Isolation and Error Management, Integrates Moby 26, and More

The latest version of Docker Desktop implements socket mount permissions to enhance container isolation, updates error management to improve efficiency and reliability, integrates Moby 26, and speeds up file operations thanks to synchronized file shares.

Podman 5 Improves Performance and Stability on Mac and Windows Through Partial Rewrite

The latest release of container management tool Podman brings a complete rewrite of the podman machine command to improve hypervisor support on macOS and Windows. Additionally, it now supports OCI artifacts in manifest files, adopts Pasta by default for rootless networking, and improves the containers.conf configuration file.

How Google Does Chaos Testing to Improve Spanner's Reliability

To ensure their Spanner database keeps working reliably, Google engineers use chaos testing to inject faults into production-like instances and stress the system’s ability to behave in a correct way in the face of unexpected failures.