Latest Engineering Articles

This post explains how Dropbox improved storage efficiency in Magic Pocket, their immutable exabyte-scale blob store, after a fragmentation incident caused by a new service.

Magic Pocket

storage

Infrastructure

Databricks

11 min read

Data Engineering•2026-04-02

Accelerate business insights with Lakeflow Connect, now with a Free Tier

Databricks introduces a Free Tier for Lakeflow Connect, its built-in data ingestion service for unifying enterprise data across SaaS apps and databases.

Product

Google Cloud

55 min read

Data Engineering•2026-04-02

How Honeylove boosts product quality and service efficiency with BigQuery

Honeylove, a fashion-tech company, shares how they use Google BigQuery and Gemini to unify data, automate insights, and improve product quality and service efficiency.

AI & Machine Learning

Introducing Gemma 4 on Google Cloud: Our most capable open models yet

Google Cloud announces the release of Gemma 4, its most capable open model family built from Gemini 3 research under Apache 2.0 license.

AI & Machine Learning

The Hacker News

21 min read

Security•2026-04-02

Cisco Patches 9.8 CVSS IMC and SSM Flaws Allowing Remote System Compromise

Cisco has released patches for two critical vulnerabilities (CVSS 9.8) affecting the Integrated Management Controller (IMC) and Smart Software Manager On-Prem (SSM On-Prem).

Google Cloud

339 min read

Security•2026-04-02

vSphere and BRICKSTORM Malware: A Defender's Guide

This post provides a defender's framework for securing VMware vSphere environments against BRICKSTORM malware, which establishes persistence at the virtualization layer beneath traditional security tools.

Activating Your Data Layer for Production-Ready AI

This post introduces Google Cloud database labs that demonstrate how to prepare and use data layers for production-ready AI applications.

Developers & Practitioners

Cloudflare

01 min read

Architecture•2026-04-02

Why we're rethinking cache for the AI era

This post examines how AI crawler traffic disrupts CDN cache performance and proposes AI-aware caching strategies.

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Pre-Auth Chains, Android Rootkits, CloudTrail Evasion & 10 More Stories

This week's ThreatsDay Bulletin covers a range of active cybersecurity threats including exploit chains, Android rootkits, and supply chain attacks.

Figma

41 min read

Product•2026-04-02

Build with more context and more control in Figma Make

Figma Make introduces Make kits and Make attachments to ground AI-generated UI in real design system and project context.

The Hacker News

31 min read

Security•2026-04-02

Researchers Uncover Mining Operation Using ISO Lures to Spread RATs and Crypto Miners

Elastic Security Labs uncovered a financially motivated threat campaign (REF1695) using ISO file lures to distribute RATs and cryptocurrency miners since November 2023.

The Hacker News

11 min read

Security•2026-04-02

The State of Trusted Open Source Report

This report analyzes open source consumption patterns, vulnerability trends, and remediation data across container image projects from Q4 2025 through Q1 2026.