December 2025

Welcome to the December edition of our DevOps Newsletter! As the year winds down, it’s the perfect time to reflect, refine, and gear up for what’s next. Let’s dive into the latest insights, trends, and tools shaping the DevOps landscape.

Balancing Speed and Quality in DevOps: Finding the Sweet Spot

Learn how to balance rapid delivery with high-quality outcomes in DevOps pipelines. Discover the key trade-offs, cultural practices, and strategies teams need to deliver faster without sacrificing reliability.

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DevOps Industry News

Google Code Wiki aims to solve documentation’s oldest problem

Bridging the gap: Why DevOps teams are quietly becoming the front line of security

Why engineering culture should be your top priority, not your last

Partner News and Announcements

Reimagining software delivery with AI-powered workflows in Jira & Bitbucket

6 ways to prevent AI fatigue

GitHub launches Agent HQ to bring order to AI-powered coding

Unlocking the full power of Copilot code review: Master your instructions files

Achieve CMMC Level 2 with GitLab Dedicated for Government

Migrate from pipeline variables to pipeline inputs for better security

The Security Imperative: Trust, Speed, and Integral Defense

Securing vibe coding: JFrog introduces AI-generated code validation

The visual approach to end group project chaos for students

AI, templates, or manual creation? How to choose the right diagramming approach

The latest Perforce ALM solutions: Filtering and tagging

Microsoft Dynamics 365 data masking: The complex made simple

Mastering software governance in air-gapped critical mission environments

Stop open source malware at the gate with Repository Firewall

AWS develops AI agents to speed up AWS ProServe consulting projects

AWS re:Invent 2025: Your complete guide to high performance computing sessions

Introducing the 2025 DevOps migration index: Why “rip and replace” is failing enterprises

Automating Jenkins on Android with Infrastructure as Code

Efficient scheduling in Red Hat OpenShift with Kueue

Red Hat OpenShift 4.20 released

How to recognize and fix hidden silos in your workplace

API testing with Playwright

Dynamic MCPs with Docker: Stop hardcoding your agents’ world

GitKon 2025: Why 2025 & beyond is The Builders Era

How to prevent backup-related throttling without losing data (or mind)

Can we trust the machines?

The Indispensable Asset: Why a company's reputation is everything

Incident response planning: Your essential guide to cyber resilience

From Black Basta to Mirth Connect: Why legacy software is healthcare’s hidden risk

Resource allocation in project management: Best practices

Upcoming Conferences

DevOpsDays

Los Angeles, CA

March 6 • In-person

Other Conferences

AWS re:Invent

Dec 1-5 • Las Vegas, NV

Half Moon Bay / Summit CISO

Dec 3 • San Francisco, CA

CDCA Eastern Defense Summit

Dec 10-11 • Charleston, SC

InfoQ Dev Summit New York

Dec 16-17 • New York, NY

CES

January 6-9 • Las Vegas, NV

CodeMash

January 12-16 • Sandusky, OH

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