July 2026

As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday this July, we're reminded that progress is built one step at a time. The same is true in DevOps, where continuous improvement drives innovation, efficiency, and resilience.

In this month's newsletter, you'll find insights, trends, and practical tips to help your teams keep moving forward.

Modern development platforms are only half the equation

Modern development platforms alone don't drive transformation. Learn how DevOps practices improve software delivery, automation, and business results.

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DevOps Industry News

Why every DevOps engineer is suddenly learning MCP

The business risk of opaque AI in software development

SRE vs. DevOps vs. Platform Engineering

Partner News and Announcements

Meet the knowledge architect: The role every AI-first organization will need soon

Introducing Claude Agent for Jira

I automated my job (and it made me a better leader)

What are git worktrees, and why should I use them?

GitLab named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for DevSecOps Platforms

GitLab 19.1 release notes

JFrog named a leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Software Supply Chain Security

Why uniform governance fails with enterprise AI agents (and how to fix it)

Lately @ Lucid: What’s new for spring 2026

How to identify the best use cases for agentic AI

Data automation for enterprise innovation: 6 challenges to solve

How Gliffy completes the Atlassian Teamwork Collection

Shift left is no longer early enough: Software security has to start at assembly

Software dependency cooldowns are a symptom, not a strategy

Top announcements of the AWS Summit in New York, 2026

Retrofit, don’t rebuild: Agentic overlays for transforming legacy enterprise services

Everything is green. Nothing is ready

When should you replace a homegrown feature flag system?

Operating infrastructure at scale - beyond jobs and workflows

Preparing AWS System Manager for Chef licensed downloads: A step-by-step guide

Why automated network configuration assurance matters for enterprise NetOps

From alert fatigue to automated action: Automated patching in the AI era

68% spend 4+ hours a week correcting AI’s output — and most aren't measuring it

Why 4x faster test runs with Smarter Testing, now in beta: The architecture behind Docker Sandboxes

What is an SBOM (and why can’t you ship without one)?

From plan to main, GitKraken keeps your code flowing

Best Azure DevOps migration solutions in 2026

How to recover deleted Jira projects (spaces) without losing configurations

Review is the bottleneck now: How we let AI approve pull requests (safely)

Closing the IT/OT gap: An OT security expert’s field view

How to track costs across your project and which tools to use

Upcoming Conferences

DevOpsDays

Portland, OR

September 8-10 • In-person

Dallas, TX

September 28-29 • In-person

Denver, CO

September 22-23 • In-person

Halifax, NS, CA

September 29 • In-person

Other Conferences

UberConf

July 14-17 • Denver, CO

Carahsoft DevSecOps Conference

July 28 • Reston, VA

Black Hat USA

August 1-6 • Las Vegas, NV

DoDIIS

August 9-12 • Tampa, FL

Tricentis Transform 2026

August 19-20 • Dallas, TX

Rise8 Prodacity 2026

August 25-27 • Nashville, TN

Colorado Digital Government Summit

September 1 • Denver, CO

KCD San Francisco

September 1 • San Francisco, CA

CloudX

September 1-3 • Santa Clara, CA

API:World

September 1-3 • Santa Clara, CA

JFrog swampUP

September 1-3 • New York, NY

gRPConf 2026

September 3 • Mountain View, CA

Splunk .conf26

September 14-17 • Denver, CO

DevOps Midwest

September 17 • St. Louis, MO

STARWEST

September 20-25 • Anaheim, CA

NASCIO Annual Conference

September 27-30 • San Diego, CA

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