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Happy New Year, TNS Readers!

"If you are doing any work on legacy systems, you should be using LLMs in some way to help you."

— Martin Fowler, "Martin Fowler on Preparing for AI’s Nondeterministic Computing"

Happy New Year, TNS Readers!

Happy 2026! As we head into the second half of the roaring 2020s, it’s a good time to catch up on what’s in the latest Kubernetes release, how WebAssembly can benefit JavaScript development, and what’s behind the renaissance in Web components.

Buckle up, 2026 promises to be a year of change, of reckoning and of surprises for the tech industry. Cheers!

—  Your friends at The New Stack

Do All Your AI Workloads Actually Require Expensive GPUs?

Not all AI workloads require expensive GPUs. In this episode of TNS Makers, we discuss how Google's Arm-based Axion CPUs provide a cost-effective alternative for specific AI and cloud tasks. Tune in to catch the insights!

Running Virtual Machines on Kubernetes: A Practical Roadmap for Enterprise Migrations

Written by Janakiram MSV, this insightful eBook focuses on the growing convergence of virtualization and Kubernetes, offering actionable guidance for IT leaders and enterprises planning to execute VM migrations.

Why a ‘Boring’ Database Is Your Secret AI Superpower
The biggest bottleneck in AI isn't your model, it's your database. A stable, reliable database like Postgres gets out of your way so you can build faster.

An End-to-End Cloud Native Observability Framework
This practical guide walks you through building a unified framework for your applications, Kubernetes clusters and CI/CD pipelines.

Docker Sets Free the Hardened Container Images
Docker has made Docker Hardened Images (DHI) a free service, offering prepatched, secure SBOM-ready versions of widely used open source applications.

The 3 a.m. Call That Changed The Way I Design APIs
What 50 million daily requests taught me about building systems that don't wake you up.

Trends That Defined JavaScript in 2025

Despite AI and the push for simplification in web development, JavaScript frameworks aren’t quite ready to yield their hold on the frontend.

5 Key Trends Shaping Agentic Development in 2026

Five trends in AI development for 2026, including MCP management, parallel running, CLI vs. desktop tools, and challenges with VS Code forks.

Scale LLM Tools With a Remote MCP Architecture on Kubernetes

A production-ready architecture for running Model Context Protocol servers remotely on Kubernetes, ensuring scalability, isolation and observability.

NEW Webinar: Cloud Cost Optimization Isn’t Broken. The Approach Is.
January 15

Cloud spend compounds quietly. Shift left by building cost control and governance into engineering workflows from day one. In this webinar, Harness experts will dive into how to keep Kubernetes aligned, eliminate drift, and enforce best practices by default.

Avoiding the Argo Ceiling: Scaling GitOps Without Maxing Out
January 20

When Argo scales, visibility breaks. Hitting the Argo Ceiling means tab fatigue, glue code, and lost engineering time. Join Harness and TNS on January 20 to learn how enterprises fix GitOps sprawl without replacing their tools.

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