DevOps
AuthZilla, Rethinking Authorization For The Modern Era
Authorization is a cornerstone of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) stack. Yet, despite its critical role in securing digital systems, it suffers from a lack of standardized mechanisms, protocols, and formats to communicate authorization-related information across platforms. This gap has real consequences. According to the OWASP Top 10, Broken Access Control is the #1…
Introducing AppChecker: The Guardian of Software Quality at Criteo
In a world where distributed systems have become the norm and development cycles are accelerating, software quality can no longer be left to chance: it must be measured, verified, and integrated into the daily work of teams. At Criteo, this requirement is even more critical because services are numerous, interdependent, and essential to the proper…
Importance of Graceful Shutdown in Kubernetes
Have you ever deployed a new version of your app in Kubernetes and noticed errors briefly spiking during rollout? Many teams do not even realize this is happening, especially if they are not closely monitoring their error rates during deployments. There is a common misconception in the Kubernetes world that bothers me. The official Kubernetes…
