Summary # The NZZ article examines how Aleph Alpha, once celebrated as “Europe’s OpenAI,” is pivoting from developing its own large language model to becoming a service provider for the Schwarz Group (owner of Lidl). While some see this as a setback, experts view it as a strategic opportunity: building sovereign European cloud infrastructure may have far more potential than competing in the AI model race dominated by US and Chinese companies.
Sometimes in the world of platform engineering, we need to pause and appreciate the digital landscapes we build every day. This short, playful video is a guided meditation for platform engineers. Find a comfortable position, take a deep breath, and let me guide you through the world you create.
At the State of DevOps in Switzerland 2023 event, I joined Adrian Kosmaczewski from VSHN to present the latest findings on DevOps adoption in the Swiss market. Adrian shared four years of survey data, while I focused on how to successfully scale DevOps through platform engineering and the concept of the digital factory. This event brought together DevOps professionals both on-site and virtually for presentations and a lively panel discussion.
What will move the needle in DevOps in 2021? After a year that forced almost every organisation to accelerate digital delivery, the trends I see for 2021 are less about shiny new tools and more about discipline: making DevOps stick at scale, shifting security left, getting serious about continuous delivery, leaning further into the cloud, and watching the early signals from AIOps.
