Articles by Category: Technical_deep_dives

How NetworkManager uses eBPF to support CLAT and IPv6-mostly

2026-07-08 07:16
🚀 IPv6 is still not widely adopted, with only about 50% of Google users accessing it. The dual-stack model prolongs IPv4 reliance, but a new strategy called "IPv6-mostly" is emerging. 🌐 This approach allows IPv6-only clients to coexist with legacy IPv4 systems, easing the transition to an IPv6-only environment. NetworkManager 1.58 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.3 utilizes customer-side translator (CLAT) and eBPF to implement this effectively. 🔍 Key features include DHCPv4 option 108, DNS64,...
Beniamino Galvani

Demystify the architecture of OpenShift hosted control planes

2026-07-08 07:16
Explore the final part of our series on Red Hat OpenShift's hosted control planes (HCP). This article delves into essential architectural considerations for effective HCP adoption. Key topics include infrastructure requirements, the role of the Multicluster Engine (MCE) Operator, and the importance of storage performance for etcd. Understanding load balancing and DNS strategies is crucial, especially for bare metal deployments. For a detailed overview, check the full article! 🌐🔧 #OpenShift...
Giovanni Fontana

How we used AI agents to migrate GitLab rate limiting

2026-07-08 00:00
A GitLab team recently experimented with AI agents to migrate their legacy rate-limiting system. They successfully unified two paths using a structured process involving human oversight and AI support. The project highlighted the importance of careful planning, strong observability, and human judgment. While AI agents facilitated mechanical tasks, human engineers ensured quality and addressed unforeseen issues during rollouts. The team completed six cohorts, refining the migration process to...
Source: GitLab Blog
Sam Wiskow

Watch AWS engineers troubleshoot agentic AI with OpenTelemetry and OpenSearch

2026-07-07 20:29
🚀 AWS engineers tackle the challenge of agentic AI troubleshooting using OpenTelemetry and OpenSearch. As organizations seek better insights into system performance, traditional telemetry methods struggle with AI's complexity. OpenTelemetry offers a unified context, while OpenSearch serves as a key retrieval tool for AI agents. 💡 Join the live webinar on July 22 to watch a troubleshooting simulation and learn about the Agent Health framework, which helps ensure reliable agent behavior before...
Jennifer Riggins

Building an Analysis AI Agent for Industrial Alarm Management with NVIDIA Nemotron

2026-07-07 17:00
🔧 Industrial machinery generates numerous alarms, often overwhelming technicians. Each alarm requires careful analysis, pulling historical context and determining proper procedures. This article explores an AI agent developed using NVIDIA NeMo libraries and Nemotron models. The agent analyzes alarms by gathering context, running checks, and issuing structured evidence packages for recommended actions. The challenge lies in the vast data from interconnected machines, making it difficult for...
Tanya Lenz

Why your RBAC linter misses privilege escalation chains (and how to fix it)

2026-07-07 07:01
If you use kube-linter for Kubernetes RBAC setups, be aware it may miss indirect privilege escalation through binding chains. Kube-linter checks resources independently but doesn't analyze connections between them. This can lead to vulnerabilities, allowing attackers to escalate privileges without special tools. The new tool, kube-chainsaw, addresses this by building permission graphs from static manifests, identifying critical issues that kube-linter overlooks. It scans for risky permissions...
Ugo Giordano

Enhancing Goodput in Large-Scale LLM Training with Nonuniform Tensor Parallelism

2026-07-06 21:44
Training large-scale LLMs presents significant infrastructure challenges, particularly with thousands of GPUs involved. Unscheduled interruptions can slow down processes, impacting Goodput, which measures the effective work completed. Elastic adaptation methods like dropping data replicas and fast checkpointing help manage GPU availability but may incur throughput losses. A recent paper introduces Nonuniform Tensor Parallelism (NTP) as a solution to minimize these losses, ensuring consistent...
Michelle Horton

Smarter data generation for faster Speculator training

2026-07-06 13:06
🚀 Large language models face a challenge in generating text efficiently due to the per-token processing cost. Speculative decoding offers a solution, improving throughput by 2-3 times with no loss in output quality. A smaller "speculator" model proposes tokens, while a larger "verifier" model validates them, enhancing speed and lowering latency. Training a good speculator quickly relies on high-quality data. Researchers explored using outputs from different models to cut costs and found that...
Shubhra Pandit, Alexandre Marques

Does Speaking to Agents Like Cavemen Really Save 65% of Tokens? We Test

2026-07-06 10:01
🚀 A recent study tested the token-compression skill "Caveman" on Claude Code using SkillsBench. The advertised token savings were 65%, but actual savings measured only 8.5%. This study highlights that while Caveman may streamline some communication, it does not significantly reduce token usage in more complex tasks. Key findings indicate that most outputs consist of essential code and commands, which remain intact. #AI #TokenCompression #ClaudeCode #JetBrains #Efficiency
Denis Shiryaev

5 anti-patterns that cause Kubernetes operator vulnerabilities

2026-07-06 07:01
🚨 Understand the vulnerabilities in your Kubernetes operators! A recent article identifies five anti-patterns that can lead to operator vulnerabilities, including issues with unfiltered informers in ConfigMaps and Secrets. These patterns can cause out-of-memory errors and impact performance. Key points include: 1️⃣ Misunderstanding predicates as cache filters. 2️⃣ The limitations of the DisableFor option. 3️⃣ Implicit informers created by client.Get() calls. Learn how to audit your operators...
Ugo Giordano, Rishabh Singh

Why traditional CI/CD fails for LLMs (and the release gates we built to fix it)

2026-07-02 13:00
Traditional CI/CD gates often fall short for production AI systems, especially with LLMs. This article outlines a new release-gating approach that includes baseline evaluations, drift detection, and shadow validation. The goal is to catch silent AI regressions before they impact users. Unlike conventional software, LLMs are probabilistic, requiring more nuanced release checks to ensure acceptable behavior. Learn more about the challenges and solutions for deploying LLMs effectively. 🤖📊🔍...
Freddy Daniel Alvarez Pinto

Built for Mass Scale: Hard-Won Lessons from Teams Running High Volume Inference Workloads in Production

2026-07-02 10:00
🚀 Transitioning AI from prototypes to high-volume production comes with significant challenges. At DigitalOcean Deploy 2026, leaders from Workato, Hippocratic AI, and ISMG shared crucial lessons on managing latency, security, and infrastructure. 🔍 Key insights included the importance of policy-aware systems and agent permissions to enhance reliability. 💡 The takeaway? Scaling AI is about smart architecture and management, not just model performance. #AIEvolution #DigitalOcean #TechTalk...
Hasan Nabulsi

Batch inference on OpenShift AI with llm-d: Architecture, integration, and workflows

2026-07-02 07:01
Explore the capabilities of batch inference with the llm-d batch gateway on Red Hat OpenShift AI. 🔍 This Kubernetes-native service optimizes high-volume offline tasks like model evaluations and dataset scoring, allowing efficient use of GPU resources. 🚀 It seamlessly integrates with existing LLMInferenceService backends, supporting OpenAI-compatible operations. Learn more about its architecture and workflows for effective batch processing. #OpenShiftAI #BatchInference #Kubernetes #LLM...
Lior Aronovich, Raymond Zhao, Jooyeon Mok

Mastering Agentic Techniques: AI Agent Reinforcement Learning

2026-07-01 17:04
Reinforcement learning (RL) is crucial for aligning language models, enhancing AI assistants through methods like RLHF and RLVR. Organizations are leveraging RL to create specialized agents for tasks such as customer support and data analysis. Open models like Nemotron allow for better control over data and deployment. This guide aids developers in implementing RL effectively, helping define success and improve agent performance. 🤖📊🔍 #ReinforcementLearning #AI #MachineLearning #LanguageModels...
Elizabeth Goodman

Build a multi-agent supervisor pattern on Red Hat AI

2026-07-01 07:16
🚨 When a checkout system goes down, troubleshooting can be overwhelming. Imagine AI agents handling metrics, logs, and runbooks for you. However, this poses a security risk—one compromised agent can expose multiple systems. The solution? Implementing a multi-agent supervisor pattern with isolated sandboxes enhances security by ensuring each agent operates within its own restricted environment. This method minimizes credential exposure and data cross-contamination, making incident...
Adel Zaalouk, Derek Carr, Mrunal Patel

Inside the vLLM-Omni architecture: Serving Qwen3-Omni

2026-07-01 07:16
🚀 Exploring the vLLM-Omni architecture reveals how it efficiently serves the Qwen3-Omni model, which can process multimodal inputs like text, images, audio, and video. The architecture operates as a pipeline, comprising multiple stages: encoders, autoregressive language models, and generation components. This setup allows for complex tasks, such as generating distinct responses for adjusters and customers based on uploaded claims. Key features include real-time performance enhancements and...
Isaac Tigges

Designing GPU-Accelerated Query Engines with NVIDIA GQE

2026-06-30 17:36
Unlock the potential of GPU-accelerated query engines with NVIDIA GQE! 🚀 NVIDIA's advancements, like high bandwidth memory and NVLink-C2C, address memory and I/O bandwidth limitations. This enables efficient data movement between CPUs and GPUs, enhancing query performance. Learn how GQE leverages NVIDIA technologies to optimize SQL execution on large datasets, focusing on data movement, compression, and performance improvement. #NVIDIA #GPU #DataQuery #TechInnovation #BigData
Michelle Horton

Optimizing a Neural Reconstruction Pipeline Using NVIDIA Nsight Developer Tools

2026-06-30 16:00
🚀 NVIDIA Ominverse NuRec transforms multisensor data into high-fidelity 3D environments for AV and robotics. These reconstructions enhance physical AI development, enabling engineers to analyze real-world scenarios efficiently. However, high fidelity comes with a heavy computational cost. NVIDIA Nsight Developer Tools are key to optimizing the NuRec pipeline, aiming for faster reconstruction times—ultimately targeting real-time performance. #NVIDIA #NuRec #3DReconstruction #AI #Optimization
Tanya Lenz

Operating Kubernetes at scale: a few stories from running Amazon EKS

2026-06-30 13:00
Amazon EKS operates hundreds of thousands of Kubernetes clusters across 30+ AWS regions. 🛠️ Key insights reveal that many availability issues arise not from component failures, but from how components respond to problems. A resilient control plane prevents faults from escalating into outages. As workloads evolve, including AI and analytics, EKS adapts its systems to handle rapid state changes and higher demands. This evolution ensures that EKS supports mission-critical workloads effectively....
Neelendra Bhandari

Scale document ingestion with Docling and Ray on OpenShift AI

2026-06-30 07:01
🚀 Scaling document ingestion is crucial for successful AI projects. Many initiatives stall due to poor data quality and structure. This article highlights a solution using Docling for parsing and Ray Data for distributed processing on Red Hat OpenShift AI. It details the architecture, key components, and deployment patterns. With this setup, teams can effectively manage large volumes of documents, improving efficiency in data preparation. 🔗 Explore more about the integration of these tools!...
Ana Biazetti, Cathal O'Connor, Saad Zaher

Deploy secure agentic AI: Protocols and performance tuning

2026-06-30 07:01
🚀 In the final part of our series, we explore secure agentic AI using Red Hat OpenShift AI and EnterpriseDB. We dive into the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which standardizes tool integration and enhances user experience through event streaming. Key security and performance tuning practices are discussed to ensure safe deployment of stochastic reasoning engines. Learn how MCP enables seamless interaction between the orchestrator and servers, improving efficiency while maintaining security. 🔒...
Peter Samouelian

Implement GPU-as-a-Service with Kueue and NVIDIA MIG

2026-06-29 07:01
🚀 Implementing GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) can help organizations optimize GPU utilization by allowing developers to reserve GPU slices on demand, much like booking a meeting room. This approach uses Red Hat OpenShift, Kueue, and NVIDIA Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) to manage shared resources effectively. With this system, developers can access GPU resources easily, reducing idle time and improving efficiency. Explore how GPUaaS can transform your AI workloads! 💻🔍 #GPUaaS #RedHat #NVIDIA #AI...
Cedric Clyburn, James Harmison

Streamlining Resource Binding with End-to-End Support for Vulkan Descriptor Heaps

2026-06-25 22:25
Unlock efficient resource binding with Vulkan's new descriptor heap feature! 🎮 This innovation simplifies how shaders access GPU resources, enhancing performance and aligning better with modern hardware. It’s especially beneficial for complex rendering tasks and dynamic texture indexing. Khronos offers comprehensive guides on using the descriptor heap API, and NVIDIA drivers support this feature to streamline development. Check out the descriptor heap sample in Nsight Graphics to start...
Tanya Lenz

Scaling AI Inference Across Multiple GPUs Using NVIDIA TensorRT with Multi-Device Inference Support

2026-06-25 16:43
🚀 Generative AI workloads are expanding beyond single GPU capabilities. NVIDIA's TensorRT 11.0 introduces multi-device inference support, allowing developers to efficiently scale across multiple GPUs while maintaining key optimizations like kernel fusions and quantization. This feature enables high-performance deployments for edge devices and works seamlessly with Torch-TensorRT for massive model deployment. For optimal performance, TensorRT integrates with NVIDIA NCCL, enhancing distributed...
Peter Kisfaludi

How KRAFTON Built PUBG Ally, a Co-Playable Character Powered by NVIDIA ACE

2026-06-25 16:38
KRAFTON has unveiled PUBG Ally, an innovative AI companion for PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS. Unlike traditional NPCs, this co-playable character (CPC) uses NVIDIA ACE technology to interact dynamically with players. 🤖🎮 Powered by advanced language models, PUBG Ally can understand voice commands and adapt to game scenarios in real time. It entered public beta on June 17 and will be available in Arcade Mode until June 30. This new approach aims to enhance player experience with more responsive gameplay....
Elizabeth Goodman

How to integrate OpenShift AI and PG Airman MCP Server

2026-06-25 07:15
Explore the engineering behind the Data Governance Copilot in Part 3 of our series! This article details the copilot's container-level architecture, highlighting the use of high-level frameworks like Llama Stack versus lower-level Python libraries. It also covers the mechanics of formatting LLM messages and the user query flow. Stay tuned for more on integrating OpenShift AI and PG Airman MCP! 🚀🔍 #DataGovernance #OpenShiftAI #AIIntegration #TechArchitecture #MachineLearning
Peter Samouelian

Why you should use Fromager to build your Python dependency trees from source

2026-06-25 03:01
Struggling with Python dependency trees? 🐍 Fromager simplifies building from source by generating two key artifacts: build-order.json and graph.json. These tools ensure reproducibility and auditability—critical for secure environments like finance and regulated AI. It addresses common issues with pip, such as circular dependencies and lack of customization for build flags. Learn more about how Fromager can enhance your Python projects! 📦🔍 #Python #Fromager #DependencyManagement #OpenSource...
Lalatendu Mohanty, Rohan Devasthale

Will it Mythos? One coder’s verdict on Anthropic’s blend of debugging

2026-06-24 20:51
Anthropic's journey with Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 has sparked interest among developers. Joe Cooper, a Texas-based coder, expresses skepticism about Mythos's ability to find complex security bugs. He aims to create a benchmarking service to test Mythos against other models, using his tool, Nelson, for bug hunting. Cooper’s analysis, titled "Will It Mythos?", draws inspiration from a popular YouTube series. He highlights the differences in bug identification across models and mentions that...
Adrian Bridgwater

Accelerating BEV Pooling on NVIDIA GPUs for Physical AI Applications

2026-06-24 16:30
🚗💡 BEV perception is gaining traction in autonomous vehicles and robotics. It simplifies multi-camera data into a unified top-down view, aiding in navigation and planning. BEV pooling is crucial for converting depth-aware features into a compact BEV tensor, but it can introduce latency issues. The article discusses BEVPoolV3, which optimizes this process on NVIDIA GPUs, detailing strategies for improving performance. #BEVPerception #NVIDIA #AI #AutonomousVehicles #Robotics
John Yang

Optimizing distributed AI inference: Advanced deployment patterns

2026-06-24 07:16
Optimizing distributed AI inference involves key strategies to enhance performance. The article discusses three main optimization levers: 1. Prefill/decode disaggregation. 2. Key-value (KV) cache strategy. 3. Speculative decoding. These strategies aim to improve cost, latency, and throughput based on specific deployment needs. Effective implementation can lead to significant cost savings, particularly in high-demand environments. For more insights, check the full article! 🧠💻📊 #AI...
Fatih E. Nar, Yuchen Fama, Greg Pereira, Yuan Tang

Beyond regex: Harvesting security logic with LLMs

2026-06-24 07:16
Unlocking the potential of static application security testing (SAST) is crucial for development efficiency. The SastAI initiative at Red Hat, in partnership with NVIDIA, aims to automate the identification of false positives using generative AI. 🤖 Through a multi-stage workflow, SastAI analyzes SAST findings and leverages pattern harvesting to enhance triage efficiency, reducing noise and improving accuracy. 📊 The project utilizes a robust dataset and strategic sampling to ensure quality...
Itay Krispin, Guy Ziv

Maximize AI Factory Energy Efficiency Through Full-Stack Inference and Training Optimizations

2026-06-23 16:30
Power costs significantly impact AI factory operations, accounting for 40% of overall expenses. Optimizing performance per watt is crucial for reducing token costs and enhancing revenue. ⚡️ NVIDIA leads in offering the lowest costs for AI inference and training through collaboration and innovative designs. Techniques like Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) models enhance energy efficiency without sacrificing performance. 🔍 Operators can leverage these insights to maximize efficiency and profit. 📈...
Sachin Idgunji

PACT: Anonymous Credentials for the Web

2026-06-23 15:29
🌐 New insights on PACT: Anonymous Credentials for the Web! This article dives into the challenges of keeping the web open while addressing bot-related issues. Many sites block bots but risk alienating genuine users due to privacy measures. Increased bot activity is pushing websites to request user info, which can compromise privacy. The balance between security and user experience remains a key concern. Explore the ongoing challenges and proposed designs aimed at addressing these issues....
Dennis Jackson

Boost Inference Performance up to 15x on NVIDIA Blackwell Using DFlash Speculative Decoding

2026-06-23 15:00
🚀 AI systems are evolving from single-turn interactions to complex multiagent workflows, making low-latency inference crucial. DFlash, an open-source lightweight model, enhances this process through speculative decoding. It enables block-parallel GPU work, improving inference performance by up to 15x on NVIDIA Blackwell. 📈 The research team has released 20 DFlash checkpoints on Hugging Face, facilitating developer workflows. DFlash is also being integrated into various NVIDIA GPU inference...
Amr Elmeleegy

SQL with GenAI: Building an Apache Iceberg lakehouse on Red Hat OpenShift

2026-06-22 15:25
Explore how SQL and GenAI can transform data management with Apache Iceberg on Red Hat OpenShift! This article discusses using Trino's AI functions to connect lakehouse architecture with LLM models—all through SQL. Analysts can join data sources, run analyses, and generate insights without complex setups. Key features include AI functions for sentiment analysis, classification, and text generation directly from SQL, streamlining workflows and enhancing data-driven decisions. Get started with...
Mike Hepburn

Designing distributed AI inference: Core concepts and scaling dimensions

2026-06-22 07:01
Choosing the right model-serving engine like vLLM is just the starting point for enterprise AI inference. This article emphasizes the importance of understanding the core concepts of inference, the prefill and decode phases, and the dimensions of parallelism necessary for effective deployment. Key performance indicators (KPIs) such as time to first token (TTFT) and throughput are crucial for adapting to specific workloads. Recent developments include improved KV cache management and the shift...
Fatih E. Nar, Yuchen Fama, Greg Pereira, Yuan Tang

Your agent wants to search like a 2010 quant

2026-06-21 16:00
AI agents require the right information to function effectively. Their success hinges on how well they can retrieve this information, especially as models advance. The evolution of AI search has moved from simple vector databases to hybrid search methods, which improved results significantly. Despite this progress, challenges remain, especially in understanding user intent. With new innovations like Perplexity's "search as code," the landscape may be shifting again, allowing agents to perform...
Jon Bratseth

Your AI pipeline is broken, and your dashboards don’t know it

2026-06-18 13:00
🚨 A recent incident highlighted the challenges of debugging AI systems. A corporate client's RAG pipeline produced false financial recommendations without alerting users. 🔍 It took three days to identify that a small prompt change caused the model to ignore context. Unlike traditional software, AI debugging lacks clear error messages and root causes. To adapt, we need to rethink our debugging approach for generative AI. #AIDebugging #GenerativeAI #TechChallenges #AI #DataIntegrity
Emmanuel Akita

Preserve OpenShift Pipelines logs with OpenTelemetry

2026-06-18 07:01
🚀 Embrace CI/CD with Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines! Built on Tekton, it allows for efficient execution of cloud-native pipelines. However, high-churn environments lead to fleeting logs, making observability a challenge. 🛠️ The Red Hat build of OpenTelemetry addresses this by capturing and routing pipeline logs for both local troubleshooting and long-term storage in Splunk-HEC, ensuring compliance with industry regulations. 🔍 Enhance your logs with vital metadata and maintain easy access to...
Michaela Lang

Red Hat AI Inference on Amazon EKS: Exploring the Kubernetes resources

2026-06-16 15:34
🚀 Just explored the Red Hat AI Inference on Amazon EKS! This article dives into deploying a two-GPU cluster using NVIDIA L4s, focusing on Kubernetes components like cert-manager for TLS, Istio for service mesh, and KServe for model serving. Key insights include how these elements connect and work together for efficient AI inference. 📊 Learn more about the architecture and components involved! #RedHat #Kubernetes #AIInference #AmazonEKS #CloudComputing
Alexa Griffith