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Scaling Borderlands 4: Cloud Builds, CI/CD, and the Hidden Costs of Success

Three years after discussing Gearbox's cloud-based build pipeline with the P4 team, Steve Fortier and Phillip Peterson return to share what happened as Borderlands 4 grew from a secret project into a live game. As the team grew to support more branches, patches, and ongoing content, they encountered new challenges in P4, AWS, TeamCity, and Unreal Game Sync that only emerged on a massive scale. From symbol servers and workspace management to AWS storage and snapshot performance, they walk through the troubleshooting process behind several unexpected bottlenecks.

Bitrise maintains SOC 2 Type II compliance with a successful 2026 assessment

At Bitrise, we continually invest in security best practices to ensure that our customers' data stays safe and secure. As part of this ongoing effort, we are pleased to announce that we have successfully completed our 2026 SOC 2 Type II assessment, with no exceptions recorded in the final report. The report covers the period from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 and is valid until June 30, 2027.

[AgentSpot Showcase Series] Solutions Engineering Allocation Workflow

See how this AgentSpot workflow takes the manual work out of SE allocation. It looks at the request, region, expertise, and calendars to recommend the right SE for the job. Then it sends the recommendation straight to Slack. What is AgentSpot? AgentSpot is multiplayer AI for your business. Anyone can build, share, and collaborate with AI agents connected to your company’s data, context, and tools.

[AgentSpot Showcase Series] - Product Decoded Customer Success Agent

Watch how Liz Johnston uses AgentSpot to turn technical product updates into digestible, ready-to-share content for her customers. The Product Decoded agent pulls together key details and creates a Google Doc, branded PDF, and email-ready HTML. One prompt, three deliverables ready to go. What is AgentSpot? AgentSpot is multiplayer AI for your business. Anyone can build, share, and collaborate with AI agents connected to your company’s data, context, and tools.

[AgentSpot Showcase Series] - Deal Sherpa Sales Agent

See how AgentSpot can bring real-time support into the sales process. Deal Sherpa pulls together account context, surfaces gaps and risks, and recommends what to do next. See how it works and what it looks like in action. What is AgentSpot? AgentSpot is multiplayer AI for your business. Anyone can build, share, and collaborate with AI agents connected to your company’s data, context, and tools.

Kong API Gateway 3.16: From Debugging to Billing to Compliance

*Kong API Gateway 3.16 is here: runtime log-level tuning, per-consumer plugin configs, credit/usage-based request blocking with the new Entitlement Enforcement plugin, and FIPS 140-3 compliance for regulated industries - all built for live production debugging and governance, no downtime or custom code required.*

Rails 8 Guide: Features, Requirements & Upgrade Path (2026)

Rails 8.0 shipped November 7, 2024 and requires Ruby 3.2.0+. Headline features: a built-in authentication generator, Solid Queue/Cache/Cable (database-backed, no Redis), Kamal 2 + Thruster deployment, Propshaft, and production-ready SQLite. Rails 8.1 (October 2025) is the current release; Rails 8.0 now gets security fixes only, through November 2026. This guide walks through each Rails 8 feature with the commands and defaults you’ll use.

Debt Management Strategies for Growing Businesses

Growth eats cash. Inventory, payroll, and new locations get paid for before the revenue arrives. Debt often fills that gap. Used well, debt speeds up expansion. Used poorly, it drains cash flow and limits your options. It is also common. The Federal Reserve's Small Business Credit Survey found that 38% of small employer firms hold more than $100,000 in debt. The goal is not to avoid borrowing. The goal is to control it.