pivotnine-website-card-blog Platform Engineering Labs Launches Formae to Modernize Infrastructure Management

Platform Engineering Labs Launches Formae to Modernize Infrastructure Management

23 October 2025
Justin Warren

Infrastructure-as-code company Platform Engineering Labs has announced the launch of formae, an infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tool for DevOps and platform teams managing cloud-based infrastructure.

A statue of an angel with its hands clasped in prayer. Microsoft Positions Sentinel As The Central Platform for Agentic Security

Microsoft Positions Sentinel As The Central Platform for Agentic Security

13 October 2025
Justin Warren

Microsoft would like customers to choose Sentinel as the core of their security strategy, but what that choice entails remains unclear.

A laptop screen shows some Python code with coloured syntax highlighting. Open Source Has Too Many Parasocial Relationships

Open Source Has Too Many Parasocial Relationships

19 September 2025
Justin Warren

The people who wrote the software you found on the side of the Internet for free don’t owe you anything.

A screenshot of the System Initiative interface showing the AI/LLM agent interface. System Initiative Adds LLM Connectivity To Generate Automations

System Initiative Adds LLM Connectivity To Generate Automations

27 August 2025
Justin Warren

System Initiative has announced support for so-called “AI Agents” for infrastructure automation tasks.

Emily M Bender's signature stamp. Musings on The AI Con

Musings on The AI Con

08 July 2025
Justin Warren

Reflections after hearing Prof Emily M. Bender and Dr Kobi Leins speak on The AI Con, on 1 July 2025.

A red-haired woman writes code at a desk with 2 screens and a laptop. Using AI Both Helps And Hinders Cybersecurity

Using AI Both Helps And Hinders Cybersecurity

28 May 2025
Justin Warren

Generative AI works best when used to enable cybersecurity product outcomes, not as a selling point all on its own.

A dark chocolate cake with a slice cut out of it. 14 Years of PivotNine

14 Years of PivotNine

24 April 2025
Justin Warren

Personal reflections on 14 years of running PivotNine.

The Pure Storage FlashBlade //EXA Pure Storage Goes Meta With FlashBlade //EXA

Pure Storage Goes Meta With FlashBlade //EXA

17 March 2025
Justin Warren

Pure Storage has announced a new product called the FlashBlade //EXA, aimed at a segment of the AI market the company is calling “AI Factories”.

computer-keys Platform engineering is the new DevOps

Platform engineering is the new DevOps

20 November 2024
Justin Warren

DevOps is falling out of fashion as operational concerns overtake developer productivity within DevOps teams.