Notes on OpenShift, observability, identity, integration, security, AI, and the infrastructure underneath modern platforms.https://blog.comptech-lab.com/en-ushttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/data-lake-warehouse-lakehouse/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/data-lake-warehouse-lakehouse/What each pattern actually is, why the three terms get confused, the table-format wars (Iceberg, Delta, Hudi), the broader data-platform landscape (object storage, file formats, query engines, ingestion, transformation, catalogs, governance, orchestration), when to use which pattern, the modern practices that have settled around each, and a realistic step-by-step implementation guide.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTWORKFLOWShttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/retrieval-augmented-generation/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/retrieval-augmented-generation/What RAG actually is, where it came from, the eight pillars of a production RAG system (ingestion, chunking, embeddings, vector stores, retrieval, re-ranking, generation, evaluation), the four architecture generations (naive, advanced, modular, agentic), Graph RAG and ColBERT and the 2026 frontier, the failure modes that keep teams up at night, and how to actually start.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/types-of-ai-models/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/types-of-ai-models/The eight families of AI models that matter in production today — generalist LLMs, reasoning models, vision-language models, embeddings, image and video generation, speech and audio, code models, and classical tabular ML — plus the emerging families (small/on-device, time-series, domain-specialized, robotics, MoE, state-space). What each family is for, how they were trained, how the leading 2026 products compare, the serving stack underneath, the eval methodology, the cost economics, the safety landscape, and the modern practices that have settled around each.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/acunetix/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/acunetix/What Acunetix is — DAST web vulnerability scanning, DeepScan crawler for SPAs, AcuSensor IAST hybrid, network scanning — its place in the Invicti Security product family, and where it sits next to Burp Pro, OWASP ZAP, and Invicti.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTSECURITYhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/agentic-ai-mcp/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/agentic-ai-mcp/What agentic AI actually means in 2026 — the agent loop, the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as the universal tool interface, the framework landscape (LangChain / LangGraph / CrewAI / Pydantic AI / Claude Agent SDK / OpenAI Agents SDK), code and browser agents, multi-agent patterns, evaluation, and production concerns.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/ai-inferencing/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/ai-inferencing/What inferencing actually is in 2026 — the prefill / decode split that defines LLM serving, the runtime engines that compete (vLLM, Triton, TGI, TensorRT-LLM, llama.cpp), the optimization techniques (quantization, speculative decoding, paged attention, multi-LoRA), the hardware spectrum, and the economics that make inference the bigger half of any AI budget.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/ai-ml-landscape-2026/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/ai-ml-landscape-2026/A pan-and-zoom map of the 75+ tools that define the modern AI/ML stack — foundation models, inference engines, agent frameworks, vector databases, MLOps, evaluation, enterprise platforms, cloud compute, and developer assistants. Click ⛶ to go fullscreen.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/apache-spark/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/apache-spark/What Spark actually is, the driver/executor model that defines every job, the four library layers (SQL / Streaming / MLlib / GraphX), Spark on Kubernetes, and where it sits in the modern data landscape.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTDATAhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/argo-workflows/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/argo-workflows/What Argo Workflows is, the DAG-and-pod-per-step execution model, where it fits next to Tekton and Airflow, and the patterns that actually scale on real fleets.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTWORKFLOWShttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/become-data-scientist-2026/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/become-data-scientist-2026/What 'data scientist' actually means in 2026 after LLMs reshaped the field, the three paths the role has bifurcated into, the skill stack to learn, the resources worth your time, and an honest read on the job market.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTDATAhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/camunda/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/camunda/What Camunda is, why BPMN matters as an executable runtime and not just a notation, the Camunda 7 → Camunda 8 (Zeebe) rewrite, the external-task / job-worker model that defines C8, and where it sits next to Temporal and traditional BPM.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTWORKFLOWShttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/datadog/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/datadog/What Datadog actually is once you strip the marketing, how the agent-and-SaaS architecture works, what each of the 20+ products gives you, where it earns the cost, and where it doesn't.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTOBSERVABILITYhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/distributed-tracing/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/distributed-tracing/What traces add over metrics and logs, the OpenTelemetry-led tool landscape, and the parts of running it in production that are still genuinely hard.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTOBSERVABILITYhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/gitlab-enterprise-repo-architecture/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/gitlab-enterprise-repo-architecture/Why repo architecture is a load-bearing decision, the trade-offs between monorepo / polyrepo / federation patterns, GitLab's hierarchical group model, the full capability surface (issues / epics / iterations / CI / scanning / registries / Duo), and how to implement it to actually take advantage.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTWORKFLOWShttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/h2o-ai/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/h2o-ai/What H2O.ai actually is in 2026 — the H2O-3 open-source ML engine, Driverless AI AutoML, LLM Studio, h2oGPTe RAG platform, Document AI — and where it sits next to Databricks, OpenShift AI, and the modern enterprise GenAI landscape.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/gitops-wide-introduction/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/gitops-wide-introduction/Where GitOps came from, the four operating principles, the Argo CD vs Flux landscape, and the surprising breadth of use cases it now covers — application delivery, platform management, infrastructure-as-code, security policy, secrets, multi-cluster fleet, compliance, and AI/ML pipelines.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTWORKFLOWShttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/invicti/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/invicti/What Invicti (formerly Netsparker) is, the Proof-Based Scanning model that defines it, DAST+IAST hybrid coverage, the relationship to its Acunetix sibling, and where it sits in the enterprise AppSec landscape.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTSECURITYhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/kali-linux/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/kali-linux/What Kali Linux is, the toolset organized by phase of an authorized engagement, deployment options from live USB to Azure VM, and the legal and ethical framing that should anchor any actual use.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTSECURITYhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/kiali/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/kiali/What Kiali is, how it stitches together Kubernetes, Istio, Prometheus, and tracing into one mesh-wide console, and where it earns its keep on a real cluster.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTOBSERVABILITYhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/mulesoft/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/mulesoft/What MuleSoft actually is post-Salesforce, how Anypoint Platform's pieces fit together, what DataWeave brings as a transformation language, and where it sits against WSO2, Apache Camel, and Boomi for enterprise integration.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTINTEGRATIONhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/n8n/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/n8n/What n8n is, the node-based visual model that makes it Zapier-shaped without the SaaS lock-in, where it sits next to the no-code automation landscape, and what it can and can't do.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTWORKFLOWShttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/nvidia-ai-enterprise/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/nvidia-ai-enterprise/What NVIDIA AI Enterprise actually contains — Triton, TensorRT, NIM, NeMo, RAPIDS — the licensing model, how it integrates with OpenShift and the cloud hyperscalers, and where it earns its enterprise price tag.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/openshift-ai-mindmap/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/openshift-ai-mindmap/A radial mind map of Red Hat OpenShift AI in 2026 — the eight branches that capture its scope: components, LLM stack, architecture, GPUs, MLOps lifecycle, Red Hat ecosystem integrations, deployment models, and use cases. Pan, zoom, fullscreen.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/openshift-ai/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/openshift-ai/What Red Hat OpenShift AI (formerly RHODS) gives you over a DIY ML stack on Kubernetes, the lifecycle components that matter, and how the LLM tooling — InstructLab, vLLM, model registry — changed the platform's center of gravity.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/openshift-bfsi-production-checklist/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/openshift-bfsi-production-checklist/An opinionated production-readiness checklist for taking OpenShift live in a Banking, Financial Services, or Insurance environment — infrastructure, security, identity, observability, resilience, operations, compliance, application readiness — with what regulators actually ask about.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTOPENSHIFThttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/openshift-gitops/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/openshift-gitops/OpenShift GitOps, the App of Apps pattern, ApplicationSet, RHACM's pull model, and the newer argocd-agent architecture — with Red Hat's current guidance on which to pick when.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTOPENSHIFThttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/ping-identity/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/ping-identity/What Ping Identity is in 2026 — PingFederate, PingAccess, PingOne, PingDirectory, PingID — how the ForgeRock acquisition reshaped the product line, and where it sits against Okta, Microsoft Entra, and the open-source IAM stack.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTIDENTITYhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/rhacm/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/rhacm/What Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management does, the hub-spoke pull architecture that makes it work across networks, and how it changes the operating model when one cluster turns into a hundred.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTOPENSHIFThttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/rhacs/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/rhacs/What Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security gives you over a stack of generic scanners, how the Central / Sensor / Collector architecture works, and where it earns its keep.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTSECURITYhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/shift-left-shift-right/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/shift-left-shift-right/Where SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, RASP, CSPM, WAF, and bug bounty actually live across the SDLC; why 'shift left' was never enough on its own; and the 'shift everywhere' answer that defines modern AppSec in 2026.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTSECURITYhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/temporal/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/temporal/What Temporal is, the event-sourced 'workflow as code' model that lets functions resume from where they crashed, and where it actually replaces hand-rolled state machines and saga frameworks.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTWORKFLOWShttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/what-is-devsecops/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/what-is-devsecops/Why security got bolted onto DevOps, what 'shift left' actually means in practice, and the patterns that separate teams doing it from teams running scanners and calling it done.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTSECURITYhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/wso2-identity-server/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/wso2-identity-server/What WSO2 Identity Server gives you — OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, federation, B2B, adaptive authentication — the architecture, the Asgardeo SaaS migration, and where it actually competes with Keycloak, Okta, and Ping.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTIDENTITYhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/wso2-api-gateway/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/wso2-api-gateway/What WSO2 API Manager actually is — Publisher, Developer Portal, Gateway, Key Manager — how the components fit together, where it earns its place against Apigee and Kong, and the Choreo SaaS migration path.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTINTEGRATIONhttps://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/wso2-mi/https://blog.comptech-lab.com/blog/wso2-mi/What WSO2 Micro Integrator (MI) is, how the Synapse mediation engine processes messages, the EIP patterns it implements, and where it sits next to Apache Camel and MuleSoft for service integration.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTINTEGRATION