# Google Cloud Platform

Stay updated with our expert articles and insights on cloud-native and AI infrastructure management and orchestration topics.

**The Ping Mesh**  
We have all wondered how long it takes to get from here to there. Our younger selves may have asked, "Are we there yet?"  
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**The Unintended Consequences of the “Infrastructure as Code” Paradigm**  
This blog covers a contrarian — possibly heretical — view of the “infrastructure as code” paradigm. TL;DR: If left unchecked, the drive to institutionalize “infrastructure as code” concepts can drive teams to make decisions that negatively impact the business.  
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**Hi! We at Rafay want to be Open with you...**  
You might not know us yet, but we are maniacally focused on solving a big hairy complex problem. Actually, it’s a set of problems.  
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**With Kubernetes, the Industry is Missing the Forest for the Trees**  
Previously part of the SRE team at Google, Asim Aslam is the CEO and Founder of Micro. Asim tweeted the above as a reaction to announcements coming out of Google Next 2019.