Platform Engineering Playbook Podcast

47 Countries Went Offline — What Platform Engineers Must Learn From It


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**What happens when 47 countries lose internet access in just 3 months—and it's not cyberattacks?**

Today's Platform Engineering Playbook dives deep into the shocking Q4 2025 internet disruption data that reveals critical infrastructure vulnerabilities every platform engineer needs to understand. We'll analyze how cable cuts, storms, and DNS failures brought down entire regions, and more importantly—which companies survived and why.

**What You'll Learn:**

• The hidden patterns behind massive internet outages that caught most teams off guard
• How resilient platform architectures saved companies millions during widespread disruptions
• Specific signals to monitor for early detection of infrastructure failures
• Real-world takeaways for building anti-fragile systems

**Episode Breakdown:**

2:15 - Platform Engineering News Roundup
8:30 - Deep Dive: Infrastructure Resilience Lessons

**Plus breaking news:** CNCF's 2025 report signals cloud native's next era, Aspire 13.1's MCP integration, Red Hat's European Sovereign Cloud expansion, and Docker's new Claude integration.

Perfect for platform engineers, DevOps teams, and infrastructure leaders who need to stay ahead of critical industry developments.

**Sources & References:**

- Cable cuts, storms, and DNS Q4 2025 analysis: https://blog.cloudflare.com/q4-2025-internet-disruption-summary/
- Clawdbot open source AI assistant: https://github.com/clawdbot/clawdbot
- Aspire 13.1 release details: https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/01/dotnet-aspire-13-1-release/
- Red Hat on AWS European Sovereign Cloud: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-enterprise-linux-now-available-aws-european-sovereign-cloud
- CNCF 2025 report analysis: https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2026/01/25/10-signals-from-cncf-2025-report-that-cloud-native-has-entered-its-next-era/
- Docker Claude integration: https://www.docker.com/blog/run-claude-code-locally-docker-model-runner/

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