Mamluk Journal https://mamluk.net/journal/ Announcements, press releases and articles from Mamluk on enterprise architecture, Kubernetes and the Bahriya Kubernetes Engine. en-AE Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Jekyll Inside Subashi Pro https://mamluk.net/journal/inside-subashi-pro/ https://mamluk.net/journal/inside-subashi-pro/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 uae@mamluk.net (Mamluk) Article A full tour of the enterprise WAF for Kipchak — the rule model, the OWASP defaults, geo and ASN matching, rate limiting and diagnostics. Subashi Pro now matches geo and ASN locally https://mamluk.net/journal/subashi-pro-local-geo-and-asn-matching/ https://mamluk.net/journal/subashi-pro-local-geo-and-asn-matching/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 uae@mamluk.net (Mamluk) Announcement Subashi Pro 1.25 resolves country and ASN from databases bundled with the middleware — no API key, and no network call while a request is in flight. Bahriya Cloud reaches general availability with containers, Valkey and Memcached https://mamluk.net/journal/bahriya-cloud-reaches-general-availability/ https://mamluk.net/journal/bahriya-cloud-reaches-general-availability/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 uae@mamluk.net (Mamluk) Press Release Bahriya, the first public cloud provider built in the United Arab Emirates, today exited early access. Container deployment, Managed Valkey and Managed Memcached are generally available across four regions, with a locked v1 API, self-service sign-up and a published uptime target. 3 reasons why your SDLC has not improved with AI https://mamluk.net/journal/3-reasons-why-your-sdlc-has-not-improved-with-ai/ https://mamluk.net/journal/3-reasons-why-your-sdlc-has-not-improved-with-ai/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 uae@mamluk.net (Meezaan-ud-Din Abdu Dhil-Jalali Wal-Ikram) Article Two years of copilots, agents and pilots, and the delivery numbers have barely moved. Three reasons: the tool does not travel left to right, nobody agreed what the gains were for, and knowledge never stopped mattering. Bahriya launches Managed Valkey, its first managed persistent service https://mamluk.net/journal/bahriya-launches-managed-valkey/ https://mamluk.net/journal/bahriya-launches-managed-valkey/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 uae@mamluk.net (Mamluk) Press Release Bahriya, the first public cloud provider built in the United Arab Emirates, today launched Managed Valkey — an enterprise in-memory data store engineered in Dubai, with bring-your-own-key TLS, automated backups and self-service restoration. Mamluk relocates its registered entity to Meydan Free Zone, Dubai https://mamluk.net/journal/mamluk-relocates-to-meydan-free-zone/ https://mamluk.net/journal/mamluk-relocates-to-meydan-free-zone/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 uae@mamluk.net (Mamluk) Press Release Mamluk LLC-FZ has completed the relocation of its registered entity from Sharjah Media City to Meydan Free Zone in Dubai, a logistical move that places the company in the same emirate as the engineering team that builds and operates its platform. Winding down 7x on 1 September 2026 https://mamluk.net/journal/winding-down-7x/ https://mamluk.net/journal/winding-down-7x/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 uae@mamluk.net (Mamluk) Announcement We are closing the public 7x service on 1 September 2026 to focus on Bahriya and the Bahriya Kubernetes Engine. Kipchak v3 is generally available https://mamluk.net/journal/kipchak-v-3-announcement/ https://mamluk.net/journal/kipchak-v-3-announcement/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 uae@mamluk.net (Mamluk) Announcement Kipchak v3 ships with PHP 8.5 and still maintains compatibility with 8.4. DCCAPTN - a CAP theorem adapted for distributed containers https://mamluk.net/journal/dccaptn-a-cap-theorem-for-distributed-containers/ https://mamluk.net/journal/dccaptn-a-cap-theorem-for-distributed-containers/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 uae@mamluk.net (Meezaan-ud-Din Abdu Dhil-Jalali Wal-Ikram) Article CAP theorem to the reality of distributed container ecosystems: Consistency, Availability, Performance, and Tolerance of Network Failures as four dials wired to each other, not a menu you fully satisfy. Why sovereign Kubernetes matters more than another region in someone else's cloud https://mamluk.net/journal/why-sovereign-kubernetes-matters/ https://mamluk.net/journal/why-sovereign-kubernetes-matters/ Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 uae@mamluk.net (Mamluk) Article A new availability zone with a local flag on it is not sovereignty. Real control means owning the distribution, the operators and the people who get paged at three in the morning. Bahriya is live — and we're opening early access https://mamluk.net/journal/bahriya-cloud-going-live-early-access/ https://mamluk.net/journal/bahriya-cloud-going-live-early-access/ Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 uae@mamluk.net (Mamluk) Announcement Bahriya - an Edge Container Cloud from Bahriya is now live and accepting early access users. Mamluk launches fully managed on-premise Kubernetes for regulated GCC organisations https://mamluk.net/journal/mamluk-managed-kubernetes-on-premise/ https://mamluk.net/journal/mamluk-managed-kubernetes-on-premise/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 uae@mamluk.net (Mamluk) Press Release UAE-based Mamluk LLC today announced a fully managed on-premise Kubernetes offering, run by GCC-resident engineers on the Bahriya Kubernetes Engine, for organisations that cannot send their data offshore.