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Your Docker image might be broken without you knowing it
You learned about Docker . It's awesome and you're excited. You go and create a Dockerfile:
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Understanding Container Reuse in AWS Lambda
Tim Wagner, AWS Lambda AWS Lambda functions execute in a container (sandbox) that isolates them from other functions and provides the resources, such as memory, specified in the function’s configuration. In this article we discuss how Lambda creates and reuses these sandboxes, and the impact of those policies on the…
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The History of Pets vs Cattle and How to Use the Analogy Properly
I have been meaning to write this post for a long time, but one thing or another has gotten in the way. It’s important to me to provide an accurate history, ...
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Postmortem of database outage of January 31
Postmortem on the database outage of January 31 2017 with the lessons we learned.
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Serverless Architectures
Serverless architectures replace a managed server with a collection of third party services and FaaS
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If you’re not using SSH certificates you’re doing SSH wrong (2019)
SSH has some pretty gnarly issues when it comes to usability, operability, and security. The good news is this is all easy to fix. SSH is ubiquitous. It’s the de-facto solution for remote administration of *nix systems. SSH certificate authentication makes SSH easier to use, easier to operate, and more secure.
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The cost of cloud, a trillion dollar paradox
The pressure the cloud puts on margins can start to outweigh the benefits you scale and growth slows. Understand how much market cap is being suppressed by the cloud to help inform the decision-making framework on managing infrastructure as companies scale.
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Nick Craver - What it takes to run Stack Overflow
I like to think of Stack Overflow as running with scale but not at scale. By that I meant we run very efficiently, but I still don’t think of us as “big”, n...
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Radicale v3 Documentation
Free and Open-Source CalDAV and CardDAV Server
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CoreOS is building a container runtime, Rocket
No single cloud fits all. Explore how we build a more flexible future with hybrid cloud.
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Wildcard Certificates Coming January 2018
Update, March 13, 2018 Wildcard certificate support is live. Let’s Encrypt will begin issuing wildcard certificates in January of 2018. Wildcard certificates are a commonly requested feature and we understand that there are some use cases where they make HTTPS deployment easier. Our hope is that offering wildcards…
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Roblox October Outage Postmortem
Roblox is a global platform where millions of people gather together every day to imagine, create, and share experiences with each other in immersive, user-generated 3D worlds.
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Cloudflare R2 storage: Rapid and reliable object storage, minus the egress fees
Introducing Cloudflare’s S3-compatible Object Storage service, with zero egress bandwidth charges and automatic migration from S3-compatible services.
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Amazon S3 Path Deprecation Plan – The Rest of the Story
Update (September 23, 2020) – Over the last year, we’ve heard feedback from many customers who have asked us to extend the deprecation date. Based on this feedback we have decided to delay the deprecation of path-style URLs to ensure that customers have the time that they need to transition to virtual hosted-style…
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Linux Hardening Guide
Linux is not a secure operating system . However, there are steps you can take to improve it. This guide aims to explain how to harden Linux as much as possible for security and privacy. This guide attempts to be distribution-agnostic and is not tied to any specific one. DISCLAIMER: Do not attempt to apply anything in…
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Alpine makes Python Docker builds slower, and images larger
Alpine Linux is often recommended as a smaller, faster Docker base image. But if you’re using Python, it will slow down your build and make your image larger.
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Announcing the New AWS Secret Region
The AWS Secret Region can operate workloads up to the Secret U.S. security classification level. Cloud security at AWS is the highest priority. AWS customers benefit from data center and network architecture built to meet the requirements of the most security-sensitive organizations. AWS supports more classification…
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Snowflake Server
a bliki entry for Snowflake Server
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CVE-2026-98432: 9.8 CVE affecting all Ubuntu versions
Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
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Google SRE - Defining slo: service level objective meaning
SRE SLO book to understand service level objective meaning and the various service level terminilogy including sla slo sli to improve service reliability.
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Continuous Integration
Every developer integrates their work into mainline at least every day.
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Google SRE - Blameless Postmortem for System Resilience
Blameless postmortems in SRE culture. Incident study that focus on root cause analysis and preventive actions, for culture of continuous improvement.
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GitLab + Google Cloud Platform = simplified, scalable deployment
We’ve teamed up with Google Cloud Platform – here’s what that means for you.
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Meet Algo, the VPN that works
I think you’ll agree when I say: there’s no VPN option on the market designed with equal emphasis on security and ease of use. That changes now. Today we’re introducing Algo, a self-hosted personal VPN server designed for ease of deployment and security. Algo automatically deploys an on-demand VPN service in the cloud…
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Classifying the Internet of Things
Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server.
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How much energy does ChatGPT use?
This Gradient Updates issue explores how much energy ChatGPT uses per query, revealing it's 10x less than common estimates.