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The full-time job of keeping up with Kubernetes
Kubernetes releases a new version every three months. We discuss where this pace comes from, why it's key to Kubernetes' success, and what it means for end-users.
Upcoming breaking changes for npm v12
Our next npm major version, v12, introduces security-related default changes to npm install. All these changes are available behind warnings in npm today on 11.16.0 or newer, so you can…
Advent of Code 2024 in pure SQL
A blog by and for database architects.
Gemini 2.5 Pro vs. Claude 3.7 Sonnet: Coding Comparison
Google just launched Gemini 2.5 Pro on March 26th, claiming to be the best in coding, reasoning and overall everything. But I mostly care about how the…
Building more with GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
Introducing GPT-5.1-Codex-Max, a faster, more intelligent agentic coding model for Codex. The model is designed for long-running, project-scale work with enhanced reasoning and token efficiency.
Major reversal in ocean circulation detected in the Southern Ocean
Satellite data processing algorithms developed by ICM-CSIC have played a crucial role in detecting this significant shift in the Southern Hemisphere, which could accelerate the effects of climate change.
Engineers develop water filtration that removes “forever chemicals”
Engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new water treatment that removes “forever chemicals” from drinking water safely, efficiently – and for good.
How to listen when you disagree
Urban Confessional: A Free Listening Movement have been Free Listening on street corners for almost a decade. How to Listen When You Disagree is a reflection on listening from the 2016 RNC, and it is more relevant today than ever before.
Why we Forked Firefox and Not Chromium
In 2015 Cliqz released its own desktop web browser, forked from Firefox. Up to that point, we had distributed our search and privacy products as a single Firefox addon. In this article we cover why we thought it necessary to create our own browser, why we chose Firefox, and why we think it was the right choice.
Mitigations landing for new class of timing attack
Several recently-published research articles have demonstrated a new class of timing attacks (Meltdown and Spectre) that work on modern CPUs. Our internal experiments confirm that it is possible to use ...
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
A randomized trial with 52 developers found AI assistance lowered comprehension scores, except when used for explanations rather than delegation.
Multi-node TimescaleDB is now free
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Developers spend most of their time figuring the system out
I am often asked what I mean when I say that developers spend most of their time figuring the system out. Let’s unpack the statement.
Deutsche Bank makes source code publicly available for the first time
Media hub with the latest Deutsche Bank news, media releases, conferences, social media, research, images and videos.
Our User-Mode WireGuard Year
For better or worse, flyctl isn't boring. Here's why.
Servo is now available on crates.io
Initial crates.io release and LTS version of Servo
100 Gbps achieved from space to Earth
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, in partnership with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, built and designed a communications payload, TBIRD, which is demonstrating space-to-ground laser communications at unprecedented data rates.
Mistral's Shieldstral: 3B open-weights model for multimodal moderation
Shieldstral introduces a 3B open-weights multimodal safety classifier that outperforms models up to 7x its size.
Did the FBI Pay a University to Attack Tor Users?
The Tor Project has learned more about last year's attack by Carnegie Mellon researchers on the...
Immunotherapy drug clinical trial results: half of tumors shrink or disappear
The researchers demonstrate that an engineered antibody improves a class of drugs that has struggled to make good on its early promise.
Rust vs. Go
This post is a head-to-head comparison of Rust vs. Go for NTPsec’spurposes. Read it bearing in mind that the NTP codebase has anunusual combination of...