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Building a freedom-friendly WiFi pocket-router (2020)
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Bun v0.5.7
Support for `FormData` and `git` dependencies, better `setTimeout()` compatibility, `bun wiptest` is now `bun test`, and better support on AWS Lambda and GitHub Actions.
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In Praise of Alpine and APK
Since the change of year, I’ve been using Alpine Linux on my main computing device (a new desktop PC that I assembled in December). These are some notes on in, some niceties and caveats.
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GitHub Actions Are a Problem
A blog, mostly about programming
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My 2023 all-flash ZFS NAS (Network Storage) build
For over 10 years now, I run two self-built NAS (Network Storage) devices which serve media (currently via Jellyfin) and run daily backups of all my PCs and servers. In this article, I describe my goals, which hardware I picked for my new build (and why) and how I set it up.
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Keycloak with PostgreSQL on Kubernetes
In this article we will learn how to deploy Keycloak with PostgreSQL on Kubernetes. We will first do everything manually with separate YAMLs and then later with Helm. Our k8s environment will run i…
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Don't let event-driven architecture buzzwords fool you
I see a lot of new terms like Command-Event, Event-Based Compute, etc., presented around Event-Driven Architecture. Let me clear that up because there are no such things…
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You can serve static data over HTTP
This will be short. I need to let some steam off and flush this thing out of my mind because it's already hanging around for too long. The story goes like this: we're prototyping small tool for whatever and we're at the point where there is a visible need to store some (most likely) static data. Oh, the thing is in…
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MQTT vs. Kafka: An IoT Advocate's Perspective
In this blog series, I hope to summarize what Kafka and MQTT are and how they can both fit into an IoT architecture.
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How we deploy faster with warm Docker containers
Warm Docker containers reduce cold starts, learn how Dagster deploys 5x faster using PEX-based builds.
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Kraken Technologies: How we organise our large Python monolith
By David Seddon from Kraken Technologies. Hi, I’m David, a Python developer at Kraken Technologies. I work on Kraken: a Python application which has, at last count, 27,637 modules. Yes, you read that right: nearly 28k separate Python files - not including tests. I do this along with 400
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Why cloud bandwidth is so obscenely expensive and what you can do about that
This article is an excerpt of my new book Cloudflare for Speed and Security where you will learn, among other things, how networking works in order to create fast, secure and scalable applications. If you are not overspending on compute (like many companies do because of "scale") then your biggest
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Investigating the impact of HTTP3 on network latency for search
Dropbox is well known for storing users’ files—but it’s equally important we can retrieve content quickly when our users need it most. For the Retrieval Experiences team, that means building a search experience that is as fast, simple, and powerful as possible. But when we conducted a research study in July 2022, one…
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Linode increases price of compute plans and more
Read some of the latest blog posts from Akamai Developers.
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KWOK: Kubernetes WithOut Kubelet
Author: Shiming Zhang (DaoCloud), Wei Huang (Apple), Yibo Zhuang (Apple) Have you ever wondered how to set up a cluster of thousands of nodes just in seconds, how to simulate real nodes with a low resource footprint, and how to test your Kubernetes controller at scale without spending much on infrastructure? If you…
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The future of AlmaLinux
It’s been a whirlwind few weeks here at AlmaLinux, and I’m elated to be able to finally share this update. The future of AlmaLinux OSIn case you missed it, Red Hat announced they will no longer be providing the means for downstream clones to continue to be 1:1 binary copies of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Very…
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Why PostgreSQL High Availability Matters and How to Achieve It
Achieving PostgreSQL high availability is vital for application uptime. Explore popular HA deployment options to make an informed choice that fits your needs.
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Unpacking the Benefits of Zero Trust Architecture as Defined by NIST
NIST has released a draft of SP 1800-35 , Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture. The lengthy documents lay out their definition of Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) , the benefits, why it’s important, a few examples of how an organization can implement them, expected results associated with their example builds, and a…
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Sandstorm, Tempest, and the Future
Take control of your web by running your own personal cloud server with Sandstorm.
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Azure dropping database support for MariaDB. Users advised to migrate to MySQL
Subscribe to Microsoft Azure today for service updates, all in one place. Check out the new Cloud Platform roadmap to see our latest product plans.
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Kubernetes releases ingress2gateway tool for upcoming GA of Gateway API
Update: Ingress2Gateway v1.0 is now available! Today we are releasing ingress2gateway, a tool that can help you migrate from Ingress to Gateway API. Gateway API is just weeks away from graduating to GA, if you haven't upgraded yet, now's the time to think about it! BackgroundIn the ever-evolving world of Kubernetes…
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The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030
Electric vehicle (EV) owners tend to leave their cars charging overnight, putting pressure on the grid. This habit must change, Stanford researchers say.
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How Amazon uses chaos engineering to handle 80k requests per second
Discover how Amazon Search combines technology and culture to empower its builder teams, ensuring platform resilience through Chaos Engineering.
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Migrating our backend from Vercel to Fly.io
Why we migrated OpenStatus' backend from Vercel to Fly.io using Hono and Bun — the challenges, performance gains, and lessons from the migration.
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D1: Improvements to performance and scalability
We've been heads down iterating on D1, and we've just shipped a major new version that's substantially faster, more reliable, and introduces Time Travel: the ability to restore a D1 database to any point in time.
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Honey, I shrunk the NPM package
Have you ever wondered what lies beneath the surface of an npm package? At its heart, it’s nothing more than a gzipped tarball. Working in software development, source code and binary artifacts are nearly always shipped as .tar.gz or .tgz files. And gzip compression is supported by every HTTP server and web browser…
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The Amazon Prime Day 2023 AWS Bill
How much would AWS cost for Amazon Prime Day? Here's Corey Quinn's best guess at the company's AWS bill for the two-day shopping event.
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Problems with AWS Amplify and its use of DynamoDB
Something something Amplify is bad