Redis Explained
A deep technical dive into all things Redis. Covering various Redis topologies, data persistence and process forking.
https://architecturenotes.co/redis/
SSH Tips and Tricks
https://carlosbecker.dev/posts/ssh-tips-and-tricks/
Algorithms you should know before you take system design interviews
A list of algorithms with the resources to learn them.
https://blog.bytebytego.com/p/algorithms-you-should-know-before
Scaling data ingestion for machine learning training at Meta
https://engineering.fb.com/2022/08/22/ml-applications/scaling-data-ingestion-for-machine-learning-training-at-meta/
erg
A statically typed language compatible with Python.
https://github.com/erg-lang/erg
Animated Raft
https://thesecretlivesofdata.com/raft/
Data pipelines for data scientists
Faster Ruby: Thoughts From The Outside
https://www.mgaudet.ca/technical/2022/8/9/faster-ruby-thoughts-from-the-outside
Announcing Superblocks and our $37M Funding
Superblocks raised $37M in funding.
https://www.superblocks.com/blog/37m
GraphQL kinda sucks
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32366759
How to Corrupt your PostgreSQL database
A tutorial on how to corrupt and then try to recover a PostgreSQL database.
https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/how-to-corrupt-your-postgresql-database/
PostgREST version 10.0.0
PostgREST 10.0.0 is available.
https://postgrest.org/en/stable/
PostgresML
Train ML models from PostgreSQL.
https://github.com/postgresml/postgresml
What It Means to Be OpenAPI-First in Kubernetes
A post by an engineer from Kubshop on bridging the gaps between OpenAPI and K8s.
https://thenewstack.io/what-it-means-to-be-openapi-first-in-kubernetes/
KrakenD
It is more than a gateway it has throttling, QoS and even aggregation of multiple sources.
Can You GitOps Your APIs?
Another post on OpenAPI on k8s
https://thenewstack.io/can-you-gitops-your-apis
OpenAPI Generator
OpenAPI Generator can generate servers and clients from an OpenAPI definition.
https://github.com/OpenAPITools/openapi-generator
Kubernetes deployments are risking complexity, cost and data loss
Veritas Technologies’ research exposes how a siloed approach to Kubernetes is opening up organisations to increased cyber threats, with particular concerns over ransomware attacks.
https://www.veritas.com/content/dam/www/en_us/documents/at-a-glance/SB_kubernetes_enterprise_data_management_V1357.pdf (white paper)
'DirtyCred' Vulnerability Haunting Linux Kernel for 8 Years
Tracked as CVE-2022-2588, the security flaw can be exploited to escalate privileges and lead to a container escape. The academics say the vulnerability has been present in Linux for eight years.
https://www.securityweek.com/dirtycred-vulnerability-haunting-linux-kernel-8-years
Planetscale Introduces Serverless Driver For Javascript: Databases Are Moving To The Edge
PlanetScale just released a serverless driver for JavaScript to enhance database accessibility from serverless edge deployments.
https://dataconomy.com/2022/08/planetscale-serverless-driver-javascript/
OVHcloud web hosting is about to get a whole lot more expensive
https://www.techradar.com/news/ovhcloud-web-hosting-is-about-to-get-a-whole-lot-more-expensive
Home Lab NAS with Terramaster F5-221, Part 1: Intro and Specs
https://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2022/08/23/home-lab-nas.aspx
Gradle - Plugin Portal potential data exposure
On 16th August 2022, Gradle Plugin Portal and the Gradle Discourse forums were impacted by a security incident that could have led to the exposure of the personal data of some Gradle community members.
https://blog.gradle.org/portal-information-exposure
Introducing Open Source Zero Trust to Kubernetes
Zero trush help in minimizing attacks by isolating resources, and decreasing transitivity of permissions. This article talks about zero trust in Kubernetes and discusses a possible solution, Paralus. Kyle Hunter works for Rafay Systems, a Kubernetes vendor.
https://thenewstack.io/introducing-open-source-zero-trust-to-kubernetes/
Removal of Heroku Free Product Plans FAQ
Heroku is removing free access to dynos and PostgreSQL databases.
https://help.heroku.com/RSBRUH58/removal-of-heroku-free-product-plans-faq
Brian Kernighan adds Unicode support to Awk
https://github.com/onetrueawk/awk/commit/9ebe940cf3c652b0e373634d2aa4a00b8395b636
Learn Postgres at the Playground
https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/learn-postgres-at-the-playground
GraphQL Observability
A post on GraphQL observability with a good list of what to monitor and what answers to get out from your GraphQL stack.
https://xuorig.medium.com/graphql-observability-faa08d1b5099
Go Buffalo 1.0
A popular web development framework has reached 1.0 version.
Cloud Functions 2nd gen is GA, delivering more events, compute and control
My FLOPS 2022 keynote talk: “Adventures in Building Reliable Distributed Systems with Liquid Haskell”
There is a short introduction to distributed system concepts and examples of how to test distributed system properties with Liquid Haskell.