Issue #42

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Riccardo Tacconi

Apr 04, 2023

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We updated our RSA SSH host key

GitHub.com’s RSA SSH private key was briefly exposed in a public GitHub repository.

https://github.blog/2023-03-23-we-updated-our-rsa-ssh-host-key/

S3 as an Eternal Service

Is Jeff Barr also a philosopher?

https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/s3-as-an-eternal-service/

Elon Musk and other tech leaders call for a pause on ‘dangerous race’ to make A.I. as advanced as humans

Do you remember Terminator, the movie? If we reach the singularity, and someone has made iAI-powered killer machines, we could fake extinction. This is not going to happen tomorrow, but it could happen in the near future.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/29/elon-musk-other-tech-leaders-pause-training-ai-beyond-gpt-4.html

Is your Postgres ready for production?

A short but good list of things to consider when moving a PostgreSQL server in production.

https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/is-your-postgres-ready-for-production

Postgres: The Graph Database You Didn't Know You Had

You can implement a graph structure on top of a relational database and use recursive queries to have a graph database on PostgreSQL.

https://www.dylanpaulus.com/posts/postgres-is-a-graph-database

Postgres <> ChatGPT

Experimental PostgreSQL extension that enables the use of OpenAI GPT API inside PostgreSQL, allowing for queries to be written using natural language.

https://github.com/cloudquery/pg_gpt

checkov

Checkov scans cloud infrastructure configurations to find misconfigurations before they're deployed.

https://www.checkov.io/

How to Create and Use Virtual Environments in Python With Poetry

Open source Kubeflow 1.7 set to ‘transform’ MLops

https://venturebeat.com/ai/open-source-kubeflow-1-7-set-to-transform-mlops/

3 Important AI/ML Tools You Can Deploy on Kubernetes

Organizations know the importance of getting the full application stack on Kubernetes. Artificial intelligence is next.

https://thenewstack.io/3-important-ai-ml-tools-you-can-deploy-on-kubernetes/

Flux

flux is a new Web 3 platform where you can run your docker containers on a distributed platform.

https://runonflux.io/

Presto: A Decade of SQL Analytics at Meta

Here you can download a PDF on the evolution of Presto at Meta.

https://research.facebook.com/publications/presto-a-decade-of-sql-analytics-at-meta/

Cloud Native Identity and Access Management in Kubernetes

A look at cloud-native principles and how a single IAM system can serve customized APIs in Kubernetes using such principles, plus an API-first approach is demonstrated.

https://thenewstack.io/cloud-native-identity-and-access-management-in-kubernetes/