Issue #46
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New Linux kernel NetFilter flaw gives attackers root privileges
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32233
Alpine Linux 3.18 Released - Powered By Linux 6.1 LTS, Musl Libc 1.2.4
Alpine Linux 3.18 is out today as the newest feature release for this lightweight Linux distribution built with musl libc and Busybox while being popular for embedded and container use-cases.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Alpine-Linux-3.18
Scaleway Serverless Functions API
The docs of serverless functions at Scaleway. Scaleway is quite an affordable hosting company from France.
https://www.scaleway.com/en/developers/api/serverless-functions/
sftpgo
SFTP server written in Go.
https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo
go-callvis
go-callvis is a development tool to help visualize the call graph of a Go program using interactive view.
https://github.com/ofabry/go-callvis
Permify
Permify is an open-source authorization service for creating and maintaining fine-grained authorizations in your applications. It is inspired by Google Zanzibar.
https://github.com/Permify/permify
https://storage.googleapis.com/pub-tools-public-publication-data/pdf/41f08f03da59f5518802898f68730e247e23c331.pdf - Zanzibar paper
50 Years in Filesystems: 1984
This blog post delves into the history of filesystems, focusing on significant developments from 1984. The author discusses the advent of the Fast File System (FFS), which introduced numerous improvements over its predecessor, the UNIX File System (UFS). Key innovations of FFS include better disk space utilization, improved performance, and enhanced reliability. The article highlights the impact of FFS on the evolution of filesystems, as its design principles continue to influence modern storage systems today.
https://blog.koehntopp.info/2023/05/06/50-years-in-filesystems-1984.html
DuckPGQ: Efficient Property Graph Queries in an analytical RDBMS (CIDR 2023)
SQL/PGQ is a graph extension to be added to SQL 2023.
SQL:2023 is finished: Here is what's new
There are important new features like the graphing capability.
http://peter.eisentraut.org/blog/2023/04/04/sql-2023-is-finished-here-is-whats-new
Coinbase Q1 Bill from Datadog
Coinbase (?) had a $65 million Datadog bill per its Q1 earnings call. Wild.
https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak/status/1654577231937544192?t=GgwBaobk9t48LhJhegAhGA
Meta open-sources multisensory AI model that combines six types of data
Meta has announced a new open-source AI model that links together multiple streams of data, including text, audio, visual data, temperature, and movement readings.
AWS IAM
A collection of articles on AWS IAM by Teri Radichel.
https://medium.com/cloud-security/aws-iam-932d6a043b7
Dan Urson has left AWS after a decade
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/durson_opentowork-activity-7062558404497575936-BnrS/
New AWS storage type for Fedora Linux
The Fedora AMIs now support gp3 EBS volumes by default.
https://fedoramagazine.org/new-aws-storage-type-for-fedora-linux/
How Canva saves millions annually in Amazon S3 costs
Strange that they don’t mention Intelligent Tiering.
https://www.canva.dev/blog/engineering/optimising-s3-savings/
Platformonomics Repatriation Index Q1 2023: Surf's Up!
The report reveals a significant increase in tech companies repatriating their overseas profits to the US. Factors like tax reforms and geopolitical tensions with China are driving this trend, benefiting the US economy.
https://www.platformonomics.com/2023/05/platformonomics-repatriation-index-q1-2023-surfs-up/
Kubernetes 1.27: updates on speeding up Pod startup
The article discusses strategies to accelerate the startup time of pods in Kubernetes. It provides tips and best practices to optimize pod initialization, such as using init containers, pre-pulling container images, and utilizing resource requests and limits effectively. These techniques can significantly improve the overall performance and responsiveness of Kubernetes clusters.
https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/05/15/speed-up-pod-startup/
Kernel Updates in Tumbleweed, Development Seeks Volunteers
https://news.opensuse.org/2023/05/04/kernel-up-in-tw-devs-seek-volunteers/
NixOS 22.11 released
https://nixos.org/blog/announcements.html#nixos-22.11
An example of LLM prompting for programming
Xu Hao uses a chain of thought and general knowledge prompting with ChatGPT when writing self-testing code.
https://martinfowler.com/articles/2023-chatgpt-xu-hao.html
Kubecon Amsterdam Learnings
The post offers a summary and key takeaways from the KubeCon conference held in Amsterdam. It covers various topics related to Kubernetes, including new developments, trends, and insights shared by industry experts and attendees.
https://blog.joshgav.com//posts/kubecon-amsterdam
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NixOS does not have yet a new release because 22.11 is for 2022/11. The next one is coming at the end of this month.