Issue #67
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Google mitigated the largest DDoS attack to date, peaking above 398 million RPS
A blog post about a massing DDOS attack using HTTP/2 ‘Rapid Reset’.
Cloud Spanner is now half the cost of Amazon DynamoDB, and with strong consistency and single-digit ms latency
Google Cloud is getting better and better. Google Cloud Spanner is a globally distributed relational database service on the Google Cloud Platform that combines features of traditional databases with cloud-native NoSQL capabilities. It offers strong global consistency, automatic scaling, SQL support, and integrated security, making it ideal for applications requiring high availability and consistent global data access.
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/announcing-cloud-spanner-price-performance-updates
How Zalando migrated their shopping carts to Amazon DynamoDB from Apache Cassandra
Zalando transitioned from Apache Cassandra to Amazon DynamoDB, as detailed in an AWS case study. While AWS highlights the success of the migration, it's important to recognize the effort and challenges that might have been involved in such a transition, and if it was really worth it.
Fleet releases open-source, cross-platform scripting based on osquery
I talked once to them about a possible collaboration. They created a platform around osquery. If you don’t know osquery, it was created by Facebook to query the OS with SQL and they build a security framework ontop of it.
https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/17/fleet-releases-open-source-cross-platform-scripting-based-on-osquery/
Reddit Unveils REV2: Modernised Rule-Execution with Kubernetes, Kafka, and Flink Stateful Functions
Reddit's Safety Engineering team shared insights into the recent modernization of its Rule-Execution system, designed to identify and address content that breaches platform policies in real-time. This revamped system, known as Rule Execution V2 (REV2), transitioned from traditional EC2 systems to Kubernetes, incorporated better rule version control through GitHub and S3 storage, and enhanced scalability using Flink Stateful Functions. At the heart of REV2 are Lua scripts, called "rules", which are activated by specific Kafka events, like user posts or comments.
https://www.infoq.com/news/2023/10/reddit-rev2/
Unified Kubernetes Monitoring With OpenTelemetry
https://cloudnativenow.com/news/unified-kubernetes-monitoring-with-opentelemetry/
What is Velero?
If you are looking for a backup solution for Kubernetes.
https://tanzu.vmware.com/developer/guides/what-is-velero/
How AlmaLinux stays Red Hat Enterprise Linux compatible without Red Hat code
GIGABYTE Introduces New Servers for Cloud Native Deployments on Arm Architecture with AmpereOneâ„¢ Family of Processors
https://www.gigabyte.com/Press/News/2118
gokrazy is really cool
Did you know there's a streamlined Linux version tailored for Go programming on the Raspberry Pi? Called gokrazy, this implementation allows you to run Go programs as 'appliances' on these devices, similar to the simplicity of Alpine Linux but dedicated solely to Go.
https://xeiaso.net/blog/gokrazy/
algernon
Web server with Lua, Markdown, HTTP/2, QUIC, Redis, MySQL and Postgres support.
https://github.com/xyproto/algernon
Resources is a New, Modern System Monitor for Linux
Ubuntu's default System Monitor app, while functional, appears dated and lacks detailed visualization. However, the new Rust-based "Resources" tool offers a modern alternative with real-time graphs for various system components, a detailed view of running apps and processes, and a range of customization options, but requires a Flatpak installation on Ubuntu to use.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/10/resources-system-monitor-app-for-linux
Managed K8s with GPU Worker Nodes for Faster AI/ML Inference
https://thenewstack.io/managed-k8s-with-gpu-worker-nodes-for-faster-ai-ml-inference/
Super-long-term stable Linux Kernel arrives
https://www.zdnet.com/article/super-long-term-stable-linux-kernel-arrives/
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