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DoltgreSQL
A wire-compatible PostgreSQL with versioning, I think you can use Git. This is not a new idea, Functional Relational Programming (FRP) advocates a similar approach, you can read ‘Out of the Tar Pit’ to know more about it.
https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2023-11-01-announcing-doltgresql/
https://github.com/papers-we-love/papers-we-love/blob/main/design/out-of-the-tar-pit.pdf
The Next Generation of the Command Line
We, along with many in the Go community, greatly admire Charm's methodology in crafting valuable Go-powered utilities and command-line interface libraries, including the likes of Bubble Tea. The excitement is not merely about the funds they've secured, but it's a celebration of Charm's contributions to CLI development and the suite of projects they've successfully launched.
https://charm.sh/blog/the-next-generation/
Go, Containers, and the Linux Scheduler
A short article on the Go GC and on the Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS) and how to use GOMAXPROCS in a container to reduce the number of cores.
https://www.riverphillips.dev/blog/go-cfs/
CloudKeys in the Air: Tracking Malicious Operations of Exposed IAM Keys
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/malicious-operations-of-exposed-iam-keys-cryptojacking/
Refine permissions for externally accessible roles using IAM Access Analyzer and IAM action last accessed
When using AWS across different accounts, IAM roles are employed for cross-account access, coming with a trust policy for external access and a permissions policy outlining role actions. The IAM Access Analyzer and action last accessed data are tools to fine-tune these permissions, guiding you towards least-privilege permissions and identifying unused ones. The blog post explains using these tools to refine permissions for IAM roles with a trust policy, ensuring roles only have the necessary access, with action last accessed information now available for over 140 AWS services.
Security considerations for running containers on Amazon ECS
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/security-considerations-for-running-containers-on-amazon-ecs/
Red Hat Launches Next Versions of the World’s Leading Enterprise Linux Platform
Red Hat has announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.3 and the upcoming release of RHEL 8.9. These updates focus on container management with Podman, automation in system workflows, and web console enhancements. RHEL 9.3 introduces full support for Stratis, a storage management solution aimed at efficiency and ease of use. Red Hat Insights, included with RHEL subscriptions, now supports more image formats and offers improved system analysis tools. The convert2rhel tool has been updated to support more distributions, facilitating migration to RHEL.
Snowflake Puts Industry-Leading Large Language and AI Models in the Hands of All Users with Snowflake Cortex
Snowflake announced Snowflake Cortex, a new fully managed service that provides access to large language models (LLMs), AI models, and vector search functionality, empowering users of all skill levels to accelerate analytics and build contextualized LLM-powered applications rapidly. Introduced at Snowday 2023, Snowflake Cortex includes serverless functions for tasks like sentiment detection and text summarization and introduces new LLM-powered experiences such as Document AI, Snowflake Copilot, and Universal Search to enhance productivity. Additionally, Snowflake is advancing its platform with Snowpark Container Services for more customized app development and improvements in machine learning model building within the Data Cloud.
Unlock the Power of DevSecOps with Newly Released Kubernetes Experience for Platform Engineering
AlmaLinux OS 9.3 Is Here as a Free Red Hat Enterprise Linux Alternative
This release improves flexibility and reliability, enhances security across hybrid environments, and simplifies automation and system management.
https://9to5linux.com/almalinux-os-9-3-is-here-as-a-free-red-hat-enterprise-linux-alternative
Linux Foundation Creating The High-Performance Software Foundation (HPSF)
Kicking off an exciting Supercomputing SC23 week, The Linux Foundation announced this morning that they are forming the High-Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) to help advance an open-source core software stack for high-performance computing (HPC). Already a number of national labs, Intel, NVIDIA, and other stakeholders are involved.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/High-Performance-Software-HPSF
The Limit Does Not Exist: Hidden Visibility of AWS Service Limits
AWS cloud has also limits. There are soft and hard limits and some are even ‘hidden’.
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