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Surprise! Gentoo adds binary support
At the end of an era, Gentoo is providing compiled packages but as reported in the article: ‘most architectures, this is limited to the core system and weekly updates - not so for amd64 and arm64 however’. My question is why not just use NixOS where you have all packages compiled, you can use different versions of libraries simultaneously, and changes are atomic and immutable. Anyway, I think it is positive news but a decade too late.
https://www.gentoo.org/news/2023/12/29/Gentoo-binary.html
Choosing an AI-SPM tool: The four questions every security organization needs to ask
The Wiz blog post "Choosing an AI-SPM Tool" outlines four key questions that security organizations should ask when adopting AI services into their cloud environments. These questions focus on understanding the AI services and technologies in use, knowing the AI-related risks, prioritizing critical AI risks, and detecting misuse in AI pipelines. The aim is to maintain secure AI processes and manage the increased security challenges associated with AI adoption. The article emphasizes the importance of visibility, risk assessment, prioritization, and threat detection in ensuring the secure use of AI in cloud environments.
https://www.wiz.io/blog/choosing-an-ai-spm-tool
Also, wiz.io is an impressive tool
Navigating the AI Landscape of 2024: Trends, Predictions, and Possibilities
Niklaus Wirth has died
Niklaus Wirth died on the 1st of January, 2024. In 1984 was awarded with a Turing Award and he is also known as the creator of Pascal, and many other languages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Wirth
Being a good co-worker is your job now
Some more people skills from John Arundel. At the end of the article, he says: ‘You can’t like everyone you work with: that’s impossible. But you can be polite to them, even those who don’t return the favour. Especially to those people, indeed. It’s hard to imagine that anyone actually sets out to be a rude jerk, but this just seems to be some people’s default way of interacting. It’s important to show them that it doesn’t work on you.’
https://bitfieldconsulting.com/golang/being-a-good-co-worker
A Time Series-Based Approach to Elastic Kubernetes Scaling
A study on improving resource management in Kubernetes using predictive auto-scaling based on time series forecasting algorithms. It focuses on addressing Kubernetes' challenge in dynamically scaling resources in response to workload fluctuations. The study utilizes the Holt–Winter forecasting method and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) neural network for prediction, demonstrating improved resource allocation and reduced service disruptions. The results indicate a more efficient scaling process, highlighting the potential of predictive auto-scaling in Kubernetes environments for enhanced service quality.
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/13/2/285/pdf?version=1704708410 PDF download
5 Ways Generative AI Will Transform the World in 2024
This article includes the emergence of multimodal AI models, the rise of capable and powerful small language models (SLMs), the advancement of autonomous agents, the increasing comparability of open models with proprietary ones, and the importance of cloud-native platforms for hosting generative AI models. These developments indicate significant strides in AI technology, suggesting a future where AI has a more profound and integrated role in various sectors.
https://www.analyticsinsight.net/5-ways-generative-ai-will-transform-the-world-in-2024/
Scaling Kubernetes-based Event-driven Workloads with Keda & Karpenter
Event Driven Architecture allows loosely coupled systems to innovate at their own pace and allows producers and consumers to have different technology stacks.
In this session, we will discuss how KEDA and Karpenter can intelligently scale your event-driven applications. This enables powerful patterns such as triggering a Kubernetes Workload from an Event Bridge Bus for downstream data process in a cluster. We will discuss EDA architecture patterns with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and show real-world examples and patterns.