• Explore the benefits of integrating logs, metrics, and traces into a single interface for enhanced issue resolution
• Learn about the significant cost savings Lumigo offers compared to traditional log aggregation tools
• Discover how Lumigo's automated features and comprehensive coverage can optimize your observability and troubleshooting strategy

Effective monitoring and visualization are paramount in infrastructure management. Zabbix and Grafana are two open-source tools that cater to distinct purposes with unique strengths. Zabbix excels in comprehensive monitoring solutions with robust alert functionality and insightful data analysis capabilities, while Grafana stands out as a powerful data visualization tool with visually compelling dashboards and seamless integration of various data sources. Ultimately, the choice between Zabbix and Grafana depends on specific requirements, such as monitoring needs, setup complexity, and budget constraints.

AWS IAM was used extensively by Stedi to enforce role-based access control for customers. A vulnerability was discovered in AWS STS where role trust policy statements were evaluated incorrectly, allowing unauthorized access to AWS accounts. Stedi shared their discovery process and collaboration with AWS, highlighting the importance of rigorous testing and communication with service providers.

An analysis of security posture across a range of applications written in various programming languages found that Java services are disproportionately affected by vulnerabilities, with a high percentage of services vulnerable to critical, high-severity issues introduced by third-party libraries. Vulnerabilities in Java services often originate from indirect dependencies, emphasizing the importance of considering the full dependency tree and regularly updating dependencies to mitigate risks. Priority frameworks for vulnerability assessment and efficient infrastructure code practices, such as using lightweight container images and implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with version control, are crucial for organizations to address cybersecurity threats effectively and reduce potential risks.

SQLite is a fast embedded database designed for client-side applications. Projects like Cloudflare D1, fly.io, and Turso are trying to use SQLite as an edge database, but they face challenges with eventual consistency and lack of support for interactive transactions. Using HTTP caching may be a simpler solution for achieving fast web applications globally. Most teams will benefit more from using PostgreSQL as a backend database instead of trying to retrofit SQLite for backend applications.

Next month will mark the 16th anniversary of the disclosure of a major vulnerability in the Debian OpenSSL package that resulted in predictable private keys. In 2008, a solution was implemented at Engine Yard to address slow SSH login times for GitHub users, involving patching OpenSSH to lookup keys in a MySQL database. However, a month later, users were able to access other users' repositories over SSH due to key collisions caused by the Debian weak keys vulnerability.

The supercomputer Fugaku, developed by Japan's RIKEN Center for Computational Science, is now available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud for easier access. Fugaku has been used for various societal needs, from COVID-19 simulations to drug discovery and economic forecasting.

Redis has played a significant role in many developers' work on high-scale, low-latency web services for the past fifteen years. It is a reliable and efficient tool that empowers developers and handles high throughput with low latency, making it a go-to choice in the industry. The recent licensing changes and potential impacts on future projects and contributions to Redis are still uncertain, leading to some hesitation in the developer community.

In this guest blog, Einar Norðfjörð walks through Birdie's journey moving from logs to OpenTelemetry and Honeycomb's tracing.

Establishing internal network infrastructure: Configuring a robust internal network infrastructure is key to efficient data center operations. This involves setting up switches, routers, and firewalls to manage data flow and protect against intrusions. Redundancy is critical for ensuring high availability and reliability. Strategies include redundant network paths, failover mechanisms, and load balancing to maintain seamless connectivity.

Most of Slack runs on a monolithic service called "The Webapp" with hundreds of developers making hundreds of changes weekly. Deploying at this scale poses a unique challenge, especially in implementing continuous deployment. Slack deploys from its Webapp repository 30-40 times a day to its production fleet, with a median deploy size of 3 PRs, managed by ReleaseBot for automation. Monitoring deployments for anomalies is crucial, with z scores and dynamic thresholds used by Slack to detect anomalous behavior during deployments.

Bloom filters, native OpenTelemetry support, and more!

Kubernetes v1.30 introduces new stable, beta, and alpha features with 45 enhancements, including 17 stable, 18 in beta, and 10 in alpha. The release theme and logo for Kubernetes v1.30 is Uwubernetes. Some of the improvements that graduated to stable include volume manager refactoring, pod scheduling readiness, and min domains in PodTopologySpread.

Read your tfstate or HCL to generate a graph specific for each provider, showing only the resources that are most important/relevant.

A repository for HomeOps where I perform Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps practices.

A version management system built with the goal of making Terraform module versioning seamless

An open-source & self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative.

k6 is now available as a Action

Build Container Images In Kubernetes

Testcontainers is a Python library that providing a friendly API to run Docker container. It is designed to create runtime environment to use during your automatic tests.

Kubernetes-native platform to run massively parallel data/streaming jobs