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Postgres skies are clearer after Atlassian's mass migration while AWS unveils the secrets behind true encryption mastery. As Linux descends into performance puzzles, cunning tiny AI tools step in to recapture your precious time. Grab a seat, dive into the evolution ride, and let the bits of brilliance invigorate your dev journey.

🚀 Atlassian moved 4 million Postgres databases to AWS Aurora

🔐 AWS KMS Crash Course

☁️ Building a Cloud Strategy That Delivers

🤖 Building tiny AI tools for developer productivity

📈 Caching is an Abstraction, not an Optimization

⚠️ Critical Linux “sudo” flaw allows any user to take over the system

🔄 GitOps Introduction with Argo CD

🧠 Grafana Tempo 2.8 release: memory improvements, new TraceQL features, and more

🏃‍♂️ Linux 6.16 Performance Regression Tracked Down In New Futex Code

🌐 Understanding Network Packet Offsets & Safe Parsing in eBPF

Level up your strategies, bust those myths, and keep the surprises coming.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise closed its acquisition of Juniper Networks following the settlement of a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice. This acquisition will allow HPE to expand its networking business and compete in the AI networking market. HPE officials stated that the merger positions them to offer a comprehensive portfolio across hybrid cloud, AI, and networking.

OpenYurt, a CNCF brainchild, shakes up cloud-edge orchestration. It dances with Kubernetes like Fred Astaire and partners with any vendor under the sun.

Atlassian pulled off a major coup, relocating 4 million Jira Postgres databases to AWS Aurora. They slashed expenses by taming CPU beasts and carved out a rock-solid 99.99% uptime. A delightful efficiency cocktail.

Samsung and TSMC are brooming through some project cobwebs. Samsung's rethinking its Texas blueprint, and TSMC insists it's full steam ahead with its new plant beyond U.S. borders.

Grafana Tempo 2.8 lands with a bang. Say hello to TraceQL query hints—they bump up results you care about and streamline span searches with parent span IDs. Meanwhile, compactor pooling revamps slashes memory usage. Kiss those OOM errors goodbye. Important heads-up: serverless features are history and the default port is now 3200.

Linux 6.16 takes a 36% performance nosedive on AMD EPYC 9005 all thanks to FUTEXPRIVATEHASH. The quick fix? Yank it. Engineers scramble for a smarter solution.

Bigtable isn't just another footnote in Google's lineup. It dominates the data landscape, wrangling petabytes like a charm. Built for atomic row operations and sly tablet splits. Plus, it’s backed by Chubby’s fault-tolerance magic. Picture it as a NoSQL and relational database crossbreed with the flexibility of a gymnast on a caffeine high. Supports MapReduce but don’t hold your breath for full SQL flair.

Caching does more than rev up performance; it cuts through the chaos of software design, making it tidier and more modular. Sure, LRU and LFU sound like they should open for a prog rock band, but their trusty old formulas stand strong against those wild swings in data access.

Tiny AI scripts won't make you the next tech billionaire, but they're unbeatable for rescuing hours from the drudgery of repetitive tasks. Whether it's wrangling those dreaded GitHub rollups or automating the minutiae, these little miracles grant engineers the luxury to actually think.

GitOps turns deployment upside down. A cunning pull-based method. Tools like Argo CD automate app updates by keeping a hawk's eye on Git repos. Toss those convoluted CD pipelines into the trash. If updates stumble—just Git commit to roll back. Safe teamwork—no need to touch the cluster.

Millions of Linux systems are vulnerable to a sudo flaw allowing unauthorized users to run commands as root. The bug affects Ubuntu and Fedora servers, escalates privileges to root, and requires installation of the latest sudo packages for mitigation. The flaw lies in the seldom-used sudo chroot feature, allowing attackers to break out and elevate their privileges without defined sudo rules.

Using Go and Rust with CGI-style requests taps into multi-core CPU might, poking fun at long-held CGI inefficiency myths.

Cloud strategy? It's not about fancy slideshows but shaking up how teams build and deploy. Master new skills. Embrace SRE practices like it's your favorite hobby.

eBPF and Rust team up to drive a network packet parser that catches packets at breakneck kernel speed. Welcome to the future of observability and security. XDP steps in, slicing latency to the bone for real-time inspection.

A crash course on AWS Key Management Service (KMS) covering encryption fundamentals, key types, envelope encryption, key access control, key policy, and auditing key usage. Includes hands-on demos using AWS KMS and AWS CloudShell, as well as a mini project on a serverless password manager. GitHub repository link for additional resources.

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DPRS (Docker PRocesS Manager) is a terminal user interface for managing Docker containers and monitoring their logs. Built with a focus on reliability, usability, and efficient container management.

Modern Docker Management, Designed for Everyone

Trigger.dev – open source background jobs and AI infrastructure

"In the race between innovation and reliability, every shortcut becomes a potential trail of regrets."
— Sensei

Meet Alex Bit , the Co-founder & CEO of Codemod, where they're reshaping code migration to handle any size codebase more efficiently than ever. With a rich background that includes innovating at Meta and leading transformative projects like a software visualization tool that saves $500k yearly, Alex is a leader with hands-on experience in crafting scalable solutions. From previous roles at Facebook to foundational work at Stealth, Alex has consistently fused technical acuity with strategic vision.