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Exploiting CI/CD with Style(lint): LOTP Guide

CI/CD is vulnerable toLiving Off the Pipeline(LOTP) attacks via tools like linters, formatters, build, and test tools—no need to modify workflows. Hacking depends on unexpected code execution, context files, plugins, environment variables...

Exploiting CI/CD with Style(lint): LOTP Guide
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WizOS: A New Enterprise Linux Built on Alpine’s Secure Foundation

WizOShits the scene as a rugged, Alpine-based Linux distro. It's like a fortress with stricter security and almost noCVEs. Perfect for container protection. But here's the twist: it choosesglibcfor that sweet, extra compatibility. On one hand, impressive. On the other, Alpine purists might side-eye ..

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You’re not a platform team if you’re just managing infrastructure

Platform engineering? It's not just gift-wrapping infrastructure as a service. It's about handing devs the reins and saying, "Go wild." Think of it like an Internal Developer Platform (IDP), similar to theGoogle Cloud Platform. Here, users truly own their services. The result? Scalability soars, bot..

You’re not a platform team if you’re just managing infrastructure
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Systems Correctness Practices at Amazon Web Services

AWS tapsTLA+andP languageto hammer out service correctness. Bugs quiver and deadlines whistle past with formal methods wielded like a scalpel. EnterPObserve—this tool is the wizard that conjures log validation magic between design and production. AndP? It’s the S3 whisperer, driving sudden consisten..

Systems Correctness Practices at Amazon Web Services
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Shopify Tech Stack

Shopify's stack might look like a minimalist's dream—Ruby on RailsandReact. But don’t be fooled; it flexes serious muscle, wrangling173 billion requests in just one day. They've superchargedRubywith the mighty duo ofYJITandSorbet, flungReact Nativeacross key apps, and turned toKafkawhen sending66 mi..

Shopify Tech Stack
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FinOps Foundation Launches New FinOps for AI Certification

$644 billionis set to flood generative AI by 2025. Yet figuring out the worth and taming costs is still cloudy—and not the fun, "find a silver lining" kind. Enter theFinOps Foundationwith their new rolling certification. For $500, they aim to transform AI spending into data-driven decisions and reso..

FinOps Foundation Launches New FinOps for AI Certification
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How we decreased GitLab repo backup times from 48 hours to 41 minutes

GitLab pulled a clever move. They swapped out a clunky O(N²) nested loop for some slick mapping, cutting down backup times from 48 hours to a zippy 41 minutes. Your massive repositories now scale better and cost less. In short, they made it faster and easier. Science wins again...

How we decreased GitLab repo backup times from 48 hours to 41 minutes
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DevOps: Automating Release Tags

GitHub Actionsjust got a shot of adrenaline. The workflow now slaps tags on releases with spicysemantic versioning. It skims through PR details for those major head-turners and voila—auto-generated changelogs that save time and sanity...

DevOps: Automating Release Tags
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AWS Launches EKS Dashboard to Tackle Multi-Cloud Kubernetes Complexity

AWS has unleashed theAmazon EKS Dashboard—the ultimate tool for seeing your Kubernetes clusters in vivid color. It dishes up cost forecasts and keeps an eye on compliance, which is more than you can say for Google Cloud'sKHI, obsessed as it is with log inspection alone. AWS serves up the full pictur..

AWS Launches EKS Dashboard to Tackle Multi-Cloud Kubernetes Complexity
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How to create Cilium Cluster Mesh between K3s and Azure Kubernetes Service

Ciliummasterfully knits clusters, weaving on-prem K3s with privateAKSusing Azure Virtual WAN. Efficient load-balancing? Piece of cake...