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Linux 6.16 Performance Regression Tracked Down In New Futex Code

Linux 6.16takes a36% performance nosediveon AMD EPYC 9005 all thanks toFUTEXPRIVATEHASH. The quick fix? Yank it. Engineers scramble for a smarter solution...

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

Grafana Tempo 2.8lands with a bang. Say hello toTraceQL query hints—they bump up results you care about and streamline span searches with parent span IDs. Meanwhile,compactor poolingrevamps slashes memory usage. Kiss those OOM errors goodbye. Important heads-up:serverless features are historyand the..

Grafana Tempo 2.8 release: memory improvements, new TraceQL features, and more
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Critical Linux “sudo” flaw allows any user to take over the system

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 fea..

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Insights from paper — Bigtable: A Distributed Storage System for Structured Data

Bigtableisn'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 fle..

Insights from paper — Bigtable: A Distributed Storage System for Structured Data
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OpenYurt Becomes a CNCF Incubating Project

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

OpenYurt Becomes a CNCF Incubating Project
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Serving 200 million requests per day with a cgi-bin

UsingGoandRustwith CGI-style requests taps into multi-core CPU might, poking fun at long-held CGI inefficiency myths...

Serving 200 million requests per day with a cgi-bin
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise completes $14B acquisition of Juniper after settlement of DOJ suit

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 the..

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Understanding Network Packet Offsets & Safe Parsing in eBPF

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

Understanding Network Packet Offsets & Safe Parsing in eBPF
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GitOps Introduction with Argo CD

GitOpsturns deployment upside down. A cunningpull-basedmethod. Tools likeArgo CDautomate app updates by keeping a hawk's eye on Git repos. Toss those convoluted CD pipelines into the trash. If updates stumble—justGit committo roll back. Safe teamwork—no need to touch the cluster...

GitOps Introduction with Argo CD
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Caching is an Abstraction, not an Optimization

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

Caching is an Abstraction, not an Optimization