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When Do Retry, Backoff, and Jitter Work?

Retries, meet your nemesis: server overload. Just hammering the "try again" button doesn’t solve it. Enterexponential backoffandjitter, the dynamic duo for taming sudden traffic spikes. But don’t pop the champagne just yet. When fresh requests keep pushing past capacity, this strategy crumbles, reve.. read more  

When Do Retry, Backoff, and Jitter Work?
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Lurking Variables: How Hidden Factors Can Mislead Your Analysis

NebuloSky's VM panic spike: not a botched kernel rollout, but the chaos of adding 1,000,000 platform Y VMs. Classic lurking variable mistake.Pro tip from Gen Z's crystal ball: dissect data by potential influences to sidestep this mess next time... read more  

Lurking Variables: How Hidden Factors Can Mislead Your Analysis
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Building a resilient DNS client for web-scale infrastructure

DCLflips DNS on its head withadaptive timeouts,exponential backoff, andreal-time config updates. Result? Downtime hits the floor, fault tolerance flexes its muscles. DNS visibility and client-side metrics accelerate alert sharpness, fine-tune infrastructure tweaks, and kick old-school limits to the .. read more  

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Introducing the Amazon EKS Auto Mode workshop

Amazon EKS Auto Modetosses the headaches of Kubernetes cluster management to AWS. It dynamically tunes resources, making life easier for your apps. Feeling lazy? The workshop deploys an app with just one command, all while delivering beefy, scalable solutions. Oh, and you’ll master it in two hours f.. read more  

Introducing the Amazon EKS Auto Mode workshop
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Scaling Nextdoor’s Datastores

Nextdoor took on database scalability like a pro. Theydynamically routed queriesto read replicas and keptcache consistencytight, even while yanking the carpet out with schema changes. Multi JOINs blocked their move todistributed SQLlike annoying roadblocks. But Nextdoor, the sly foxes, extended thei.. read more  

Scaling Nextdoor’s Datastores
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Measure risk probability in IAM

AWS actions don't always pick up list capabilities from resource types automatically. You'll often find yourself manually specifying list actions, which throws a wrench into Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) plans. AWS docs on dependency themes like PassRole? Incomplete at best. Cue the unexpect.. read more  

Measure risk probability in IAM
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Sending Emails with MCP and Azure Communication Services

MCPstruts onto the scene as the new AI-comms rockstar. Now featured in GitHub Copilot, it turns email automation withAzure Communication Servicesinto a walk in the park... read more  

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Linux Detection Engineering - A Sequel on Persistence Mechanisms

PANIX turns the tangled web of Linux persistence and Process Capabilities on its head. It makes them as easy to test as flipping a light switch—and sharpens your detection game along the way... read more  

Linux Detection Engineering - A Sequel on Persistence Mechanisms
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SSL/TLS certificates will last 47 days max by 2029

SSL/TLS Cert Lifespan Crashes from 398 to 47 Days by March 2029!Automation’s your lifeline. Kiss those manual migraine-inducers goodbye... read more  

SSL/TLS certificates will last 47 days max by 2029
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The Post-Developer Era

AI crafts 25% of Google's code while human developers orchestrate the symphony, molding and refining the AI's raw outputs.These AI tools "boost," they don't "replace," the seasoned artisans of code.Startups peddling the AI-only coding pipe dream tend to implode, tripped up by unanticipated hurdles.W.. read more  

The Post-Developer Era