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Terraform security: 5 foundational practices

Lock downTerraformlike Fort Knox. Verify your module origins. Guard sensitive state data like a nosy neighbor's business. And, please, no hardcoded credentials—rookie mistake. For ironclad security, pin those module versions, tap into private registries, and wield the power of dynamic provider crede..

Terraform security: 5 foundational practices
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Why doesn’t Rust care more about compiler performance?

Rust’scompiler speedhas doubled in three years for some benchmarks. Remarkably efficient. But its intricate architecture still wrestles with progress. Stability hogs the spotlight, and new features waltz in, leaving optimizations to grab scraps. Volunteers—Rust’s lifeblood—fuel much of its growth. T..

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Debugging memory leaks in Postgres, jemalloc edition

jemallocexcels at sniffing out memory leaks compared toAddressSanitizer, especially when leaks ghost out at program exit. But here's the catch: to dig into profiling with jemalloc, like you're wrangling Postgres, you better cozy up to Linux...

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AWS Lambda announces native support for Avro and Protobuf formatted Kafka events

AWS Lambdanow natively supportsAvroandProtobufformatted Kafka events, dancing through schema chaos with Glue and Confluent registries. Toss custom deserialization in the trash; plug inPowertoolsand let open-source Kafka consumer interfaces do the grunt work...

AWS Lambda announces native support for Avro and Protobuf formatted Kafka events
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alden: detachable terminal sessions without breaking scrollback

Tired of losing terminal sessions and scrollback with tools liketmux,screen, ormosh? A new tool calledaldenkeeps your SSH shell alive after disconnects without breaking your native terminal scrollback. Unlike other solutions, it avoids emulating a terminal—so you get seamless reconnection and keep y..

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Load Testing with Impulse at Airbnb

Impulselets Airbnb teams wreak havoc in the best way possible. It makes load testing in Java/Kotlin a breeze. No need to call in the cavalry. It just mocks what it needs to and spins up a frenzy of pseudo-real traffic...

Load Testing with Impulse at Airbnb
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Amazon VPC raises default Route Table capacity

AWS VPClets your inner network architect cheer:500 routes per tablenow. That’s a cool 10x boost from before, turning network scaling from a headache into a child's play. 🚀..

Amazon VPC raises default Route Table capacity
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Automatic rollbacks are a last resort

Throw automatic rollbacks out the window. You don't need them.Continuous Deliverypartnered withhuman-driven resiliencesharpens up your software. When things go sideways, a speedy roll forward with a clever fix beats a blind retreat. Automatic rollbacks? They skip the surprises and rob you of learnin..

Automatic rollbacks are a last resort
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On Azure’s new SRE Agent

Microsoft's shinySRE Agentwades into network snafus with swagger but makes some bold, perplexing claims—like leaning on faulty data insights for fixes. Slick demos dazzle, yet its "approve and act" zeal might lure newbies into rash decisions. Handle with care!..

On Azure’s new SRE Agent
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Why Environments Beat Clusters For Dev Experience

Developers chasepromotions, not the tedium of deployments. Environments should reign supreme—not just a lone Kubernetes cluster hogging the spotlight.Real-time insights? They zoom past those outdated, siloed CI pipelines...