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Web development is fun again

A seasoned dev takes a hard look at todayโ€™s messy full-stack reality: scattered tools, niche deep-dives, and burnout baked into the job. ButAI coding assistantsflipped the script. They help offload overhead, mimic pro-level workflows, and sanity-check the code. Now this dev moves across frontend and.. read more ย 

Web development is fun again
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The Mac Malware of 2025 ๐Ÿ‘พ

The 2025 macOS malware scene leveled up hard. Thinkmodular infostealers, built for stealth, slipping in with staged loaders, encrypted configs, and slick social engineering - fake updates, bogus job interviews, even sketchy terminal promos like โ€œClickFix.โ€ Attackers leaned onAppleScript,JXA, andGo-b.. read more ย 

The Mac Malware of 2025 ๐Ÿ‘พ
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v1.35: Introducing Workload Aware Scheduling

Kubernetes v1.35 is shifting gears. The newWorkload APIand earlygang schedulingsupport bring group-first thinking, schedule Pods as a unit, or not at all. Theyโ€™ve thrown inopportunistic batchingtoo. Itโ€™s in Beta. It speeds up clusters juggling loads of identical Pods by skipping repeat feasibility c.. read more ย 

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From Cluster UI to Operational Plane: Lessons from the Kubernetes Dashboard Deprecation

The official Kubernetes Dashboard has been deprecated. This reflects the shift in Kubernetes operations towards multi-cluster environments, GitOps workflows, and strict access controls. Modern Kubernetes environments require application-aware, RBAC-first operational tools that work across clusters a.. read more ย 

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Kubernetes by Example

K8s by Exampleis likeGo by Example, but for YAML and Kubernetes. Itโ€™s packed with annotated manifests that show real deployment, scaling, and self-healing patterns, stuff you'd actually use in prod... read more ย 

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Kubernetes Was Overkill. We Moved to Docker Compose and Saved 60 Hours.

A small team rolled back their Kubernetes move after six months in the weeds. The setup tanked productivity, bloated infra costs, and turned simple deploys into a slog. They ditched it, brought back Docker Compose, and chopped deploy time from 45 minutes to 4. That one change freed up 60+ engineerin.. read more ย 

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Bryan Cantrill: How Kubernetes Broke the AWS Cloud Monopoly

Bryan Cantrill says Kubernetes didnโ€™t just organize containers, it cracked open the cloud market. By letting teams provision infrastructure without locking into provider APIs, it broke AWSโ€™s first-mover grip. That shift putcloud neutralityon the table, and suddenly multi-cloud wasnโ€™t just a buzzword.. read more ย 

Bryan Cantrill: How Kubernetes Broke the AWS Cloud Monopoly
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8 plots that explain the state of open models

Starting 2026, Chinese companies are dominating the open AI model scene, with Qwen leading in adoption metrics. Despite the rise of new entrants like Z.ai, MiniMax, Kimi Moonshot, and others, Qwen's position seems secure. DeepSeek's large models are showing potential to compete with Qwen, but the Ch.. read more ย 

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Build an AI-powered website assistant with Amazon Bedrock

AWS spun up a serverless RAG-based support assistant usingAmazon BedrockandBedrock Knowledge Bases. It pulls in docs via a web crawler and S3, then stuffs embeddings intoAmazon OpenSearch Serverless. Access is role-aware, locked down withCognito. Everything spins up clean withAWS CDK... read more ย 

Build an AI-powered website assistant with Amazon Bedrock
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Towards Generalizable and Efficient Large-Scale Generative Recommenders

Authors discuss their approach to scaling generative recommendation models from O(1M) to O(1B) parameters for Netflix tasks, improving training stability, computational efficiency, and evaluation methodology. They address challenges in alignment, cold-start adaptation, and deployment, proposing syst.. read more ย