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Guardians of the Agents 

A new static verification framework wants to make runtime safeguards look lazy. It slaps **mathematical safety proofs** onto LLM-generated workflows *before* they run—no more crossing fingers at execution time. The setup decouples **code from data**, then runs checks with tools like **CodeQL** and .. read more  

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Introducing the MCP Registry

The new **Model Context Protocol (MCP) Registry** just dropped in preview. It’s a public, centralized hub for finding and sharing MCP servers—think phonebook, but for AI context APIs. It handles public and private subregistries, publishes OpenAPI specs so tooling can play nice, and bakes in communit.. read more  

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Building Agents for Small Language Models: A Deep Dive into Lightweight AI

Agent engineering with **small language models (SLMs)**—anywhere from 270M to 32B parameters—calls for a different playbook. Think tight prompts, offloaded logic, clean I/O, and systems that don’t fall apart when things go sideways. The newer stack—**GGUF** + **llama.cpp**—lets these agents run loc.. read more  

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Accelerate serverless testing with LocalStack integration in VS Code IDE

The AWS Toolkit for VS Code now hooks straight into **LocalStack**. Run full end-to-end tests for **serverless workflows**—Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, the whole crew—without bouncing between tools or writing boilerplate. Just deploy to LocalStack from the IDE using the **AWS SAM CLI**. It feels like .. read more  

Accelerate serverless testing with LocalStack integration in VS Code IDE
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Magical systems thinking

AI now writes over **25% of Google’s** and as much as **90% of Anthropic’s** code. That’s not a trend—it’s a regime change. Still, the mess in large public systems reminds us: clever analysis isn’t enough. Complex systems don’t behave; they misbehave. When the machines are churning out code, the .. read more  

Magical systems thinking
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PostgreSQL maintenance without superuser

PostgreSQL’s moving in on superusers. As of recent releases—starting way back in v9.6 and maturing through PostgreSQL 18 (coming 2025)—there are now **15+ built-in admin roles**. No need to hand out superuser just to get things done. These roles cover the ops spectrum: monitoring, backups, fil.. read more  

PostgreSQL maintenance without superuser
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Scaling Prometheus: Managing 80M Metrics Smoothly

Flipkart ditched its creakyStatsD + InfluxDBstack for afederated Prometheussetup—built to handle 80M+ time-series metrics without choking. The move leaned intopull-based collection,PromQL's firepower, andhierarchical federationfor smarter aggregation and long-haul queries. Why it matters:Prometheus.. read more  

Scaling Prometheus: Managing 80M Metrics Smoothly
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Writing an operating system kernel from scratch

A barebonestime-sharing OS kernel, written inZig, running onRISC-V. It leans onOpenSBIfor console I/O and timer interrupts. Threads? Statically allocated, each running inuser mode (U-mode). The kernel stays insupervisor mode (S-mode), where it catchessystem callsandcontext switchesvia timer ticks. .. read more  

Writing an operating system kernel from scratch
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SLI Evolution Stages

A new SLI evolution model lays out a maturity roadmap—from rebranded latency/error metrics to ones that actually track business impact. It replaces shallow signals and pulls in the stuff that matters: how service failures hit user goals, tasks, and bottom lines... read more  

SLI Evolution Stages
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%CPU Utilization Is A Lie

Stress tests on the Ryzen 9 5900X uncovered a big gap between **reported CPU utilization** and what the chip actually pushes. Around 50% on paper? Could mean close to full throttle in reality—thanks to sneaky behaviors from **SMT resource sharing** and **Turbo frequency scaling**. **Takeaway:** Raw.. read more  

%CPU Utilization Is A Lie