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How Uber Reduced Their Log Size By 99%

Uber tackled its massive log storage challenge, generating 5 PB of logs monthly, by utilizing a phased Compressed Log Processing (CLP) approach with Zstandard compression, achieving a99.4% reductionin storage size by offloading memory-intensive steps to Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), thereby..

How Uber Reduced Their Log Size By 99%
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Maximising GitHub Actions Efficiency: Building the Ultimate Runner Box

Strong Compute revolutionizes CI/CD efficiency with acustom GitHub Actions runnerthat cuts task timesfrom 22 to 7 minutesby leveraging an Intel i9-14900K, aggressive overclocking, and tailored cooling solutions, while indicating potential for further improvements via advanced cooling systems and par..

Maximising GitHub Actions Efficiency: Building the Ultimate Runner Box
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Manage AWS Root Credentials Easily... by forgetting them!

Utilizing dynamic email distribution lists, long random passwords reset each use, and secured OTP vault storage like Bitwarden, this unconventional AWS root credentials management method allows secure access control, integrates well with security frameworks, and thrives with audit resilience, despit..

Manage AWS Root Credentials Easily... by forgetting them!
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AWS boss: Come back to the office or find another job

AWS CEO Matt Garman told employees unhappy with the mandatory office return five days a week to find other jobs, despite a poll showing91% worker disapproval, aligning with a broader trend among tech giants like Dell pushing similar mandates post-COVID-19, as companies like Amazonโ€”having recently ex..

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More than one-third of cloud environments are critically exposed, says Tenable

With 74% of organizations facing public cloud storage exposure often due to excessive permissions, and concerning statistics like 84% with critical access key risks,escalating cloud-native data dependenceexposes sensitive data to increasing ransomware threats, exemplified by breaches such as MGM Res..

More than one-third of cloud environments are critically exposed, says Tenable
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From bare metal to a 70B model: infrastructure set-up and scripts

With partnerships from Voltage Park, Dell, H5, and NVIDIA, a small team effectively set up and refined a massive cluster with4,088 H100 GPUsfor a70B parametermodeloutperforming GPT-4oon reasoning tasks, by creating tools and scripts for robust host health checks, InfiniBand networking, and automatin..

From bare metal to a 70B model: infrastructure set-up and scripts
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The Disappearance of an Internet Domain

The transfer of the Chagos Islands from Britain to Mauritius signals the end for the popular .io domain, highlighting how geopolitical events can unexpectedly disrupt the digital world; drawing from historical cases like the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, Gareth Edwards sheds light on the intersection..

The Disappearance of an Internet Domain
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Challenges with IP spoofing in cloud environments

IP spoofing is a significant threat in cloud environments, allowing attackers to bypass security measures that depend on IP verification by manipulating reverse proxy headers like X-Forwarded-For, with data showing32% of organizations vulnerable, and mitigating this requires strategic header validat..

Challenges with IP spoofing in cloud environments
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Exploring Docker for DevOps: What It Is and How It Works

Docker significantly enhances DevOps workflows by allowing developers to work in standardized, isolated environments through local containers and remote tools, facilitating CI/CD practices, increasing collaboration and flexibility, and ensuring rapid, consistent delivery across diverse infrastructur..

Exploring Docker for DevOps: What It Is and How It Works
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Started a guide to writing FUSE filesystems in Python

A developer builds a comprehensive hand-holding guide to writing FUSE-based filesystems in Python, showcasing several implementations and unique examples like DNS, markdown compiling, and unzip filesystems, with the aim to simplify and motivate further exploration among Python learners and deliverin..

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