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Asynchrony is not Concurrency

Asynchronyisn't a twin toConcurrencyin Zig. It juggles async tasks without leaning on multi-threading, letting sync and async mingle harmoniously. Concurrency craves overlap, but Zig's savvy. When resources get stingy, it smartly reverts tasks to synchronous, dodging drama like deadlocks or sudden c.. read more  

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“A Programmer Who Reads Is Worth Two”: Tech Books for Summer 2025

Crafting an LLM from the ground up? Dive intoSebastian Raschka’s guide. It tackles everything: data wrangling to toeing the ethical line. Seasoned ML pros will nod in approval. Craving a sharp take on AI’s charming deceptions?Narayanan & Kapoor's"AI Snake Oil" spills the beans on marketing myths wit.. read more  

“A Programmer Who Reads Is Worth Two”: Tech Books for Summer 2025
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How to catch GitHub Actions workflow injections before attackers do

GitHub Actions injections areone of the most common vulnerabilities in projects. Use CodeQL to scan workflows and protect against these risks effectively... read more  

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Exhausted man defeats AI model in world coding championship

A weary-eyed Polish coder,Przemysław Dębiak, bested an OpenAI model in a grueling 10-hour face-off, reminiscent ofJohn Henry’sepic duel against the steam-powered behemoth... read more  

Exhausted man defeats AI model in world coding championship
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Crawling a billion web pages in just over 24 hours

Imagine tearing through1 billion pages in a single dayon a shoestring budget. This crawler pulled it off with12 nodes and some savvy async maneuvering. But here's the kicker: it wasn’t the fetching that choked the CPU. Nope, it was the parsing. Today’s web behemoths, bloated with JavaScript and othe.. read more  

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Containers: Everything You Need To Know

cgroupsand namespaces anchor Linux containers, isolating resources and processes like gatekeepers with a mission. On macOS and Windows, these containers ride in VMs withWSL2orLinuxKit, putting on their "welcome to the virtual world" hats. EnterrunC, executing OCI-built images with isolation flair, w.. read more  

Containers: Everything You Need To Know
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Understand CPU Branch Instructions Better

Branch prediction matters. Why? About a quarter of instructions are branches, and modern CPUs nail an accuracyabove 90%. Yet, those often-pesky branches can choke CPUs, stalling instruction flow. So, take a wrench to yourif-else logic. Trim indirect branches whenever you can—your CPU will thank you... read more  

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Death by a thousand slops

By 2025,AI slopwill infect20%of curl's security submissions. Meanwhile, a mere5%reveal actual threats. Cutting the$90,000bounty might fend off the slopsters, but it'll scare away the real wizards, too... read more  

Death by a thousand slops
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Lessons from scaling PostgreSQL queues to 100K events

PostgreSQLjuggles 100,000 events per second. Just needs some index wizardry and query twerking. The problem? Table bloat and Write Amplification. Gross. Enter the mightyCOPY—it bulldozes through bulk data, politely ignoring the usualInsertdrag. And those recursiveCTEs? They pull off loose index scan.. read more  

Lessons from scaling PostgreSQL queues to 100K events
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How Go 1.24's Swiss Tables saved us hundreds of gigabytes

Uncovered a memory regression inGo 1.24. Pored over memory patterns in countless pods like a detective with too much caffeine. Pinpointed sneaky allocation blunders... read more  

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If you are building an Internal Developer Platform (IDP), require centralized management of Kubernetes clusters, or wish to create Golden Paths for consistent development practices, k0rdent is an ideal solution. It simplifies complex operations, enabling platform engineers to focus on delivering value.

Whether managing Kubernetes clusters on-premises, in the cloud, or across hybrid environments, k0rdent ensures consistency and reliability. With comprehensive lifecycle management capabilities—including provisioning, configuration, and maintenance—k0rdent provides a repeatable, secure, and centralized method to oversee Kubernetes clusters effectively.