The AWS CLI lets developers skip the console and drive AWS straight from the terminal. It’s scriptable, cross-region, and built for automation. Run a command, get back JSON. Pipe it intojq, slice what you need, done. Tab-completion and in-line help make it faster to poke around and stitch together ..

In incident response, adaptability is key. Instead of endless playbooks, focus on flexible frameworks for faster, more effective responses. Brandon Chalk,16-year Google SRE, shares insights onbalancing structure and speedwhen every second counts...

Indexed viewsare apowerfulyet underutilized feature in SQL Server for optimizing complex query performance, with potential for significant performance gains in read-heavy applications. Automatic query substitution is a game-changer when it comes to leveragingindexed viewsfor performance optimization..

GitHub Copilot just leveled up:prompt files,custom instructions, andcustom chat modesare live. Now it's not just tagging along—it’s shaping how you work. Automate code reviews, security scans, or implementation plans. Reuse setups across teams. Control it all from VS Code...

GitOps ditches hand-rolled deployment scripts for a cleaner, declarative model. Git becomes the truth. Agents likeArgo CDorFlux CDwatch for changes and sync your clusters on their own. It’s not just about pushing YAML. Good GitOps setups lean onKustomizefor modular config, wire inautomated image up..

Truffle Security dropped a sharp new open-source tool that digs through GitHub’s public commit history looking forzero-commit force pushes—a tactic devs use to erase mistakes, usually secrets. Problem is, they don’t go quietly. By tapping into historical GitHub PushEvents via GH Archive, the tool h..

This Azure lab wires upTerraformwithAzure Pipelines CI/CDto spin up infrastructure and deploy a .NET Core app using IaC. It handles remote state with Azure Storage, automatesplanandapplyin pipelines, and swaps in config values via token replacement during deploy...

A dev swapped outtmuxfor a slick combo:Zellij,SSH multiplexing, andsystemdsocket daemons. No more virtual splits. Just clean session persistence and tight remote control. This setup brings scrollback back where it belongs—your terminal’s native buffer. It plays nice with extras like theKitty graphi..

A developer walks through building acustom GNU Guix system serviceforkmonad—yes, the keyboard remapper—by wiring up a newservice-typethat plugs intoShepherdandaccount-service-type. To get there, they lift patterns from services likewesnothd, usemake-forkexec-constructorto spin up the daemon, and de..

A recent Cloudflare DNS outage traced back to legacy gear tangled with global config changes. Turns out, incomplete migrations can still pack a punch. Their newer topology system does support progressive rollouts—but running it side-by-side with the old one just made the blast radius bigger. System..