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Recent breakthroughs in AI have enabled it to autonomously generate accurate formal specifications from large production codebases, as demonstrated when GitHub Copilot produced precise TLA+ specifications from Azure Stor…
This article presents a Bash script called `docker-overlay-prune.sh` that identifies and removes orphaned overlay2 directories in `/var/lib/docker/overlay2/` which are no longer associated with any Docker image or mounte…
This article by Johanna Larsson on the AppSignal blog explains how to build a distributed rate limiter in Elixir using the HashRing library. It covers the implementation of consistent hashing to evenly distribute rate-li…
Experiment evaluating the AI coding assistant Windsurf on a complex, real-world task: implementing a group ID feature in Microsoft's RSL (Replicated State Library), a 7,500+ line codebase used in Azure. The experiment fo…
This article provides a Bash script that detects and cleans up "orphaned" TLS secrets in Kubernetes—secrets that remain after their corresponding cert-manager Certificate resources have been deleted. The script addresses…
The article announces the launch of a free API for Cloud Intel Atomic Indicators, which provides daily updated data on malicious IP addresses using Cloudflare infrastructure. The API returns a JSON list of observed malic…
The article announces the launch of AWSAttacks, a new GitHub repository dedicated to collecting and sharing threat intelligence for Amazon Web Services (AWS). It serves as a curated hub for Indicators of Compromise (IoCs…
The article analyzes the cost and latency trade-offs of serving Llama-2-70B compared to GPT-3.5-turbo, concluding that Llama-2 is over 3x cheaper for prompt tokens but more expensive for completion tokens. It explains th…
This guide details the setup of an Ubuntu home server using a Beelink Mini PC, focusing on Docker-based services for self-hosting, including Nextcloud, Pi-hole, and monitoring tools like Grafana. It emphasizes security m…
This article provides a guide for security professionals to identify leaked API keys and secrets on GitHub by using specific search syntax. It lists search patterns for various services, including OpenAI, GitHub OAuth, S…
Legally Blocked is a new, community-driven platform that provides comprehensive information about websites, apps, and online services blocked by governments worldwide. Built entirely on Cloudflare's serverless edge netwo…
The article provides a step-by-step guide on self-hosting a Git frontend service using Gitea on a Debian server with Nginx. It covers setting up a PostgreSQL database for Gitea, downloading and installing the Gitea execu…
This article explains how to run GUI applications inside a Docker container, primarily to isolate an application's dependencies from the host system. The main challenge is enabling the container to communicate with the h…
The article provides instructions for building and running a Docker image for a Node.js application using Docker Compose. It specifies commands that use a production configuration file and an environment file, while noti…
This article provides a list of international technology companies, primarily in Europe, that hire tech talent from India and offer visa and relocation support. The author, who recently joined Amazon Dublin from India, c…
This article provides a step-by-step guide for setting up a NixOS server on a Hetzner Cloud instance, including partitioning the disk, installing NixOS, and configuring an admin user with SSH access. It also explains how…
The article provides a step-by-step guide for replacing the default Ubuntu 20.04 operating system on an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Free Tier ARM64 instance with a Debian 10 cloud image. The process involves bootin…
This article provides a step-by-step guide for installing and configuring QEMU-KVM virtualization on Arch Linux. It details the installation of necessary packages, enabling systemd services, and validating the setup with…
The article provides a series of commands to completely remove Docker and all its associated data, containers, images, and clusters from a Linux system. It warns that verifying the Docker root directory is dangerous and …
This article provides instructions for setting up a SPICE client on macOS to connect to Proxmox virtual machines. The process involves installing the `virt-viewer` tool via Homebrew, creating an Automator application to …