Danksharding is a method to scale the amount of data on the Ethereum chain in a future version of the platform using Data Availability Sampling (DAS). - It follows protodanksharding (EIP-4844), which introduces a new transaction type called a "blob-carrying transaction." - These data blobs will be d.. read more  

Kubernetes is undergoing significant developments in networking for cloud-native deployments. - The Special Interest Group-Networking project leads outlined upcoming innovations at the recent KubeCon. - The Ingress API has limitations, including an insufficient permission model, a focus on HTTP traf.. read more  

Platform engineering is not killing DevOps, but it is minimizing the tool sprawl that DevOps unleashed. - The platform approach is about designing and building self-service capabilities to minimize cognitive overload for developers and enable fast software delivery. - DevOps wanted to enable develop.. read more  

Discord has migrated its messages database fromCassandratoScyllaDBdue to scalability and maintenance issues. The Cassandra cluster suffered from hot partitions, leading to unpredictable latency, and required constant maintenance. - ScyllaDB offered better performance, faster repairs, stronger worklo.. read more  

The IT industry has a large carbon footprint, and IT professionals have a responsibility to tackle climate change. Going to the cloud and using serverless are effective ways to reduce resource usage and carbon footprint. However, these routes are not always feasible, and making applications more eff.. read more  

The article highlights the incident management process inGovTech Edu, which has helped the organization to ensure system reliability and prevent incidents from happening again. - The incident management process is essential for maintaining system reliability and preventing incidents from happening a.. read more  

The article discusses the limitations of localized mitigation mechanisms in dealing with complex failures that involve interactions between services in a microservice system. It identifies four types of microservice failures: - cascading failure, - retry storm, - death spiral, - metastable failure.T.. read more  

The benefits of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) are many, but it's important to recognize that IAC has its limitations and challenges. Here are some key takeaways: - Reproducibility: Infrastructure code is reproducible, but it has a shelf-life and requires constant updating to avoid problems. - Self-do.. read more  

Solana Labs is launching a ChatGPT plugin that will allow users to search the Solana blockchain using OpenAI's conversational chatbot technology. - The plugin will enable users to perform various tasks through the ChatGPT user interface, including checking wallet balances, transferring tokens, and p.. read more  

Gary Gensler, the Chair of the United States Securities Regulator, has claimed that many crypto platforms are violating securities laws. - Gensler described crypto assets as "investment contracts" and called on platforms that offer such products to register with the SEC to protect American investors.. read more