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How to steal npm publish tokens by opening GitHub issues

Attackers pushed a poisonedcline@2.3.0to npm using a stolen publish token. ItspostinstallinstalledOpenClawglobally. An AI triage bot let a malicious issue title trickClaudeinto running commands on a GitHub Actions runner. It wrote a poisonedactions/cacheentry. The nightly release restored the poison.. read more  

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The real cost of random I/O

Therandom_page_costwas introduced ~25 years ago, and its default value has remained at 4.0 since then. Recent experiments suggest that the actual cost of reading a random page may be significantly higher than the default value, especially on SSDs. Lowering therandom_page_costmay not always be the be.. read more  

The real cost of random I/O
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When Kubernetes Is the Wrong Default

The guide mapsteam size,workload shape, andtime-to-valueto three tiers:managed platforms,VMs, andKubernetes. It calls outKubernetesbluntly: expect a 1–3 month delay to production. Expect ongoing consumption of 30–50% of one engineer. It only pays off for multi-region setups, complex networking, or t.. read more  

When Kubernetes Is the Wrong Default
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Podman fixed every problem I had with Docker, and I switched in an afternoon

Author swappedDockerforPodman. The swap revealed CLI parity and minor networking and volume tweaks. Podmaneschews a centraldaemon. It runs containers as system processes and defaults torootlessviauser namespaces. That cuts privilege exposure and trims baseline overhead... read more  

Podman fixed every problem I had with Docker, and I switched in an afternoon
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How I Use LLMs for Security Work

LLMs like Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT help tackle complex problems, but prompting them like Google won't cut it. Use role-stacking for varied perspectives (e.g.: you are a senior security engineer and sr. software engineer with experience in Docker, Kubernete..) and always specify your tools for bet.. read more  

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Why I stopped using NixOS and went back to Arch Linux

After a year onNixOS, the author reverted toArch Linux. They blamed frequent breakage, rebuild loops, and unpredictable regressions after updates. They flaggedNixOS's reproducible config,isolated builds, and multi-generation installs. These swell disk use, force wideglibcrebuilds, and make updates s.. read more  

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Announcing the AI Gateway Working Group

Kubernetes launched theAI Gateway Working Group. It will add standards and declarative APIs to make networking play nice with AI workloads and extend theGateway API. Active proposals attack two gaps.Payload processinginspects and transforms full HTTP payloads using declarative configs, ordered pipel.. read more  

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Why system architects now default to Arm in AI data centers

Architects rebase infrastructure torack-levelsystems. They anchor designs onArm NeoverseCPUs. Goal: balance energy, thermals, memory bandwidth, and sustained throughput. Benchmarks showGraviton4(Neoverse) outperforms comparableAMDandIntelEC2instances on price/performance for generative AI, DB, ML, a.. read more  

Why system architects now default to Arm in AI data centers
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Claude now creates interactive charts, diagrams and visualizations

Claude (beta) renders inline, temporary charts, diagrams, and visualizations in chat viaClaude Visual Composer. Visuals stay editable on request. Enabled by default. Claude can opt to generate visuals or follow direct prompts. Integrates withFigma,Canva, andSlack... read more  

Claude now creates interactive charts, diagrams and visualizations
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Agentic payments are coming. Is your company ready?

Google'sChromeadded native support forUniversal Commerce Protocol (UCP). That letsGeminiagents execute agentic payments and pause for user confirmation. Merchants and platforms such asPayPal,Amazon Rufus, andHome Depotran agentic commerce pilots.PayPalimplementedUCPsupport. Agent scraping and protoc.. read more  

Agentic payments are coming. Is your company ready?