Microsoft Azure Database for MySQL delivered better performance and lower price per performance than competing Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud solutions.. read more  

In the world of Git, there are some intriguing revelations: 1. The terms "index," "staging area," and "--cached" all refer to the same entity - the file .git/index. 2. When you stash changes using 'git stash,' Git actually creates two separate commits - one for the index and another for your unstag.. read more  

The demand for open-source software is high, with many companies and users relying on it for various purposes. However, compensation for open-source developers is often lacking, causing a motivation gap and potential burnout among contributors... read more  

At loveholidays, Prometheus and Alertmanager are used for alerting based on metrics provided by applications and the Linkerd service mesh. They employ Prometheus operator to deploy and scale a company-wide Prometheus service, which allows defining alerts using PromQL queries and thresholds. To ensur.. read more  

Python threading allows for the creation and management of new thread execution in Python, even though threads cannot run in parallel due to the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL). However, the GIL can be released in many cases, such as when reading/writing to a file or socket, allowing for the use of th.. read more  

Golang memory allocation follows a set of rules to ensure that variables have the proper alignment, which can affect the size and behavior of data types within a struct. Alignment can be optimized by understanding the memory allocation process within a struct and using functions such as `offsetof` a.. read more  

Using Kubernetes Namespaces is not just for clusters with a few to tens of users; they are essential for avoiding naming conflicts, defining granular role-based access control, setting different resource quotas for each application, and making NetworkPolicy more secure and reliable in multi-applicat.. read more  

OpenAI's board of directors has announced that Sam Altman, the CEO, will be departing from the company, and Mira Murati, the Chief Technology Officer, will serve as the interim CEO. The board believes that Altman's departure and Murati's appointment will facilitate a seamless leadership transition a.. read more  

Solana, a once-underdog blockchain, has been addressing its outage issue and has gained significant popularity, surpassing Ethereum in the market. The article explores the reasons behind Solana's success, including its technology, user activity, and tokenomics... read more  

Serverless multitenant (MT) systems, such as Google's BigQuery and Amazon's DynamoDB, are growing in number and popularity, with many well-established companies offering such services. These systems allow multiple tenants to share resources and scale based on demand, offering benefits such as elasti.. read more