The Ethereum Foundation has announced the recipients of its academic grant program, awarding $2 million in funding to projects across multiple categories. The recipients, from countries including Austria, Canada, China, France, and the United States, will contribute to the progress and positive impa.. read more  

Observability practices and tools enhance engineering productivity by streamlining troubleshooting, facilitating proactive error detection, enhancing system comprehension, boosting collaboration, promoting continuous improvement, and lowering stress levels. These tools enable engineers to quickly id.. read more  

Tornado Cash is a cryptocurrency smart contract mixer that allows users to deposit and withdraw crypto without creating a traceable link between the two addresses. It uses zero-knowledge proofs and Merkle Trees to provide anonymity and prevent theft by proof forgery... read more  

Nginx, a dominant web server since 2004, is widely used across websites and Docker containers. This article explores Nginx's intricacies, including the location and alias directives, potential vulnerabilities arising from misconfigurations, and real-world case studies showcasing the risk of data exp.. read more  

Azure Load Testing is a fully managed load testing service that allows you to easily generate large scale load. It can be used with the Azure CLI command-line interface and offers flexible output options, as well as integration with automation systems like CI/CD workflows... read more  

Unleash your inner network admin and conquer the mystery of packet duplication in the digital landscape of modern business. Learn how to identify and mitigate packet duplication to maintain data integrity and optimize network performance... read more  

Confidential computing, using hardware-enforced trusted execution environments (TEEs) like secure enclaves, improves cluster security in the cloud-native ecosystem, particularly in Kubernetes. TEEs provide a secure and trusted execution environment for critical cryptographic operations and protect s.. read more  

Federate credential workload identity federation allows CICD pipelines in GitHub and GitLab to access Azure subscriptions without storing credentials in pipeline configurations. GitHub Actions can handle this transparently and GitLab can supply the necessary token directly in the pipeline run... read more  

The rise in supply chain attacks on software has made it crucial for open-source developers using Go to monitor and assess the risks of their dependencies. Go provides built-in protections to help trust the integrity of packages, including the ability to detect and prevent malicious versions or with.. read more  

Database modernization from Db2 and Oracle tables with LOB datatypes to Azure SQL PaaS offering (DB / MI) or SQL Server provides an opportunity to optimize databases by storing LOB data as Azure Datalake storage blob objects. This approach reduces maintenance time, offers flexibility in backup, disa.. read more