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Aggressive bots ruined my weekend

Bear Blog went dark after getting swarmed by scrapers. The reverse proxy choked first - too many requests, not enough heads-up. Downstream defenses didn’t catch it in time. So: fire, meet upgrades. What changed: Proxies scaled 5×. Upstream got strict with rate limits. Failover now has a pulse. Resta.. read more  

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eBPF Beginner Skill Path

This hands-on path drops devs straight into writing, loading, and poking at basiceBPFprograms withlibbpf,maps, and those all-important kernel safety checks. It starts simple - with a beginner-friendly challenge - then dives deeper into theverifierand tools for runtime introspection... read more  

eBPF Beginner Skill Path
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How to build highly available Kubernetes applications with Amazon EKS Auto Mode

Amazon EKS Auto Mode now runs the cluster for you—handling control plane updates, add-on management, and node rotation. It sticks to Kubernetes best practices so your apps stay up through node drains, pod failures, AZ outages, and rolling upgrades. It also respectsPod Disruption Budgets,Readiness Ga.. read more  

How to build highly available Kubernetes applications with Amazon EKS Auto Mode
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Building a Kubernetes Platform — Think Big, Think in Planes

Thinking in planes, as introduced by the Platform Engineering reference model, helps teams describe their platform in a simple, shared language, turning a collection of tools into a platform. It forces you to think horizontally, connecting teams and technologies instead of adding more layers, creati.. read more  

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Helm 4 Overview

Helm 4 ditches the old plugin model for a sharper, plugin-first architecture powered by WebAssembly. That means isolation/control, and deeper customization - if you're ready to adapt! Post-renderers are now plugins. That breaks compatibility with earlier exec-based setups, so expect some rewiring. .. read more  

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Unlocking next-generation AI performance with Dynamic Resource Allocation on Amazon EKS and Amazon EC2 P6e-GB200

Amazon just droppedEC2 P6e-GB200 UltraServers, packingNVIDIA GB200 Grace Blackwellchips. Built for running trillion-parameter AI models onAmazon EKSwithout losing sleep over scaling. Under the hood:NVLink 5.0,IMEX, andEFAv4stitch up to 72 Blackwell GPUs into one memory-coherent cluster per UltraServ.. read more  

Unlocking next-generation AI performance with Dynamic Resource Allocation on Amazon EKS and Amazon EC2 P6e-GB200
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The State of OCI Artifacts for AI/ML

OCI artifacts quietly leveled up. Over the last 18 months, they’ve gone from a niche hack to production muscle for AI/ML workloads on Kubernetes. The signs? Clear enough:KitOpsandModelPacklanded in the CNCF Sandbox. Kubernetes 1.31 got native support forImage Volume Source. Docker pushedModel Runner.. read more  

The State of OCI Artifacts for AI/ML
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Build AI Agents Worth Keeping: The Canvas Framework

MIT and McKinsey found a gap the size of the Grand Canyon: 80% of companies claim they’re using generative AI, but fewer than 1 in 10 use cases actually ship. Blame it on scattered data, fuzzy goals, and governance that's still MIA. A new stack is stepping in:product → agent → data → model. It flips.. read more  

Build AI Agents Worth Keeping: The Canvas Framework
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Detect inappropriate images in S3 with AWS Rekognition + Terraform

A serverless AWS pipeline runs image moderation on autopilot - withS3,Lambda,Rekognition,SNS, andEventBridgeall wired up throughTerraform. When a photo gets flagged, it’s tagged, maybe quarantined, and triggers an email alert. Daily scan? Handled... read more  

Detect inappropriate images in S3 with AWS Rekognition + Terraform
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Grokipedia

Grokipedia just dropped - a Wikipedia remix built from LLM output, pitched as an escape from "woke" bias. The pitch? Bold. The execution? Rough. Entries run long. Facts bend. Citations wander. And the tone? Cold, context-free, and unmistakably machine-made. The usual LLM suspects are here: hallucina.. read more  

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