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Huge thanks to Design Tech Solutions for publishing an article about RELIANOID! 📰 🤩

They explore how the RELIANOID Load Balancer enhances maritime cybersecurity, helping secure connected vessels, ports, and critical infrastructure. Read the full article here: https://www.relianoid.com/about-us/relianoid-related-articles/ #MaritimeCybersecurity#CyberSecurity#ConnectedShipping#LoadBa..

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7 Observability Solutions for Full-Fidelity Telemetry

A quick guide to how seven leading observability tools support full-fidelity telemetry and the architectural choices behind them.

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We are replacing OOP with something worse

Object-oriented programming didn’t die - it evolved. Now it lives in the guts of infrastructure. Services talk through strict interfaces, crossing process and network lines like pros. Classes and objects? They're nowOpenAPI schemas,Docker containers, andKubernetes clusters- same old encapsulation ga.. read more  

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Why is Zig so Cool?

Zig bringscross-compilationandC interoperabilityto the forefront - no extra setup, no toolchain fuss. It builds across architectures, links with C code like it was born to, and skips headers entirely. Its real flex?Compile-time execution, sharperror handling, and azero-fat runtime. All wrapped in a .. read more  

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How the classic anime 'Ghost in the Shell' predicted the future of cybersecurity 30 years ago

“Ghost in the Shell” turned 30 this week. Still hits hard. Back in 1989, it dropped cyberpunk bombs that would take the real world decades to catch up with: government-grade AI hackers, behavior-based intrusion detection, malware tailored for humans, and remote code attribution that vanishes into th.. read more  

How the classic anime 'Ghost in the Shell' predicted the future of cybersecurity 30 years ago
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Programming Languages in the Age of AI Agents

GitHub Copilot and friends tend to shine in languages with rich static types - think Rust or Scala. Why? The compiler does the heavy lifting. It flags mistakes fast, keeps structure tight, and gives the AI sharper signals to riff on. But drop that agent into a sprawling legacy repo, and cracks show... read more  

Programming Languages in the Age of AI Agents
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The (lazy) Git UI You Didn't Know You Need

Lazygit is a snappy terminal Git UI that’s picking up steam - and for good reason. It streamlines common tasks like staging, rebasing, and patching without dragging you through clunky menus. The interface sticks close to native Git commands but adds just enough structure to reduce context switches a.. read more  

The (lazy) Git UI You Didn't Know You Need
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Your URL Is Your State

Modern frontend apps love to complicate state. But they keep forgetting the URL - shareable, dependency-free, and built for the job. This piece breaks down how a well-structured URL can capture UI state, track history, and make bookmarking effortless. NolocalStorage. No cookies. No bloated global st.. read more  

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ChatGPT as My Coding Mentor: How I Learned React and Next.js as a Junior Developer

A junior dev leveled up their React and Next.js chops just by writing better prompts. Big wins came from getting specific - like stating their skill level, asking for analogies, and stacking questions to unpack how Next.js splits client and server. Trend to watch:Prompting is a core dev skill for an.. read more  

ChatGPT as My Coding Mentor: How I Learned React and Next.js as a Junior Developer
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How to Benchmark Python Code?

pytest-benchmarknow plugs straight intoCodSpeedfor automatic performance runs in CI - flamegraphs, metrics, and history included. Just toss a decorator on your test and it turns into a benchmark. Want to measure a slice of code more precisely? Use fixtures to zoom in... read more  

How to Benchmark Python Code?
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is an industry-backed foundation focused on strengthening the security of the global open source software ecosystem. It brings together major technology companies, cloud providers, open source communities, and security experts to address systemic security challenges that affect how software is built, distributed, and consumed.

OpenSSF was launched in 2021 and operates under the Linux Foundation, combining efforts from earlier initiatives such as the Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) and industry-led supply chain security programs. Its mission is to make open source software more trustworthy, resilient, and secure by default, without placing unrealistic burdens on maintainers.

The foundation works across several key areas:

- Supply chain security: Developing frameworks, best practices, and tools to secure the software lifecycle from source to deployment. This includes stewardship of projects like sigstore and leadership on SLSA (Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts).

- Security tooling: Supporting and incubating open source tools that help developers detect, prevent, and remediate vulnerabilities at scale.

- Vulnerability management: Improving how vulnerabilities are discovered, disclosed, scored, and fixed across open source projects.

- Education and best practices: Publishing guidance, training, and maturity models such as the OpenSSF Best Practices Badge Program, which helps projects assess and improve their security posture.

- Metrics and research: Advancing data-driven approaches to understanding open source security risks and ecosystem health.

OpenSSF operates through working groups and special interest groups (SIGs) that focus on specific problem areas like securing builds, improving dependency management, or automating provenance generation. This structure allows practitioners to collaborate on concrete, actionable solutions rather than high-level policy alone.

By aligning maintainers, enterprises, and security teams, OpenSSF plays a central role in reducing large-scale risks such as dependency confusion, compromised build systems, and malicious package injection. Its work underpins many modern DevSecOps and cloud-native security practices and is increasingly referenced by governments and enterprises as a baseline for secure software development.