Tag: #infrastructure
Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 23 posts
Open Source Worth Watching Right Now (3) Infrastructure and Databases
Databases and infrastructure are the field where license changes and forks redrew the board. From analytics engines and embedded databases to Postgres extensions, Kubernetes operators, and IaC, this post introduces 11 op
2026-08-12 · 5 min read #open-source#database#infrastructure#postgresql#kubernetesThe Generational Shift in Container Infrastructure — What Eleven Projects Left Behind
Eleven projects that were once standard parts of a container infrastructure and have since been replaced, documented using only official notices and repository archive status as evidence. rkt, dockershim, Classic Swarm,
2026-08-12 · 10 min read #open-source#kubernetes#container#docker#infrastructureMitchell Hashimoto's Second Company, Superlogical — What's Public and What Isn't
On July 29, 2026, Mitchell Hashimoto unveiled a new company, Superlogical, and it picked up 776 points and 452 comments on Hacker News. The first product is a terminal multiplexer, built on libghostty as an MIT-licensed
2026-07-31 · 13 min read #developer-tools#startup#ghostty#terminal#infrastructuretzdata 2026c — Canada Stops Turning the Clocks, Morocco Returns to GMT
tzdata 2026c, the third release this year of the IANA time zone database, came out on July 8. British Columbia and Alberta abolished seasonal clock changes, becoming permanent -07 and -06 respectively; Morocco returns to
2026-07-17 · 15 min read #infrastructure#tzdata#timezone#cldr#dstReviving Retired DDR4 — Meta's CXL Bridge Chip, Vistara
DDR5 prices keep rising while perfectly good DDR4 from retired servers piles up in the warehouse. Meta's Vistara, presented at ISCA 2026, is a custom CXL bridge chip that revives that old DDR4 inside modern DDR5 servers
2026-07-11 · 7 min read #cxl#infrastructure#memory#hardware#sustainabilityScrapers Now Come From Millions of Home IPs — Residential Proxies and Open-Source Infrastructure
On July 10, 2026, Jonathan Corbet of LWN published an update on the scraper situation. Two facts sit at the center: residential proxy networks have effectively broken IP-based blocking, and the AI-crawler gold rush suppl
2026-07-11 · 6 min read #web-scraping#residential-proxy#ai-crawlers#anubis#infrastructureA DNS Deep Dive — The Infrastructure Hidden Behind Names
DNS is not a simple name tag but a vast distributed infrastructure that holds up the internet. From the hierarchy and recursive/authoritative resolution, record types, TTL and caching, Anycast and GeoDNS, to DNSSEC and D
2026-06-29 · 22 min read #network#dns#anycast#cdn#infrastructureDNS in Depth — The World of Name Resolution That Free Hosting Revealed
DNS is trending again. From recursion and authority to caching and TTL, global Anycast distribution, DNSSEC, and DoH/DoT, we take a deep look at the entire process of name resolution. As free DNS hosting becomes the norm
2026-06-25 · 22 min read #network#dns#anycast#dnssec#dohCluster API Deep Dive — Managing Clusters as Kubernetes Resources
In an era of cluster sprawl, Cluster API lets you declare Kubernetes clusters themselves as Kubernetes resources and have controllers reconcile them. This deep dive dissects the architecture and core CRD relationships, a
2026-06-13 · 24 min read #kubernetes#cluster-api#multi-cluster#gitops#infrastructureIs AI Really Slowing Down — Reading the 2026 AI Bubble Debate Through Datacenter Economics
A breakdown of the AI is slowing down debate that dominated the first half of 2026, viewed through datacenter economics. We cover the claim that 2 trillion dollars of annual revenue is needed by 2030, the arithmetic of 1
2026-06-12 · 20 min read #ai#economics#datacenter#gpu#infrastructureIaC Patterns & Best Practices 2025: Terraform Modules, Pulumi, Crossplane, State Management
Everything about IaC patterns! Terraform module design (composition/abstraction), Pulumi (programming language IaC), Crossplane (K8s native), state management (Remote State/Locking), drift detection, testing (Terratest/C
2026-04-14 · 19 min read #iac#terraform#pulumi#crossplane#cdktfPlatform Engineering Complete Guide 2025: Internal Developer Platform, Backstage, Golden Path
Everything about Platform Engineering! Building Internal Developer Platforms (IDP), Backstage (Service Catalog/Templates/TechDocs), Golden Paths, Self-service Infrastructure, Developer Experience Metrics, Platform as a P
2026-04-13 · 20 min read #platform-engineering#idp#backstage#golden-path#developer-experienceTerraform & IaC Complete Guide — Everything About Managing Infrastructure as Code
Everything about Infrastructure as Code: Terraform fundamentals, HCL syntax, state management, modules, Terragrunt, and real-world AWS examples.
2026-04-12 · 18 min read #devops#terraform#iac#infrastructure#awsOpenStack & KVM Virtualization Complete Guide 2025: Building and Operating Private Cloud Infrastructure
Everything about OpenStack and KVM! KVM/QEMU hypervisor architecture, libvirt management, OpenStack core services (Nova/Neutron/Cinder/Keystone/Glance/Heat), private cloud deployment, networking (OVS/OVN), storage (Ceph)
2026-03-25 · 24 min read #openstack#kvm#virtualization#private-cloud#novaDNS Complete Guide: Name Servers, DDNS, nslookup — From Domain Registration to Troubleshooting
Everything about DNS in one post! How name servers work, practical domain registration and transfer guide, running home servers with DDNS, complete nslookup/dig usage, all DNS record types explained, DNS security (DNSSEC
2026-03-23 · 32 min read #dns#nameserver#ddns#nslookup#dig[Virtualization] 05. AWS EC2 and Nitro System: The Evolution of Cloud Virtualization
AWS Nitro System architecture, GPU instance types (P/G series), EFA networking, Nitro Enclaves, and the cutting edge of cloud virtualization.
2026-03-20 · 9 min read #virtualization#infrastructure#cloud[Virtualization] 02. QEMU and KVM: The Heart of Open-Source Virtualization
Deep dive into QEMU emulation architecture and KVM integration, the TCG engine, VirtIO devices, GPU passthrough, and the foundations of open-source virtualization.
2026-03-20 · 8 min read #virtualization#infrastructure#cloud[Virtualization] 04. Complete Guide to GPU Virtualization: Passthrough, vGPU, MIG, SR-IOV
Comprehensive comparison of GPU Passthrough, vGPU (NVIDIA GRID), MIG, SR-IOV, and Kubernetes time-slicing for GPU virtualization.
2026-03-20 · 9 min read #virtualization#infrastructure#cloud[Virtualization] 01. Virtualization Fundamentals: Type 1 vs Type 2 Hypervisors
Core virtualization concepts, differences between Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors, and a comparison of full virtualization, paravirtualization, and hardware-assisted virtualization.
2026-03-20 · 8 min read #virtualization#infrastructure#cloud[Virtualization] 03. VirtualBox and VMware: From Desktop to Enterprise
VirtualBox architecture and limitations, VMware product lineup (ESXi, Workstation, Fusion), the vSphere ecosystem, and vGPU support compared.
2026-03-20 · 8 min read #virtualization#infrastructure#cloud