AWS Cyber Attack Detection ☁️, Faster Machine Learning with Graviton ⏩, Certified Backstage Associate Certificate 🆕

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August 19, 11:05 am

AWS leverages its global cloud infrastructure and advanced tools like MadPot and Mithra to generate high-fidelity threat intelligence 

Sign Up |Advertise|View Online TLDR TLDR DevOps 2024-08-19 📱 News & Trends Coming soon: the Certified Backstage Associate certification for developers and platform engineers (1 minute read) Stay tuned for the upcoming Certified Backstage Associate (CBA) certification, designed to enhance skills in platform engineering and internal developer platforms. With the certification, professionals can expect to gain valuable insights and hands-on experience, positioning themselves at the forefront of the rapidly evolving cloud native landscape. Kubernetes 1.31 Brings More Stability to Cloud-Native Deployments (5 minute read) Kubernetes 1.31, nicknamed "Elli," offers updates like AppArmor security, improved networking, and storage enhancements. This version focuses on refining core functionalities rather than adding extensive new features, aiming to boost reliability for enterprise applications. Notable enhancements include a more reliable Kube-proxy for better ingress connectivity and updated support for persistent storage and swap memory. Alpha features hint at future expansions, particularly for AI workloads and hardware accelerators. 🚀 Opinions & Tutorials How Meta animates AI-generated images at scale (7 minute read) Meta AI introduced an animation feature in its apps, focusing on optimizing performance and handling scale efficiently. The team enhanced latency by adjusting model precision and improving algorithm efficiency and managed global traffic by optimizing regional routing and retry settings. These changes ensured fast, efficient service delivery with minimal failures. Terraform on GCP: Google Cloud Tutorial (16 minute read) Using Terraform on Google Cloud (GCP) offers a robust way to manage cloud infrastructure by defining resources as code, which facilitates version control, collaboration, and automated provisioning. This post delves into the role of the Google Cloud Provider, explains how Terraform creates resources on GCP in the background, and outlines how to integrate Terraform with GCP for efficient cloud management. Introducing Feature Gates to Client-Go in Kubernetes: Enhancing Flexibility and Control (5 minute read) This article announces the introduction of feature gates in the client-go library. Feature gates allow developers and administrators to control the adoption of new features more flexibly and safely. The new mechanism aligns client-go feature management with existing Kubernetes practices, improving control and minimizing disruption during feature rollouts. 🧑‍💻 Resources & Tools Deploys don't have to be p0 fires. Cherry-pick, rollback, and track changes with Aviator Releases (Sponsor) Deployments work until they don't. And once an incident happens, chaos follows (remember CrowdStrike?). Aviator Releases lets you coordinate deploys, cherry-picks, and rollbacks in large code bases, while removing room for human error. It integrates with your CI/CD systems and GitHub. Empower engineering teams (and even cats 🐈) to handle releases smoothly and safely. Learn more Sql-studio (GitHub Repo) SQL Studio is a versatile, single-command database explorer that supports multiple SQL databases including SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DuckDB. Tree-sitter (GitHub Repo) Tree-sitter is a powerful tool for parsing and syntax tree generation designed for efficiency and flexibility in handling multiple programming languages. 🎁 Miscellaneous How AWS tracks the cloud's biggest security threats and helps shut them down (7 minute read) AWS leverages its global cloud infrastructure and advanced tools like MadPot and Mithra to generate high-fidelity threat intelligence, enabling real-time detection and prevention of cyberattacks. This intelligence not only protects AWS customers but also supports proactive threat notifications and collaborative efforts to enhance global cybersecurity. Contextual Vulnerability Management With Security Risk As Debt (13 minute read) Operationalizing a security program to effectively reduce vulnerabilities is challenging due to the scale of the problem and internal resistance, with traditional SLA-based approaches often falling short. DigitalOcean successfully redesigned its vulnerability management program in 2022, adopting a "security debt" model inspired by other companies, and is sharing this approach to benefit the broader information security community. ⚡ Quick Links What are AI agents and why do they matter? (5 minute read) AI agents are gaining attention for their ability to collaborate on complex tasks, reducing the need for extensive prompt engineering and allowing developers to focus on higher-value work. Deprecation of Password Logins on CLI with Docker SSO Enforcement (2 minute read) Starting September 16, Docker will deprecate password logins on the CLI for users with SSO enforced, requiring the use of Personal Access Tokens (PATs) instead. Unlock Faster Machine Learning with Graviton (3 minute read) Databricks has announced support for Graviton, AWS's ARM-based CPU instance, on Databricks Machine Learning Runtime, highlighting its benefits for machine learning workloads such as speedups and lower costs. Love TLDR? Tell your friends and get rewards! Share your referral link below with friends to get free TLDR swag! https://refer.tldr.tech/fc7198a6/10 Track your referrals here. Want to advertise in TLDR? 📰 If your company is interested in reaching an audience of devops professionals and decision makers, you may want to advertise with us. If you have any comments or feedback, just respond to this email! 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