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November 6, 12:16 pm

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TLDR DevOps 2024-11-06

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News & Trends

The rise of advanced build systems (6 minute read)

Despite DevOps advances, software builds are still a bottleneck due to monorepos and CI/CD growth. New build systems like Bazel offer faster, more reliable builds through caching, dependency management, and remote execution. Compliance sectors need reproducible builds for auditability. While complex to adopt, these systems reduce build times and improve consistency, helping teams work faster and more collaboratively.
Announcing Fedora 41 (3 minute read)

Fedora Linux 41 introduces the Miracle spin, faster DNF 5, secure boot for NVIDIA drivers, Intel camera support in Firefox, and a KDE Plasma Mobile spin. Key updates include PHP 64-bit only, Redis being replaced by Valkey, and new versions of RPM, Pytest, Perl, GIMP, and LXQt 2.0.
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Opinions & Tutorials

The Business Value of a Kubernetes-based Platform (4 minute read)

Kubernetes-based platforms are important for effectively managing IT security and compliance, particularly in light of the NIS2 directive in Europe. Implementing such a platform can help organizations streamline security measures, reduce operational burdens, and minimize risks and costs associated with regulatory compliance.
Kubectl logs tail: a guide to tailing Kubernetes logs (15 minute read)

Kubernetes is essential in cloud-native environments for managing containerized applications. Understanding its logging capabilities is crucial for effectively monitoring and troubleshooting to ensure smooth operations.
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Resources & Tools

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Flatcar (GitHub Repo)

Flatcar Container Linux is an open source, secure, and continuously updated Linux distribution designed for running containers at scale. It features comprehensive documentation, a robust release process, and community-driven governance.
TinyStatus (GitHub Repo)

TinyStatus is a customizable status page generator that enables users to monitor the status of various services and showcase them on a clean, responsive webpage. It provides features like incident tracking and automatic updates and requires minimal setup using Python and YAML configuration.
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Miscellaneous

Dapr and Service Meshes: Better Together (5 minute read)

This article explores the complementary roles of Dapr and service meshes in enhancing microservices architecture on Kubernetes. It shows when to choose each technology based on specific application needs. Combining both can optimize distributed systems.
Building Vectorize, a distributed vector database, on Cloudflare's Developer Platform (16 minute read)

Vectorize is a globally distributed vector database designed for building AI-powered applications with Cloudflare Workers. It streamlines the querying of embeddings for text, images, and audio. This post explores the development of Vectorize on Cloudflare's Developer Platform, showing how it utilizes the company's global network and various services like Cache, R2, and Durable Objects.
Automation Platform v2: Improving Conversational AI at Airbnb (7 minute read)

Airbnb's conversational AI platform has evolved to support the development of applications powered by large language models, enhancing customer support with more efficient and natural dialogue experiences. The company continues to integrate traditional and AI-driven workflows for optimal performance.
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Quick Links

Ranging over functions in Go 1.23 (9 minute read)

Go 1.23 adds "range-over-functions," enabling standard for-range loops over custom containers and integers and making iteration in generics-based structures easier.
3 GitLab features to level up DevSecOps workflows (4 minute read)

GitLab recently introduced three new features - Root Cause Analysis, Vulnerability Explanation, and Advanced SAST - to enhance DevSecOps workflows by speeding up troubleshooting, clarifying security vulnerabilities, and reducing false positives in security scanning.
Moving Baselime from AWS to Cloudflare: simpler architecture, improved performance, over 80% lower cloud costs (11 minute read)

Baselime drastically improved its system architecture and achieved over 80% savings on cloud costs while enhancing overall performance and scalability after transitioning from AWS to Cloudflare for its observability platform.

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