Jemalloc Postmortem (6 minute read)
The jemalloc memory allocator, initially developed for FreeBSD and later widely adopted by projects like Firefox and Facebook infrastructure, is now in stasis with upstream development officially concluded. Despite its technical successes and significant industry impact, jemalloc struggled with sustained multi-org collaboration and ultimately faltered due to shifting corporate priorities at Meta and mounting technical debt.
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Is Documentation Like Pineapple on Pizza? (4 minute read)
Many developers avoid writing documentation because they don't see immediate value, lack clear guidance, or struggle with poor tools and maintenance. To overcome this, leaders must embed documentation into team culture by simplifying tools (like markdown + docs-as-code), providing structure for complex topics, assigning ownership, and integrating documentation into existing workflows like code reviews.
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Stagehand (GitHub Repo)
Stagehand, an AI browser automation framework, allows developers to blend natural language and code, addressing the limitations of existing tools like Selenium and unpredictable high-level agents. It enables previewing and caching actions and integrating computer use models with one line of code. Stagehand uses Playwright as a backbone for web automation.
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pad.ws (GitHub Repo)
pad.ws, a whiteboard application that functions as a development environment, utilizes Excalidraw for its whiteboard interface and Coder to enable cloud development environments. The application, currently in early development, offers free Ubuntu dev environments during its beta and uses a simplified setup that's suitable for local hosting but requires further configuration for real-world use.
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Autonomous Network Operations framework: Unlock predictable and high-performing networks (5 minute read)
Google Cloud's Autonomous Network Operations framework integrates advanced AI, infrastructure, and analytics to help communications service providers boost service reliability, streamline operations, and accelerate digital transformation through a unified, scalable system supported by major industry partners. This shift to AI-driven autonomous network operations comes as CSPs face increasing pressure from data growth, 5G expansion, and rising customer expectations.
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Datadog + OpenAI: Codex CLI integration for AI‑assisted DevOps (5 minute read)
OpenAI and Datadog have integrated the Rust-based Codex CLI with Datadog's new MCP server to enable real-time, terminal-native AI assistance for on-call DevOps engineers. The Codex agent can now fetch logs, metrics, and incidents via natural language, display structured observability data with lightweight UI elements, and propose context-aware automation to accelerate incident resolution.
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Governance as an Enabler: Scaling Safely and Confidently (8 minute read)
Platform Engineering transforms governance into an automated enabler with policy-as-code, platform-level RBAC, audit logs, drift detection, and resource lifecycle controls. By embedding governance directly into the platform, compliance, consistency, and cost control can be ensured while preserving team autonomy and speed. Pulumi provides built-in governance features that help with this transformation, including CrossGuard, RBAC, audit logs, and TTL stacks.
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