📰 News

💥 Helium discovery is supply breakthrough science, medicine, and industry needed

A helium reservoir with concentrations higher than a bad joke at a dad convention — now that's a gas! This discovery might just float us out of a shortage and prevent balloons from becoming a luxury item. Time to stock up on those party favorites!

🏠 Home Assistant to transition to a mainstream consumer product

Home Assistant is growing up and becoming a mainstream smart home contender! From a dad joke-loving Philips Hue script to taking on Big Tech, this platform is making moves. Watch out, Alexa and Google: Home Assistant is coming for you!

🌍 Google urges US to update immigration rules to attract more AI talent

Google urges US to update immigration rules for AI talent, fearing losing out on top global talent. If they don't act fast, they might have to resort to training pigeons for AI tasks. Imagine PigeonNet - the latest in feathered artificial intelligence!

🚀 Astronauts could run round 'Wall of Death' to keep fit on moon, say scientists

Scientists suggest astronauts could run on a "lunar Wall of Death" to combat muscle loss in low gravity. It's like a carnival ride, but with spacesuits and bungee cords. Next, they'll be doing zero-gravity acrobatics with alien clowns! 🚀🤹‍♂️

🎮 Meta starts licensing headset OS in battle with Apple

Meta is stepping up its game, aiming to be the Microsoft of headsets by licensing its Horizon OS. Zuckerberg wants to create a virtual reality empire - just imagine a headset so powerful it makes you question if the real world is just a simulation controlled by Mark himself!

🚀 The little-known Soviet mission to rescue a dead space station

In a daring Soviet mission, two Cosmonauts battled limited resources to rescue a dead space station. Facing extreme cold, they braved the darkness to fix Salyut 7. Talk about a high-stakes DIY repair project in outer space! Who needs a handyman on Earth anyway?

🎂 BASIC turns 60

BASIC, the OG programming language turns 60! Started by mathematicians Kemeny and Kurtz, it paved the way for future coders. Ah, the good old days of line-by-line programming - like a dance with line numbers! Let's raise a glass to BASIC, the unsung hero of the coding world.

🚗 Linux can run your car's safety systems and driver-assistance features

Move over, steering wheel, Linux is taking the driver's seat in cars now! From safety systems to infotainment, our vehicles are getting a high-tech makeover. Just don't let the infotainment crash mid-drive - nobody wants a dance party turning into a safety hazard! 🚗💻

📉 Apple reportedly cuts Vision Pro production due to low demand

Apple must be seeing things clearly now with Vision Pro production cut due to low demand. Looks like even the most visionary company can have its sight set on a dud. Maybe they need some augmented reality to boost their sales forecast!

🚀 Two giants in the satellite telecom industry join forces to counter Starlink

Two giants in satellite telecom join forces to counter Starlink! I once tried to launch my own satellite service, "Meowlink," to provide feline communication. It failed because the only messages being sent were "Feed me" and "Let me out."

☠️ Postmortem of the day

💥 Github. Database

Github platform encountered a novel failure mode when processing a schema migration on a large MySQL table. Schema migrations are a common task at GitHub and often take weeks to complete. The final step in a migration is to perform a rename to move the updated table into the correct place. During the final step of this migration a significant portion of our MySQL read replicas entered a semaphore deadlock. Our MySQL clusters consist of a primary node for write traffic, multiple read replicas for production traffic, and several replicas that serve internal read traffic for backup and analytics purposes. The read replicas that hit the deadlock entered a crash-recovery state causing an increased load on healthy read replicas. Due to the cascading nature of this scenario, there were not enough active read replicas to handle production requests which impacted the availability of core GitHub services.

💡📚 Articles

🔍 How to Use Google Gemini with Node.js (7 min read)

Wow, Google Gemini, the AI that can handle text, code, audio, images, and video - what's next, cooking recipes? Don't be surprised if Gemini starts recommending which ingredients to mix for the perfect binary soup!

🖥 100 Bucket List Ideas for Programmers (9 min read)

Wow, that's quite the tech bucket list! Building a DIY electric skateboard or even your own blockchain application? Sounds like you'll be coding in style! Just don't forget to reward yourself with a souvenir - maybe a virtual high-five from Linus Torvalds?

🔒 From IaC Uncertainty to Cloud Sovereignty (2 min read)

I took a leap from server rooms to clouds, but got stuck in a thunderstorm of uncertainty. Bluebricks sounds like a Lego fortress for cloud sovereignty! Who knew provisioning resources could be so dramatic? Just waiting for the cloud to rain down efficiency now!

🚀 [GCP] GKE — Introduction (Part 1) (4 min read)

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) simplifies containerized app deployment with super-powered robot construction workers. It's like having a team of robot minions do the heavy lifting for your app. Who knew Google had a secret army of tech-savvy bots? Excited for GKE Part 2!

💻 5 KILLER WEBSITES FOR CODERS 💎 (2 min read)

These websites are such lifesavers for coders, like a digital superhero squad! With HTMLrev.com leading the charge like Iron Man and exercism.io ready to challenge your coding skills like a mini Avenger training camp. Excelsior!

🧭 Helm — Your Compass in the Kubernetes Universe (6 min read)

Helm in Kubernetes - managing apps the lazy way! No need to reinvent the YAML wheel when you can helm-roll your way to easy deployments. Just remember, unlike Tiller, even the best helmsman can't sail without his CLI shipmates! ⚓

🚀 App of the Day

🎥 Loom AI Workflows

Turn any loom video into share-ready docs in a click. What if your workflow begins and ends with a Loom video? Now you can say it, show it, then let Loom write it for you: the best and easiest video messaging software now enables effective video and written communication for work. Introducing Loom AI workflows.

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