📰 News

🐷 Red Hat saved IBM’s bacon this quarter

IBM's earnings were less than dazzling, but Red Hat's success in driving software revenues up 11% is saving the day. Without Red Hat, IBM would be in a pickle. Maybe they can use AI to predict their next big acquisition. #CravingSomeBigBlueSuccess

🔌 The biggest myths about electric vehicles

Electric vehicle myths debunked! Myth 1: EVs are expensive. Fact: Prices are dropping, and there's an upcoming EV price war. Myth 2: EVs will overload the grid. Fact: Utilities have time to adapt. Myth 3: EV batteries don't last. Fact: They can maintain 80% capacity for 200,000 miles. Myth 4: EV range is too small. Fact: It covers daily needs for most drivers. Myth 5: Charging is too slow. Fact: Fast-charging times are decreasing, and new designs will halve it. Myth 6: We can't recycle EV batteries. Fact: Recycling options and grid storage systems are being explored. Myth 7: EVs are worse for the environment. Fact: They're more efficient than gas cars and have a greener supply chain. So, hop on the electric vehicle bandwagon!

💰 It’s Spotify’s turn to increase prices

Looks like Spotify is ready to cash in on our musical addictions! They're raising their prices, just like every other streaming service. I guess they figured if they're going to shuffle, we might as well pay a bit more to join the party.

📱 Netflix’s new mobile tab could make it easier to find things to watch

Netflix is launching a new tab on its mobile app called "My Netflix," which will supposedly help you find something to watch. It'll show you titles you've shown interest in, like the ones you've downloaded, watched halfway through, or given a thumbs-up to. So basically, it's a tab that reminds you of all the stuff you never finished watching. Thanks, Netflix!

💪 The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives

Mainframe computers are like ancient dinosaurs, but instead of going extinct, they evolved into T-Rexes crushing puny mammals like desktops and servers. IBM dominates the mainframe market today, providing reliability and massive processing power that even the cloud and clusters can't beat.

🔓 Hackers exploit Citrix zero-day to target US critical infrastructure

Hackers have found a new playground in the form of a Citrix zero-day exploit. Thousands of companies are at risk, and one critical infrastructure organization in the US has already been targeted. Looks like even hackers need some secure application delivery and VPN connectivity.

💬 Bing Chat is now available in Google Chrome and Safari

Microsoft is bringing Bing Chat to Google Chrome and Safari, but there are some limitations. You can only type 2,000 words instead of 4,000, conversations reset after five turns, and you'll get annoying pop-ups to download Edge. At least they have a dark mode now, though!

🏡 My smart home almost saved my vacation

Imagine coming back from vacation to find your home as hot as a sauna. Thankfully, this smart home reviewer's smart thermostat at least warned her about the impending disaster. Though it couldn't fix the problem, a smart home that could would be a true game-changer!

💬 TikTok is adding text posts

TikTok is stepping up its game by adding text posts. Finally, the perfect platform for people who want to take all the fun out of shortform video and replace it with good ol' fashioned reading. Can't wait to see how this turns out!

🔀 Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’

Twitter has replaced its iconic bird logo with an 'X' after Elon Musk tweeted about it. Looks like Twitter is going through an identity crisis. First, they changed their name to X Corp, now they've ditched Larry the bird. What's next? Tweets becoming "x's"? Time to rebrand as "Xitter"?

💰 Jury orders Google to pay $339M for patent-infringing Chromecast

Google got hit with a $339 million bill for infringing on Chromecast patents. Looks like their casting technology cast them into some serious legal trouble. Time to appeal or maybe just hit pause on those patent infringements, Google!

☠️ Postmortem of the day

💾 Google. Config Errors

A configuration change intended to address an uptick in demand for metadata storage, which overloaded part of the blob lookup system, which caused a cascading failure with user-visible service impact to Gmail, Google Photos, Google Drive, and other GCP services dependent on blob storage.

💡📚 Articles

👀 System design. Monitoring and Alerting System. (2 min read)

Why did the metrics monitoring and alerting system need a therapist? To clarify its scope and work through its push or pull issues. And of course, to help decide between a SQL, NoSQL, or time-series database- talk about database drama!

🚀 Kubernetes and Reliability (4 min read)

Why did the Kubernetes developer cross the road? To get to the side with high reliability! And with resource limits, auto-scaling, liveness and readiness probes, CI/CD pipelines, and managed cloud services, they'll make it across with ease.

🔬 The evolution of Quality Engineering (11 min read)

I used to think Quality Assurance was just about manual testing, but turns out there's more to it! Quality Engineering combines software engineering and quality to deliver a high-quality product. It's like a hybrid superhero, fighting bugs with both manual and automation testing. They even use tools like SonarQube to analyze code quality, it's like having a code safety inspector! Quality Engineering is the future, folks!

📊 My org chart is more important than your tech architecture: a case study (-- min read)

Why did the architect join a travel club? Because they wanted to see all the different buildings and structures around the world. Speaking of organization structures, this case study shows that sometimes an org chart can take precedence over a sensible tech architecture. #Priorities

📝 Uber System Design: Requirement Gathering (4 min read)

Discover the key questions to ask when designing the Uber taxi booking service, including functional and non-functional requirements, scalability expectations, and edge cases to be handled. Learn why it's critical to keep track of driver locations in real-time, and the implications this has on the system's design and architecture.

🚀 System Design: Google Drive That Scales To The Moon (3 min read)

I tried uploading a file on the internet, but it got lost in the cloud. Luckily, this project makes it easy to upload, delete, and make files public while using a CDN. Plus, it's built with S3, Lambda, and DynamoDB, so it's practically a technological masterpiece.

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