Weekly news | 2024-05-15

news

• OpenAI announces ChatGPT app for Mac, GPT-4 for free, and more.
• Oracle goes vegan: dump Terraform for OpenTofu.
• Amazon S3 will no longer charge for several HTTP error codes.
• Andy Jassy makes AWS leadership announcement.
• Meta is shuttering Workplace, its enterprise version of Facebook.
• Google will use Gemini to detect scams during calls.
• HashiCorp turns to Reddit for feedback.
• GitHub Copilot Workspace: Welcome to the Copilot-native developer environment.

toolings

• helmper: import Helm Charts to OCI registries, optionally with vulnerability patching.
• aicommits: a CLI that writes your git commit messages for you using AI.
• markdown-badges: Badges for your personal developer branding, profile, and projects.
• pug: interactive terminal application for working with Terraform. You can view the output of plans and applies, manage state resources, work on tasks in parallel and more.
• flox: tool for managing a local development environment. It’s powered by Nix, but provides a nice high-level interface based around the local directory.
• dolt: Git for MySQL data.

blog

• Why and how we do work trials at Linear.
• A post on current state of API specification languages, in particular looking at TypeSec.
• VolumeSnapShots in Kubernetes to speed up pod startup time for certain types of application.
• Pros and cons of using JSON for structured logs.
• Building a CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions, with focus on meeting SOC2 compliance rules.