Weekly news | 2025-02-12

news

• Gemini 2.0 is now available to everyone
• OpenWrt 24.10.0 - First Stable Release
• Cloudflare R2 global outage
• GitHub introduces agent mode for GitHub Copilot in VS Code
• Meta torrented & seeded 81.7 TB dataset containing copyrighted data
• Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Backdoor
• Asahi Linux lead developer Hector Martin resigns from Linux kernel
• Fake VS Code Extension on npm Spreads Multi-Stage Malware
• Meta's AI demos
• CAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service'
• Werf turns 9

• AWS:
  • AppSync CDK L2 constructs to simplify creating WebSocket APIs
  • Batch access control and management of Batch on EKS
  • CloudFormation stack seamless refactoring
  • CodeBuild integrates with Buildkite
  • Connect agent state config management
  • Connect Cases conditionally required fields
  • Connect Contact Lens automatically email agents about completed performance evaluations
  • Cost Optimization Hub more EC2 Auto Scaling group recommendations
  • Database Migration Service Serverless S3 source endpoint
  • Data Lifecycle Manager IPv6 support
  • DocumentDB one-click connectivity with CloudShell
  • EC2 automated recovery of MS SQL Server with VSS
  • Elemental MediaTailor new log destinations and lower cost
  • FSx IPv6 support on FSx Service APIs
  • GuardDuty Malware Protection for S3 price reduction
  • IAM Identity Center improved error messages and CloudTrail logging
  • IAM support for encrypted SAML assertions
  • Marketplace Channel Partner private offers custom payment schedules
  • Personalize IPv6 support
  • Q Business orchestration for user query management
  • Q Developer simplified setup experience for Pro tier subscriptions
  • Q Developer troubleshoots Console errors in all Commercial regions
  • RDS for Oracle January 2025 Release Update
  • RDS for SQL Server new minor version in December 2024
  • Step Functions 100K state machines and activities per AWS account
  • Step Functions expands data source and output options for Distributed Map
  • Toolkit for VS Code now supports Amazon DocumentDB
  • Verified Access Zero Trust access to resources over non-HTTP(S) protocols
  • Wickr dedicated space to organize and access files
  • For a full list of AWS announcements, be sure to keep an eye on AWS’s What’s New Feed page.

tooling

• Beej's Guide to Git
• SQLite Page Explorer: Visual tool to explore SQLite databases page-by-page, the way they're stored on disk and the way SQLite sees them
• OpenLDK: A Java JIT Compiler and Runtime in Common Lisp
• Marksmith: a GitHub-style markdown editor for Ruby on Rails
• heap-explorer: LD_PRELOADable library for exploring the glibc heap
• ExpenseOwl: Extremely simple expense tracker with nice UI. Intended for home lab use
• ghostwriter: Use the reMarkable2 as an interface to vision-LLMs
• FlashSpace: a blazingly fast virtual workspace manager for macO
• daily-notes.nvim: An nvim plugin to enable creating periodic notes
• kanata: Cross-platform multi-layer keyboard remapper with advanced customization
• Free Audiobook Search
• React Native App Generator
• Ohm: parsing toolkit for JavaScript and TypeScript
• App that simulates a software engineer's daily job

blogs

• Recorded webinar:
  • Demystifying Kubernetes observability with generative AI and LLMs
• Streamline container security with unified cloud-native threat protection
• Why we need a better approach to DevSecOps
• Pulumi: A Modern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Alternative to Terraform
• Patterns for building realtime features
• Markdown's Big Brother: Say Hello to AsciiDoc
• Infosec 101 for Activists
• What Okta Bcrypt incident can teach us about designing better APIs
• The missing cross-platform OS API for timers
• Reasons not to refactor
• Understanding Reasoning LLMs
• A Brief History of Code Signing at Mozilla
• VSCode’s SSH Agent Is Bananas
• We are destroying software
• Why observability needs FinOps, and vice versa
• Why blog if nobody reads it?
• Persistent packages on Steam Deck using Nix
• Meta’s Hyperscale Infrastructure: Overview and Insights
• How about trailing commas in SQL?
• Solving Sudoku with tmux
• Implementing SSH port forwarding over AWS Session Manager
• a quick review of file watchers