Short write-ups on kernel releases, vulnerabilities, control panels and the infrastructure we work with every day.
CloudAWS EventBridge Enhanced Event Buses: What Changes for YouAmazon EventBridge adds shared, organisation-wide event buses with ordering, deduplication, replay and data-based pricing.Read →
LinuxLaravel 13 Adds Native MariaDB Vector Search: How to Use ItLaravel 13.28 supports MariaDB vector columns, indexes and similarity queries natively, so semantic search needs no second database.Read →
ITWordPress 7.1.3 Fixes 7 Security Issues: How to Update SafelyWordPress 7.1.3 fixes seven security issues and four bugs. Here is what changed and how to update every site safely.Read →
LinuxPython 3.15 Released: Lazy Imports, UTF-8 Default, Faster JITPython 3.15 brings lazy imports, UTF-8 by default, frozendict, a faster JIT and a new sampling profiler.Read →
LinuxLet’s Encrypt Moves to 64-Day Certificates: Prepare RenewalsLet's Encrypt certificates drop from 90 to 64 days on February 10, 2027. Here is how to check your renewals.Read →
CloudKubernetes 1.35 Blocks cgroup v1 Nodes by Default: Migrate NowKubernetes v1.35 stops kubelet on cgroup v1 nodes by default. Check your nodes before upgrading.Read →
LinuxRoot DNS Key Rollover on October 11, 2026: Check Your ResolverThe DNS root switches signing keys on October 11, 2026. Resolvers that do not trust KSK-2024 will fail validation.Read →
LinuxNode.js 26.11 Release: What Server Admins Should CheckNode.js 26.11 adds new APIs and changes SQLite, FFI and zlib behavior. Check these before you upgrade.Read →
CloudKubernetes Node Swap Is GA: Set Up LimitedSwap SafelyKubernetes node swap reached general availability in v1.34, letting LimitedSwap give Burstable pods a controlled share of swap.Read →
LinuxUbuntu 26.10 Security Changes: What Server Admins Must CheckUbuntu 26.10 changes GRUB, disk encryption, core tools and SSH/TLS defaults. Here is what server admins should test before upgrading.Read →
CloudMoving MariaDB from Amazon RDS to EC2 Safely: A Case StudyHow a 500 GB production MariaDB database moved from RDS to EC2 with GTID replication, ProxySQL and rollback.Read →
ITRust 1.99.0 Released: C Variadics and New Std APIsRust 1.99.0 stabilises C-ABI variadic functions, raw-pointer layout helpers and handy new Vec, Box and String APIs.Read →Most of what we write about started as a real incident on a customer system. If something on yours does not add up, talk to us.
