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Blocking HTTP1.1 - Some Results #devopsish sheep.horse/2026/3/b...

10.03.2026 23:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry” As firms increasingly incentivize employees to build and oversee complex teams of agents—for example, by measuring and rewarding token consumption as a proxy for performance—people are finding themselves pushed to their cognitive limits. Participants in a recent study described a “buzzing” feeling or a mental fog with difficulty focusing, slower decision-making, and headaches. The authors call this phenomenon “AI brain fry,” defined as mental fatigue from excessive use or oversight of AI tools beyond one’s cognitive capacity. This AI-associated mental strain carries significant costs in the form of increased employee errors, decision fatigue, and intention to quit. The findings also show how AI-driven workflows can be designed to diminish burnout and point toward specific manager, team, and organizational practices to avoid mental fatigue even as AI work intensifies.

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry” #devopsish

10.03.2026 23:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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GitHub - karpathy/autoresearch: AI agents running research on single-GPU nanochat training automatically AI agents running research on single-GPU nanochat training automatically - karpathy/autoresearch

karpathy/autoresearch: AI agents running research on single-GPU nanochat training automatically #devopsish

10.03.2026 20:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The emerging role of SRAM-centric chips in AI inference In this post, we'll discuss the major differences between GPUs and SRAM-centric accelerators (e.g. Cerebras, Groq, and d-Matrix), explaining why near-compute memory versus far-compute memory is the key tradeoff being made by these architectures, and what this means for inference workloads.

The emerging role of SRAM-centric chips in AI inference #devopsish

10.03.2026 19:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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Chinese local governments offer OpenClaw subsidies as security questions linger Shenzhen and Wuxi pledge subsidies to fuel OpenClaw adoption even as analysts warn of a ‘tricky trade-off between ease of use and privacy’.

Chinese local governments offer OpenClaw subsidies as security questions linger #devopsish

10.03.2026 18:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Week 11 Articles - March 2026 | Last Week in Cloud Native Weekly newsletter covering Cloud Native releases, Kubernetes news, and CNCF ecosystem updates. Stay informed about the latest in the CNCF ecosystem, including Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, and more.

Week 11 Articles - March 2026 #devopsish #cloudnative

10.03.2026 17:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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AWS Introduces Nested Virtualization on EC2 Instances - InfoQ AWS recently announced support for nested virtual machines within virtualized EC2 instances running KVM or Hyper-V. A long-awaited feature by the community, the new option enables use cases such as ap

AWS Introduces Nested Virtualization on EC2 Instances #devopsish

10.03.2026 16:05 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy birthday to the one and only @castrojo.bsky.social! Thank you for your shared wisdom, honesty, and all the work you do to make the world a better place.

10.03.2026 15:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Beijing warns of more chip supply worries amid Nexperia mess : PLUS: Indonesia joins kids social media ban; China frets about AI job impacts; India’s PC market fails to launch, again; And more

Beijing warns of more chip supply worries amid Nexperia mess #devopsish

10.03.2026 14:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Announcing the AI Gateway Working Group #devopsish #kubernetes kubernetes.io/blog/2...

10.03.2026 00:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

To be clear: Signal’s encryption and infrastructure have not been compromised and remain robust. These attacks were executed via sophisticated phishing campaigns, designed to trick users into sharing information – SMS codes and/or Signal PIN – to gain access to users’ accounts. 2/7

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We are aware of recent reports regarding targeted phishing attacks that have resulted in account takeovers of some Signal users, including government officials and journalists. We take this very seriously. 1/7

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[Security Advisory] CVE-2026-3288: ingress-nginx rewrite-target nginx configuration injection #devopsish groups.google.com/a/...

09.03.2026 23:06 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain-Risk Designation The Claude chatbot developer says the Trump administration overstepped by escalating a contract dispute into a federal ban on the company’s technology.

Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain-Risk Designation #devopsish

09.03.2026 21:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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DevOps'ish 299: Anthropic vs. US Gov, "How not to IAM" by LexisNexis, and more Your weekly roundup of what's happening across the DevOps, cloud native, and security landscape. It covers industry news (AI policy drama, government deals), security threats, and a curated mix of technical deep-dives and open source tooling worth your attention.

I broke down my thoughts on the Anthropic vs. US Government situation in this week's DevOps'ish. Long story short, I think Anthropic looks good, OpenAI looks opportunistic, and the US Gov looks like, well, the US Gov. But the negotiations are ongoing

09.03.2026 20:27 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It's Time to Wrangle Your Messy Wires With Our Handy Guide to Cable Management You need to sort out that rat’s nest of cables under your desk. These cable management tips and products can help you do it.

It's Time to Wrangle Your Messy Wires With Our Handy Guide to Cable Management #devopsish

09.03.2026 19:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

who called it seasonal depression and not your solar battery needs recharging

08.03.2026 01:20 👍 167 🔁 17 💬 4 📌 0
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Week 11 - March 2026: Crate, Spire & Dapr Updates | Last Week in Cloud Native Cloud Native updates for Week 11 - March 2026. Featuring releases from Crate, Spire & Dapr and more Kubernetes ecosystem news.

Week 11 - March 2026 #devopsish #cloudnative

09.03.2026 17:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Announcing the AI Gateway Working Group | Kubernetes Contributors The community around Kubernetes includes a number of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and Working Groups (WGs) facilitating discussions on important topics between interested contributors. Today, we’re excited to announce the formation of the AI Gateway Working Group, a new initiative focused on developing standards and best practices for networking infrastructure that supports AI workloads in Kubernetes environments. What is an AI Gateway? In a Kubernetes context, an AI Gateway refers to network gateway infrastructure (including proxy servers, load-balancers, etc.

Blog: Announcing the AI Gateway Working Group #devopsish #kubernetes

09.03.2026 16:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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08.03.2026 17:29 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Very much so.

08.03.2026 13:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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DevOps'ish 299: Anthropic vs. US Gov, "How not to IAM" by LexisNexis, and more Your weekly roundup of what's happening across the DevOps, cloud native, and security landscape. It covers industry news (AI policy drama, government deals), security threats, and a curated mix of technical deep-dives and open source tooling worth your attention.

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08.03.2026 12:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Anthropic and the Pentagon are back at the negotiating table, FT reports Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is reportedly back at the negotiating table with the U.S. Department of Defense after the breakdown of talks on Friday.

Anthropic and the Pentagon are back at the negotiating table, FT reports #devopsish

07.03.2026 21:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Power Dynamics, Rug Pulls, and Other Corporate Impacts on OSS Sustainability | SCALE The Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) is North America’s largest community-run open source conference.

If you're here at #scale23x I have a selection of 3D printed CHAOSS earrings, so find me to get a pair! I also have a talk tomorrow at 11am. All of the details and the slides can be found here: www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/pr...

07.03.2026 17:59 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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Anthropic officially told by DOD that it's a supply chain risk even as Claude used in Iran The formal declaration will require defense vendors and contractors to certify that they don’t use Anthropic’s models in their work with the Pentagon.

Anthropic officially told by DOD that it's a supply chain risk even as Claude used in Iran #devopsish

07.03.2026 19:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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How I Dropped Our Production Database and Now Pay 10% More for AWS I’m working on expanding the AI Shipping Labs website and wanted to migrate its current version from static GitHub Pages to AWS.

How I Dropped Our Production Database and Now Pay 10% More for AWS #devopsish

07.03.2026 18:30 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Jack Dorsey Is Ready to Explain the Block Layoffs In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Block’s cofounder and CEO says he axed 40 percent of his workforce so that he can rebuild the company “as an intelligence.”

Jack Dorsey Is Ready to Explain the Block Layoffs #devopsish

07.03.2026 17:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls OpenAI's messaging around military deal 'straight up lies,' report says | TechCrunch Anthropic gave up its contract with the Pentagon over AI safety disagreements -- then, OpenAI swooped in.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls OpenAI's messaging around military deal 'straight up lies,' report says | TechCrunch #devopsish

07.03.2026 01:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government.

A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now in the Hands of Foreign Spies and Criminals #devopsish

07.03.2026 00:19 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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GitHub - ricardodantas/perch: A beautiful terminal social client for Mastodon and Bluesky 🐦 A beautiful terminal social client for Mastodon and Bluesky 🐦 - ricardodantas/perch

ricardodantas/perch: A beautiful terminal social client for Mastodon and Bluesky 🐦 #devopsish

06.03.2026 23:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0