System Architecture

How infinite is it really?

Every Java team eventually has that conversation. Someone opens a PR, there's a NullPointerException in production, and someone says: "We should just migrate to Kotlin." I've had that conversation. An

Paraxial.io Completes Security Audit of Hex Package Manager

Using evidence or data to communicate risk to the American public can be a fool’s errand.

What is RFC 3514? The RFC proposes the addition of a single bit, known as the “Evil Bit,” in the IPv4 header. This bit, when set to ‘1’, would indicate that the packet being transmitted is intended for malicious purposes. Conversely, when set to ‘0’, the packet would be considered benign. The primary goal of […]

An AI agent pursues a goal by iteratively taking actions, evaluating progress, and deciding next steps. Useful agents must be reliable, adaptive, and accurate.

Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.

If you own a computer that’s not mobile, it’s almost certain that it will receive its power in some form from a mains wall outlet. Whether it’s 230 V at 50 Hz or 120 V at 60 Hz, w…

Why deterministic data infrastructure is replacing visual persuasion in ecommerce

The one tool your backend stack has been missing

To enable fast builds and efficient usage of disk space, Docker introduced the image layer model. This article is an in-depth explanation on how the layer

KServe - A Kubernetes-native platform for serving machine learning models with standardized protocols for both predictive and generative AI. Scale to zero, GPU acceleration, and multi-framework support.

Evaluating the architecture of a system can be a very complicated process, with a lot of different possibilities for tools and techniques. In this video, we describe a mental model for evaluating architecture that helps us make sense and make the right decisions.

Longtime Linux developer David Woodhouse sent out a patch series today to 'deprecate legacy IP' support within the Linux kernel

More than half of breaches occur after fixes are available, revealing an execution gap as delayed patching turns known vulnerabilities into ongoing enterprise risk.

The Simple Text Oriented Messaging Protocol

Syncing reading progress across devices sounds simple until you try it. Discovery, sync, and conflict resolution — with and without a cloud.

I went to the movies the other day, and while standing in line, I caught myself mentally designing the system the ticket controller was…

If someone asked me to set up a team in charge of software documentation, I would not hire for specific roles or cookie-cut job descriptions. Professions tied to knowledge buckets are bound to shrink or disappear. Instead, I would hire people that could move freely between four quadrants, each defined by the proximity to a focus pole and its skills. The poles in this team setup would be the following: Product Vision, Knowledge Design, Engineering Depth, and Delivery Strategy.

Valentin Geffrier, Tanguy Cornuau

When it fails to do your thinking for you

Durable agent-to-agent messaging using a filesystem: inspectable, remote, replayable, and SQL-queryable with db9 fs9.