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100 postsPostgreSQL Benchmark: AWS RDS vs Self-Hosted Hetzner (2026)
In a 2026 2 vCPU/4GB PostgreSQL 16 benchmark, Hostim led on writes, Hetzner won reads on raw CPU, and RDS trailed once hidden costs are counted.
Kars: A Kubernetes-Native Zero-Trust Runtime for AI Agents
Kars runs each AI agent in an isolated Kubernetes sandbox, routing every external call through a Rust-based zero-trust broker with no agent-held credentials.
ArcadeDB Adds OpenTelemetry Tracing and Kubernetes Health Probes
ArcadeDB expands cloud observability with four opt-in pillars: deeper metrics, OpenTelemetry tracing, structured JSON logging and Kubernetes health probes.
CommitBrief — AI code reviews, right in your terminal
A provider-agnostic, local-first CLI that reviews your staged changes, a historic range, or a whole GitHub pull request. Zero telemetry, no server. Free and open source.
commitbrief.comAI Audit Uncovers Seven Real Bugs in Cloudflare's CIRCL
zkSecurity's AI audit tool found seven real bugs in Cloudflare's CIRCL cryptography library, all now fixed and mostly rewarded via HackerOne.
Parlel Emulates 250+ Services Locally With Real Wire Protocols
Parlel runs 250+ services like Postgres, Redis, Stripe and S3 locally using real wire protocols, offering a free, fast alternative for testing and AI coding agents.
redissnoop: A Zero-Overhead Redis Traffic Profiler via eBPF
redissnoop uses eBPF to watch Redis commands at the kernel level, no MONITOR or proxy needed, reading TLS traffic before encryption while adding zero load to the server.
Why the AI Bill Grows Inside the Agent Loop
Token-saving tricks barely move the needle on AI agent costs; the real spend comes from retries, agent turns, and parallel subagents. A look at Copilot's billing shift.
Chasing True Zero-Downtime Redis Sentinel Failover on Kubernetes
An engineer's attempt to achieve near zero-downtime Redis Sentinel failover on EKS: custom preStop hooks, ioredis buffering risks, and the debate over HA at scale.
Don't Let the LLM Speak, Just Probe Its Hidden State
LLMs already encode the answer in hidden states before generating text. A tiny probe turns this into fast, cheap, calibrated zero-shot classifiers without generation.
OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil Jalapeño, an LLM Inference Chip
OpenAI and Broadcom unveiled Jalapeño, a custom LLM inference chip built in nine months, set for gigawatt-scale data center deployment starting in 2026.