Best of Infrastructure — May 2024

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   Hacker News·2y

   The Worst Website In The Entire World

   A post describing the author's experience with what they consider to be the worst website ever created, highlighting the user-hostile design and frustrating patterns. The author expresses their frustration with the Broadcom Support website and suggests that it should be shut down.

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   Community Picks·2y

   Optimizing React Table Rendering By 160x !!!

   Learn how to optimize React table rendering by 160x using virtualization techniques.

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   Community Picks·2y

   Karpenter

   Karpenter simplifies Kubernetes infrastructure by automatically launching the right compute resources at the right time. It improves application availability, lowers compute costs, and minimizes operational overhead.

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   Node.js developers·2y

   [Part1] Introduction to the principles of clean architecture in a NodeJs API (Express)

   This post provides an introduction to implementing the principles of clean architecture in a Node.JS API with Express. It covers the overall structure of the project and the main concepts such as entities, adapters, and injection.

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   Community Picks·2y

   Computer Networking Fundamentals For Developers, DevOps, and Platform Engineers (course)

   Learn the fundamentals of computer networking for software engineers, DevOps, and platform engineers to troubleshoot connectivity, set up container networking, and configure networks.

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   Cerbos·2y

   Using Cerbos with Keycloak for Identity/AuthN

   Learn how to integrate Keycloak with a Django web application and implement Cerbos for fine-grained access control. Ensure authenticated users can access certain parts of the application and their actions are authorized with precision.

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   DEV·2y

   The Log Is The Database

   The log is an important component in cloud-native databases as it serves as a safety measure to avoid data loss in case of failures. It allows for efficient data processing and recovery. In YugabyteDB, data is stored in LSM Trees and distributed across the network.

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   omg! ubuntu!·2y

   VMware Workstation Pro Now Free to Use on Linux & Windows

   VMware has made its professional virtualisation software free to use on Windows, macOS, and Linux for personal use. Users can download VMware Workstation Pro 17 for Linux by signing up for a Broadcom account and following the installation process.

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   Javarevisited·2y

   No More ZooKeeper

   Kafka is removing its dependency on ZooKeeper, which has been an integral part of Kafka clusters for metadata management. The motivation behind this change is to overcome limitations such as single point of failure, scalability issues, high recovery time, increased resource utilization, and complexity. Instead, Kafka will use a self-managed metadata quorum called KRaft. In KRaft mode, leader selection works by electing a leader through a voting process.

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    The New Stack·2y

    Linux: How the Kernel Interacts with Hardware

    Learn how the Linux kernel interacts with hardware components such as the CPU, RAM, storage, and network. Discover tools for displaying CPU and memory information, understanding storage partitions, checking capacity and utilization, and gathering network information.

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