Best of Infrastructure — January 2026

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    Avatar of lobstersLobsters·17w

    Stop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open source

    MySQL's development has significantly declined under Oracle's stewardship, with commit activity dropping sharply in 2025 and staff reductions announced. Oracle conducts all development behind closed doors, rejecting community contributions and treating MySQL as open source only by license, not practice. Technical issues have plagued recent releases, including data corruption bugs, performance regressions of 15%, and difficult upgrade paths. Oracle published 123 CVEs in 2025 with minimal transparency compared to MariaDB's 8. Migration to MariaDB is straightforward for most applications, offering true open source development with active community participation. Major platforms like Wikipedia and 57% of WordPress sites already use MariaDB.

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    Avatar of christitustechChris Titus Tech·16w

    I Used Linux for 8 Years: Here's What They Don't Tell You

    After 8 years of using Linux as a primary OS, key lessons include: desktop environments and file managers are interchangeable components, not tied to distributions; professional Windows/Adobe software works better natively than through Wine; gaming has improved dramatically but mod support lags behind Windows; minimalist setups with window managers instead of full desktop environments provide better stability; hardware compatibility matters significantly (AMD generally easier than Nvidia); dual-booting or VMs handle Windows-only needs effectively; and bleeding-edge hardware has delayed Linux support compared to Windows/Mac.

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    How the Iranian government blocked the internet throughout the country

    A technical analysis examines the methods and infrastructure used by the Iranian government to implement nationwide internet blocking, detailing the technical mechanisms behind state-level network censorship.

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    Avatar of shaafShaaf·18w

    Keycloak MCP Server: Manage Identity with Natural Language

    An MCP server enables natural language management of Keycloak identity and access management through AI assistants. The open-source project supports 45+ operations including user management, realm configuration, client setup, and authentication flows. Version 0.3 introduces JWT authentication, SSE transport, Kubernetes deployment support, containerization, and production-ready features like health checks and Prometheus metrics. Developers can manage Keycloak by conversing with AI assistants instead of using the admin console or CLI commands.

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    Avatar of hnHacker News·15w

    Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet technology

    Europe's heavy reliance on US cloud computing providers (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud control ~70% of the market) creates vulnerability to service disruptions from technical failures, geopolitical disputes, or cyber-attacks. Recent outages from AWS and Cloudflare demonstrated this risk. European governments are responding by investing in digital sovereignty initiatives: Schleswig-Holstein replaced 70% of Microsoft licenses with open-source alternatives, France/Germany/Netherlands/Italy are developing sovereign digital platforms, and Sweden built its own collaboration system in domestic data centers. The EU is developing a cloud sovereignty framework and upcoming Cloud and AI Development Act to keep European data under European control, treating digital infrastructure as critically as physical infrastructure.

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    Avatar of anduinosAnduinOS·18w

    Voxihost (AnduinOS hosting provider) was down.

    AnduinOS services experienced a week-long outage starting December 31, 2025, affecting the website, documentation, system updates, and ISO downloads. The disruption was caused by a catastrophic NVMe firmware bug at hosting provider Voxihost, resulting in severe disk corruption. The OS itself remained functional as it doesn't require server connectivity to operate. The team is migrating to Vultr servers to restore services, with no data loss reported and ISO files recovered from backups.

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    Avatar of halodocHalodoc·15w

    Reducing Amazon EKS Compute Costs by 35%: Migrating Production Workloads from Graviton3 to Graviton4

    Halodoc migrated their Amazon EKS workloads from Graviton3 to Graviton4 processors, achieving 35% cost savings through a data-driven approach. The migration involved two-phase validation: hardware benchmarking with Sysbench showed 28% CPU throughput improvement and 64% memory bandwidth gains, while application-level testing with JMeter demonstrated lower latency and resource utilization. By combining the processor upgrade with strategic resource right-sizing (15% CPU and 10% memory reduction), they reduced node count by 40% and maintained performance while cutting costs. The zero-downtime migration used controlled node pool rebalancing, followed by a one-week stabilization period before applying resource optimizations.

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    Avatar of hnHacker News·18w

    ‘We’ve Done Our Country a Great Disservice’ by Offshoring: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Says ‘We Have to Create Prosperity’ for All, Not Just PhDs

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argues that America must reverse decades of manufacturing offshoring by building AI infrastructure domestically, emphasizing that energy availability is the foundational constraint. He contends that creating prosperity for all Americans, not just highly educated workers, requires bringing manufacturing jobs back through the AI industrial revolution. Nvidia is helping build $500 billion in AI infrastructure in the U.S. and plans to leverage its position to make America the global AI manufacturing hub.

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