Infra Weekly Newsletter

The Infra Weekly Newsletter focuses on the evolving landscape of IT infrastructure, covering a wide range of topics including cloud technologies, SaaS, database innovations, DevOps and DataOps practices, open source projects, Linux developments, and various approaches to virtualization and managing physical infrastructure.

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The hottest Substack posts of Infra Weekly Newsletter

And their main takeaways

Special #1 - SCM

9 implied HN points • 08 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Software Development Version Control Community support Performance Features
  1. Source Code Management (SCM) has evolved over the years, from centralized to distributed systems like Git and Mercurial.
  2. Mercurial is known for its simplicity, ease of use, and better management of mono repositories compared to Git.
  3. Git offers benefits like widespread adoption, community support, flexibility in workflows, and better performance in certain areas.
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Issue #38

13 implied HN points • 07 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Serverless Computing Cloud Computing
  1. Using serverless computing on AWS Lambda has potential risks that need to be mitigated
  2. Updating the Linux kernel on Ubuntu can be done for parts not available to install
  3. Migrating to Ubuntu LTS provides insights for CentOS users

Infra Weekly #16

22 implied HN points • 03 Oct 22
  1. Threat actors are exploiting vulnerabilities in Zimbra, Drupal, and Microsoft Exchange Server.
  2. Distroless container images and private cloud structures are discussed in the newsletter.
  3. New releases and tools like distroless images, sbom-operator, and Rust 1.64.0 have been introduced.

Issue #46

9 implied HN points • 15 May 23
🕹 Technology Linux Open Source Cloud AI Programming
  1. New Linux kernel NetFilter flaw can give attackers root privileges.
  2. Alpine Linux 3.18 released with Linux 6.1 LTS and Musl Libc 1.2.4.
  3. Scaleway offers Serverless Functions API for affordable hosting.

Infra Weekly #25

13 implied HN points • 05 Dec 22
  1. The re:Invent event may not be what it used to be.
  2. Guido van Rossum discusses Python and the future on the Lex Fridman Podcast.
  3. Rafay Systems introduces Kubernetes cost management.

Issue #37

9 implied HN points • 01 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Security Programming Software Hardware Innovation
  1. The newsletter covers topics like Okta IAM and mutual TLS for employee-facing services.
  2. The Linux kernel version 6.2 now officially supports Apple Silicon hardware.
  3. Different companies like DevZero and Cado Security are making advancements in the software and security industries.

Infra Weekly #24

13 implied HN points • 28 Nov 22
  1. AWS introduced Fargate for Amazon ECS powered by Graviton2 processors for better performance.
  2. AWS made a significant $4.4 billion investment in the second region in India.
  3. Contabo offers an affordable data center option in the UK for running servers.

Issue #34

9 implied HN points • 06 Feb 23
  1. Implementing passwordless deployments to the cloud is recommended to enhance security.
  2. Adopting the 'Database as Code' approach allows treating databases like plain code for better management.
  3. Be cautious of security breaches like hackers stealing backups and encryption keys, and ensure additional security measures.

Infra Weekly #11

9 implied HN points • 22 Aug 22
  1. Open source vulnerabilities in Git history can leave sites open to attack, be cautious on shared code repositories.
  2. Tools like gitleaks can help detect leaks in Git history but may not be perfect.
  3. Cloudera now offers a managed data lakehouse platform similar to Databricks for data management.

Infra Weekly #23

4 implied HN points • 21 Nov 22
  1. Jeremy Daly talks about Ampt, an automatic cloud infrastructure management tool
  2. DHH discusses the misconception around using VMs and Kubernetes in the cloud
  3. PlanetScale Boost claims to increase MySQL queries by 1000x

Infra Weekly #1

4 implied HN points • 23 May 22
  1. New verified Terraform providers from important vendors like Cisco and Auth0
  2. Amazon MSK Serverless now generally available for on-demand streaming capacity with Kafka clusters
  3. Amazon EC2 now supports NitroTPM and UEFI Secure Boot for improved security and encryption