Docker Bake is Now Generally Available in Docker Desktop 4.38! (6 minute read)
Docker has announced the General Availability of Docker Bake with Docker Desktop 4.38, offering a declarative build orchestration tool that simplifies complex builds and enhances performance by leveraging BuildKit's parallelization and optimization features. The new update introduces support for entitlements to control privileged operations and validation rules for variables and makes it easier to manage multiple related Docker images from a single source, ensuring faster and more efficient builds.
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Cloudflare incident on February 6, 2025 (7 minute read)
Cloudflare's R2 object storage and related services were down for 59 minutes on February 6 due to human error in handling an abuse report, which led to the unintended disablement of the R2 Gateway service. This caused a complete failure of R2 operations and impacted multiple dependent services like Stream, Images, and Cache Reserve, though no data was lost. Cloudflare is implementing stricter safeguards, including improved validation, access controls, and two-party approval processes, to prevent similar incidents in the future.
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How to Manage Large OpenTofu/Terraform State Files (6 minute read)
This post explores different Infrastructure as Code topologies for managing OpenTofu/Terraform state efficiently as infrastructure scales. It compares approaches like All-In-One, Workspaces, Multi-Unit, and Stacks, highlighting their trade-offs in performance, maintainability, and complexity.
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The LLM Curve of Impact on Software Engineers (5 minute read)
The usefulness of LLMs for software engineers follows a curve: they significantly boost junior engineers by helping with code and troubleshooting, assist mid-level engineers with speed but struggle with complex tasks, and have limited impact on senior engineers who require deep domain expertise. However, LLMs regain usefulness at the Staff+ level by accelerating proof-of-concept development, making them valuable for high-level experimentation and prototyping.
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Organizational best practices for implementing EKS Anywhere at scale (8 minute read)
This post outlines best practices for successfully implementing Amazon EKS Anywhere at scale, covering engagement models, support strategies, executive reporting, and skill development. By following a structured four-phase approach, organizations can streamline Kubernetes adoption, enhance collaboration, and ensure a reliable, efficient deployment.
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TigerBeetle (GitHub Repo)
TigerBeetle, a financial transactions database built for mission-critical safety and performance, aims to revolutionize OLTP for the next 30 years by offering robust debit/credit primitives and scalable balance tracking.
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WAT (GitHub Repo)
WAT is an inspection tool for Python that allows users to explore and examine objects at runtime, offering insights into their types, values, methods, and source code without any external dependencies.
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Fastly's Report on DDoS in January (6 minute read)
Fastly's global network observed a 14.5% increase in application DDoS attacks, with the highest traffic volumes detected from the US, Germany, Singapore, France, and Japan. Organizations should enhance their infrastructure, implement proactive defense measures, and ensure 24/7 security coverage to mitigate the growing frequency and unpredictability of DDoS threats.
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Resolving a Mutual TLS session resumption vulnerability (6 minute read)
Cloudflare swiftly mitigated a vulnerability affecting its Mutual TLS (mTLS) implementation, tracked as CVE-2025-23419. The issue, which allowed TLS sessions to resume across different Cloudflare zones without proper authentication, did not appear to be exploited and was resolved by disabling session resumption for mTLS, with additional measures in place to prevent future occurrences.
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