Here is the roundup of links for this week:
Cloud & Infrastructure ๐
- IBM to acquire Confluent - Major industry news as IBM announces its acquisition of the data streaming platform Confluent.
- Netvisor - An open-source observability agent for Kubernetes that provides visibility into cluster traffic and network calls.
- Kubeterm - A graphical terminal specifically designed for managing Kubernetes clusters.
- Ingress Nginx Migration / GitHub Repo: A tool to assist in migrating from the Nginx Ingress Controller to Traefik.
DevOps & Tools ๐
- Cloudflare Error Page - A project for creating custom, branded error pages for Cloudflare deployments.
- DevIQ - A comprehensive resource and reference guide for software design patterns, principles, and practices.
- OWASP crAPI / GitHub Repo: The “Completely Ridiculous API” is an intentionally vulnerable application designed by OWASP for teaching API security.
- 12 Days of Command Line - A holiday-themed set of command line challenges to test your terminal skills.
AI & Engineering ๐
- How AI is transforming work at Anthropic - A look into how Anthropic uses its own AI models internally to change their workflows.
- Effective Harnesses for Long-Running Agents - An engineering post from Anthropic on building test harnesses for autonomous AI agents.
- Recreating the Space Jam Website with AI / Failing to Recreate it: Two contrasting perspectives on attempting to recreate the 1996 Space Jam website using Claude.
Linux & Hardware ๐
- The (successful) end of the kernel Rust experiment - LWN article confirming that Rust is now considered a core part of the Linux kernel rather than an experiment.
- Wayland & Nvidia: A Definite 2025 Guide - A guide to configuring and running Wayland on Nvidia hardware in 2025.
- Hidden Microphone on NanoKVM - A security finding revealing an undocumented microphone inside the NanoKVM hardware.
- Xiaomi Humidifier Deep Dive - A blog post analyzing the Xiaomi Humidifier.
- Dank Linux v1 Release - The version 1.0 release announcement for Dank Linux.
General & Misc ๐
- AV1 Video Codec Wins Emmy - Mozilla celebrates the open-source AV1 video codec receiving an Emmy Award for Technology & Engineering.
- A map showing all the buildings in the world - Gizmodo covers a massive mapping project visualizing global building density.
- Turtletoy - A platform for generative art designed to be drawn by plotters.
- Super Mario 64 for PS1 - A GitHub project porting the classic Nintendo 64 title to the original PlayStation.