- Breaking the Zimmermann Telegram: This is a fascinating look at how the Zimmermann telegram was intercepted, leading to the United States entering World War I.
- Stop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open source: Not sure if switching to MariaDB is any better, but I do …
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Eleven Links of Note - January 19th, 2026
- I’m a former CTO. Here is the 15 sec coding test I used to instantly filter out 50% of unqualified applicants: Not going to spoil what they did. I will say that this also works if you give the test live on site.
- xyops: A server monitor …
Eleven Links of Note - January 18th, 2026
- Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud: Frankly, he is not too far off. A significant of the global population don't have PCs, but they do have phones, so they do most of their …
Eleven Links of Note - January 17th, 2026
- Dave Filoni takes charge of Star Wars as new president of Lucasfilm: HAPPY NOW, FANBOYS?!
- JUST USE POSTGRES FOR EVERYTHING: I really love postgres. I fear I don't use it enough.
- Unpatchable Vulnerabilities of Kubernetes: CVE-2020-8554: What can you do? You just have to mitigate if you intend …
Eleven Links of Note - January 16th, 2026
- Un-complicating the Clock: How the SLES 16 Lifecycle Redefines Enterprise Support: If your application needs a 15 year operating system to function, you either seriously made an mistake with your app or you are in the environment where the organization is not will to invest in your infrastructure …
Eleven Links of Note - January 15th, 2026
- Windows 8 revival on Linux: I guess some people like to suffer.
- Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy: Probably because they spent most of the money on Ozempic. 😛
- How to import and export Markdown with Apple Notes in iOS 26: Tried it. It works. . . . and that was …
Eleven Links of Note - January 14th, 2026
- ONE PIECE: Season 2 | Official Teaser | Netflix: It looks to be surprisingly close to the manga, even more so than the first season.
- Choosing Secrets Manager for Homelab: Very short blog on secret manager. To be fair, the choice present are good.
- Apple picks Google’s Gemini AI …
Eleven Links of Note - January 13th, 2025
- CodePuns: DAD!
- DNS Belgium leaves AWS: This is a challenge most countries face with dealing with foreign tech companies that handles their data. Not too different from what the US is trying to do with Tiktok.
- Why Developers Are Moving to Docker Hardened Images (DHI)?: Much easier to …
Eleven Links of Note - January 12th, 2026
Image by Laura Ascione @ ESchoolNews on This district champions media literacy to combat “brain rot”- What the actual science says about "brain rot": I personally am trying to actively quit tiktok or at least curb my use of it.
- Gentoo 2025 in retrospect: I used Gentoo in my early days …