Musings and Mutterings through the Machines

Eleven Links of Note - December 13th, 2025

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Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools: I don't see this as a problem. I mean, if I were to say that I used Asadora to build my artifacts in my Fil-Fressh delivery pipeline to my High-Riser cluster, it shouldn't be hard for anybody to understand, right?
Original ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ Studio Gainax Officially Shutters After 42 Years: Sad to see them go. The things they have done with anime has not been replicated with even the most popular series today.
First-ever Gundam Base store in country opens in Chicago area: Pretty awesome to have here in the US. WARNING: If you are going by train, it is a bit of a walk to get to the mall from the train station.
A 'toaster with a lens': The story behind the first handheld digital camera: Had Kodak take this seriously, the company would have still thrived.
BpfJailer: eBPF Mandatory Access Control: Found this at /r/devops. Notably, this was done because Meta found SELinux too slow. As Meta is a big CentOS Stream, it wouldn't surprise me if Red Hat will eventually migrate SELinux over to the same model.
Workday project at Washington University hits $266M: If you were a freshman when this start, you would have long graduated and well on your way on your third job by now.
From Azure Functions to FreeBSD: My ears always perk up when I hear FreebSD.
Goodbye Microservices: From 100s of problem children to 1 superstar: Going back to a monolith is unusual, but given the complexity with microservices, understable.
Recovering Anthony Bourdain’s (really) lost Li.st’s: I still miss Anthony Bourdain.
What's the point of kubenetes secrets?: Knowing what I know about Kubenetes secrets, I am inclined to migrate over to External Secrets Operator.
Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads: I personally will go deep dive into AI next year.