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Eleven Links of Note - January 20th, 2026

Published: Tue 20 January 2026
By rilindo

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tags: history encryption mysql mariadb kubernetes etc hadoop bigdata linux unix gnu free opensource softwareengineering career artemis apollo moonlanding

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  • 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 observe that there are at a few bugs that have been around for while that has not been fixed.
  • How etcd Bloat Took Down Our Kubernetes Control Plane: Ugly. It gives me PTSD from couchDB with Chef.
  • How etcd works with and without Kubernetes: Speaking of etcd, here is a technical dive into it. I will have to keep this in mind when I plan on replacing my control plane nodes.
  • Command-line Tools can be 235x Faster than your Hadoop Cluster: Funny how a few GNU commands can kick Hadoop's -
  • Iconify.design - Home of open source icon sets: Love this. Already used some of the icons for a Dashboard in my home lab.
  • Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills: Some will never brush up their soft skill.
  • The Cathedral, the Megachurch, and the Bazaar: Or how the original manifesto didn't age well.
  • I identified the 7 deadly sins of engineering productivity so you don't have to: Number 6 will shock you.
  • Artemis II Explained | 2026 Mission to the Moon: After 50 years, humankind is coming back to the moon. This is going to be exciting.
  • Top 28 Kubernetes resources for 2026: Learn and stay up-to-date: Hard to do when the kubernetes eco-system is huge.
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