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Eleven Links of Note - January 22nd, 2026

Published: Thu 22 January 2026
By rilindo

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tags: careers ipv6 nat postgresql freebsd openshift ovn python icinga monitoring networking valkey redis bgp

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  • Why Senior Engineers Let Bad Projects Fail: An important lesson as you grow in your career, especially engineering: You can't (or should not) save everything.
  • IPv6 is not insecure because it lacks a NAT: Important to note that. Because, IPv6 or IPv4, you still need to firewall your environment.
  • Unconventional PostgreSQL Optimizations: For advanced PostgreSQL users.
  • 200 MB RAM FreeBSD Desktop: 30 years ago, 200 MB would be considered too much.
  • RSS.Social: Lots of little blogs you can follow. I may follow a few myself.
  • Simplifying transit router deployment in Open Virtual Network: OVN can get complex with large, cross-datacenter implementations, so this is important to know.
  • Python Set – Things You MUST Know: Adding this to the my Python toolset
  • Selective network hosting with BGP router in OpenShift: A bit of an advanced topic myself as I don't mess with networking at that level, but I think somebody who knows more can find this useful.
  • Testing Icinga in a Homelab Setup With Nextcloud: I do want to try out icinga at some point, but frankly, it is hard to move off from Uptime Kuma.
  • Reimagining LinkedIn’s search tech stack: A very deep dive into how LinkedIn is changing job search in their stack.
  • Valkey: The Future of Open Source In-Memory Data Stores: You had your chance, Redis.
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