Linux is an open-source operating system whose use is increasing these days as a result of its stability, security, flexibility, the fact that many distributions are free, and many other factors. For the year 2025, statistics show a significant increase in the number of students from various fields, including engineering, computer science, medicine, and the social sciences and humanities, who are using Linux as their primary operating system. Therefore, to make it easier for these students or some others who have not yet started using Linux, but are considering it, below you will be able to find an extensive list…
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7 reasons—and exactly what to do insteadIt can feel “faster” to hand developers sysadmin. In reality, it’s like giving them the master key to your data center. Here’s why that’s risky, plus a concrete playbook for safer, faster delivery.1) It bypasses all securitysysadmin skips permission checks entirely and maps you to dbo in every database. You can’t meaningfully deny anything to a sysadmin.2) Audit & compliance become toothlessA sysadmin can read any data (PII/PHI), change auditing, clear traces, and hide their tracks—bad for GDPR/SOX/PCI and internal forensics.3) High blast radius for outagesServer-level settings (memory, MAXDOP, trace flags), DROP/ALTER DATABASE, killing…
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In the DevOps world, with its faster release cycles and continuous delivery, quality assurance (QA) cannot be sidelined until the end of the process. Companies that actively use automation achieve up to 60% faster release cycles compared to those relying solely on manual testing. However, automation alone is insufficient. Without the right QA mindset, moving faster can […]
Let’s say you’ve got some interactive element. This element works perfectly fine in just HTML, which is the foundation of progressive enhancement. And now, in your JavaScript, the functionality this button provides isn’t really necessary anymore, and your plan is to hide this element. What is the best way to accomplish this? I think it’s good to think of this abstractly, but if what I’ve presented above is so abstract that it makes it hard to think about, here are some examples: A “Load More” anchor link that loads the next set of items (i.e. Load More) which you don’t…
When it comes to securing the software supply chain, engineering teams often assume that the choice between building their own hardened images or buying a solution is straightforward…until they try to build the images themselves. As the programmer’s credo goes: “We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they’d be easy.” The decision […]
SSH (Secure Shell) is one of the most important tools for Linux system administrators and developers, as it allows you to securely log in to remote machines, run command-line programs, manage files, transfer data, forward ports, and even run GUI apps remotely. But here’s the catch → using SSH with default settings isn’t always safe, because hackers constantly scan the internet for open SSH ports and weak logins. That’s why learning how to properly configure and secure SSH is a must. In this guide, we’ll cover essential SSH configurations and security tips every Linux beginner should know to keep their…
I’ve been experimenting with local models for a while now, and the progress in making them accessible has been exciting. Initial experiences are often fantastic, many models, like Gemma 3 270M, are lightweight enough to run on common hardware. This potential for broad deployment is a major draw. However, as I’ve tried to build meaningful, specialized applications with these smaller models, I’ve consistently encountered challenges in achieving the necessary performance for complex tasks. For instance, in a recent experiment testing the tool-calling efficiency of various models, we observed that many local models (and even several remote ones) struggled to meet…
Shortcut this week added an artificial intelligence (AI) agent that is capable of orchestrating the planning, tracking and coordination of software projects. Company CEO Kurt Schrader said the Korey agent takes ideas described in natural language and converts them into structured, build-ready plans in seconds, including generating detailed specifications with clear acceptance criteria. It then […]
It’s 2 AM in a lab somewhere. A researcher has three terminals open, a half-written Jupyter notebook on one screen, an Excel sheet filled with sample IDs on another, and a half-eaten snack next to shell commands. They’re juggling scripts to run a protein folding model, parsing CSVs from the last experiment, searching for literature, and Googling whether that one Python package broke in the latest update, again. This isn’t the exception; it’s the norm. Scientific research today is a patchwork of tools, scripts, and formats, glued together by determination and late-night caffeine. Reproducibility is a wishlist item. Infrastructure is…