Automate OpenStack using Ansible
Automate OpenStack using Ansible ajscanlas Tue, 02/21/2023 – 03:00 I demonstrated how I manage OpenStack using Terraform in my previous article. Using Terraform as Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a significant advantage, but it also requires the staff to support it. Sometimes, all you really need is the ability to provision infrastructure as timed resources, with no intention of building lasting data structures. When I design a...
My favorite open source tools for personal finance
My favorite open source tools for personal finance Don Watkins Tue, 02/21/2023 – 03:00 There are tons of open source personal finance apps out there. These apps are useful because they help you take control of your finances. I find it much easier to use an app rather than a spreadsheet or a ledger. Here are some of my favorite apps. GnuCash GnuCash is a popular open source personal finance or small business accounting program...
4 questions open source engineers should ask to mitigate risk at scale
4 questions open source engineers should ask to mitigate risk at scale kathryn.xtang@… Mon, 02/20/2023 – 03:00 At Shopify, we use and maintain a lot of open source projects, and every year we prepare for Black Friday Cyber Monday (BFCM) and other high-traffic events to make sure our merchants can sell to their buyers. To do this, we built an infrastructure platform at a large scale that is highly complex, interconnected,...
Kubernetes policy engines: OPA vs. Kyverno vs. jsPolicy
Kubernetes policy engines: OPA vs. Kyverno vs. jsPolicy JosephEshiett Mon, 02/20/2023 – 03:00 A Kubernetes policy engine is essential for keeping your cluster safe and ensuring policies are set correctly at the outset. For example, you probably need a policy to control who has the authority to set a privileged pod. These engines define what end users can do on the cluster and ensure that clusters can communicate. Any time a...
What does ChatGPT mean for the open source community?
What does ChatGPT mean for the open source community? sethkenlon Sat, 02/18/2023 – 03:00 Machine learning and “artificial intelligence” is on a lot of people’s minds right now, largely because of ChatGPT. With its widely-available public demonstration, the not-so-aptly named OpenAI group (ChatGPT is not open source) has shown the public that when you point a whole cloud of computing power back at the internet,...
Stargaze from the web browser with an open source planetarium
Stargaze from the web browser with an open source planetarium cherrybomb Fri, 02/17/2023 – 03:00 If you’ve seen the news recently, you’ll have noticed many articles on the comet with the green tail (C/2022 E3) that will only come once in a lifetime for everyone to see. In theory, you can see the comet through a telescope across several days, but I don’t own a telescope. So my window to see the comet was down to...
