N Wharton

Very Random

(free for now) 2.0 new: https://gemini.google.com
(for screensharing): https://aistudio.google.com/live
(for research/podcasts): https://notebooklm.google.com
(free for now): https://chatgpt.com
(free): https://www.perplexity.ai
Interesting: Ilya Sutskever: Reasoning can make AI, “less predictible” (🤯) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yvBqasHLZs

K8s “simplified” docs (open source project): https://kubespec.dev
WASM containers can theoretically start faster than distro-less Docker containers (no user-space OS setup), maybe making them useful for serverless apps. Security is uncertain. Compilation to WASM perhaps a pain. A technology to watch, at least.
Docker on an Intel Mac runs a Linux VM (LinuxKit) with just the kernel (for x86_64-based containers). Only userspace goes in a container.
Docker on an M1+ Mac, uses QEMU for virtualization of x86_64 containers (slower 😢).
Buildpacks: https://paketo.io
pack cli tool to create images from buildpacks https://buildpacks.io

useful web server config tool: https://ssl-config.mozilla.org
current primary concerns with quantum computers concern potential(?) TLS key exchange / asymmetric cryptography.

DON’T use networksolutions.com as a domain registrar: dark patterns abound(!)
- 3 unnecessary days to get an authorization code emailed to transfer a domain to another registrar.
- 5-7 additional unnecessary days to wait for confirmation of a transfer after the authorization code was processed by the registrar.
python: convert various files to markdown library: https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown
cool private sharing: https://bitwarden.com/products/send
python package mgmt/venvs https://github.com/astral-sh/uv
python PR library https://github.com/cased/supersonic