Hacker News with Generative AI: Cloud Computing

Show HN: An MCP Server for Understanding AWS Costs (ycombinator.com)
Hey all - I work at Vantage, a FinOps platform.<p>I know AI is peak hype right now. But it has definitely changed some of our dev workflows already. So we wanted to find a way to let our customers experiment with how they can use AI to make their cloud cost management work more productive.
Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, FinOps, AWS
14 points by StratusBen 14 hours ago | 3 comments
UIT – performant, modular, low-memory file processing at scale, in the Cloud (github.com/janwilmake)
UIT is a library for performant, modular, low-memory file processing at scale, in the Cloud. It works by offering a 4-step process to gather a file hierarchy from any desired modality, apply filters and transformations, and output it in any desired modality.
Cloud Computing, Software, File Processing, Libraries
28 points by janwilmake 14 hours ago | 3 comments
What If We Could Rebuild Kafka from Scratch? (morling.dev)
The last few days I spent some time digging into the recently announced KIP-1150 ("Diskless Kafka"), as well AutoMQ’s Kafka fork, tightly integrating Apache Kafka and object storage, such as S3. Following the example set by WarpStream, these projects aim to substantially improve the experience of using Kafka in cloud environments, providing better elasticity, drastically reducing cost, and paving the way towards native lakehouse integration.
Kafka, Cloud Computing, Software, Distributed Systems, Apache
214 points by mpweiher 23 hours ago | 187 comments
Observability 2.0 and the Database for It (greptime.com)
Observability 2.0 is a concept introduced by Charity Majors of Honeycomb, though she later expressed reservations about labeling it as such(follow-up).
Observability, Databases, Software, Cloud Computing
121 points by todsacerdoti 1 day ago | 50 comments
Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source (cncf.io)
When a company contributes a project to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), it’s not just sharing code—it’s making a commitment to the open source community.
Open Source, Cloud Computing, Security, Software Engineering
114 points by tomncooper 2 days ago | 34 comments
Hyperscaling Have I Been Pwned with Cloudflare Workers and Caching (troyhunt.com)
I've spent more than a decade now writing about how to make Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) fast. Really fast. Fast to the extent that sometimes, it was even too fast:
Security, Performance Optimization, Cloud Computing, Web Development
53 points by todsacerdoti 3 days ago | 66 comments
Hybrid Cloud – The Worst Possible Option (adatosystems.com)
The sheer horrific nature of hybrid networking might not be intuitively obvious to folks reading this because we live and breathe in a technical context every day. So let me draw a parallel that might make it clearer: hybrid cars.
Cloud Computing, Hybrid Systems, Networking, Technology
4 points by shlomo_z 3 days ago | 0 comments
Microsoft's Platform Engineering Guide (microsoft.com)
Learn how platform engineering teams can use building blocks from Microsoft and other vendors to create deeply personalized, optimized, and secure developer experiences.
Platform Engineering, Microsoft, Cloud Computing, Developer Experience
5 points by azhenley 3 days ago | 0 comments
Vercel Slams LaLiga Piracy Blocks as "Unaccountable Internet Censorship" (torrentfreak.com)
Cloud-based web application platform Vercel is among the latest companies to find their servers blocked in Spain due to LaLiga's ongoing IPTV anti-piracy campaign.
Internet Censorship, Piracy, Spain, Web Development, Cloud Computing
9 points by gslin 3 days ago | 0 comments
Launch HN: Infra.new (YC W23) – DevOps copilot with guardrails built in (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN, we’re Caleb, Michael, and Josh, the founders of infra.new (https://infra.new/), a DevOps Copilot that can configure and deploy apps on AWS, GCP, and Azure using Terraform and GitHub Actions.
DevOps, Cloud Computing, Startups, YC
55 points by TankeJosh 4 days ago | 35 comments
Ask HN: Has anyone used Riak? Thoughts? (ycombinator.com)
I’ve just stumbled upon RIAK. It seems like a very cool technology. Almost like an alternative to kubernetes. Has anyone used it in production? Why isn’t it more well known? It seems like an awesome solution.
Databases, Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing, Open Source
10 points by ag_rin 4 days ago | 14 comments
Oracle hopes talk of cloud data theft dies off. CISA just resurrected it (theregister.com)
CISA – the US government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – has issued an alert for those who missed Oracle grudgingly admitting some customer data was stolen from the database giant's public cloud infrastructure.
Cybersecurity, Data Security, Oracle, Cloud Computing, Government
8 points by LinuxBender 4 days ago | 0 comments
The Future of Compute: Nvidia's Crown Is Slipping (mohitdagarwal.substack.com)
Demand consolidation, changing compute mix, custom silicon, and distributed training will hurt NVIDIA's pole position.
Nvidia, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Computing
142 points by wilson090 4 days ago | 120 comments
Amazon has paused some data center lease commitments (cnbc.com)
Amazon, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Business
4 points by mfiguiere 4 days ago | 0 comments
Running WebAssembly with containerd, crun, and WasmEdge on Kubernetes (ycombinator.com)
I recently wrote a blog walking through how to run WebAssembly (WASM) containers using containerd, crun, and WasmEdge inside a local Kubernetes cluster.
WebAssembly, Kubernetes, Containers, Cloud Computing, Open Source
9 points by sonichigo 5 days ago | 0 comments
Getting forked by Microsoft (philiplaine.com)
Three years ago, I was part of a team responsible for developing and maintaining Kubernetes clusters for end user customers.
Kubernetes, Microsoft, Cloud Computing
1834 points by phillebaba 5 days ago | 997 comments
Achieveing lower latencies with S3 object storage (spiraldb.com)
Over the past 19 years (S3 was launched on March 14th 2006, as the first public AWS service), object storage has become the gold standard for storing large amounts of data in the cloud. It's reliable, reasonably cheap, reasonably fast, and requires no special incantations to deploy. Best of all, it offers a straightforward HTTP-based interface with clear semantics (see NFS horrors).
Cloud Computing, Storage, Performance Optimization
31 points by znpy 7 days ago | 23 comments
Amazon Web Services dark patterns (2024) (lapcatsoftware.com)
In April, a StopTheMadness Pro customer contacted me about an incompatibility with the Amazon Web Services Management Console. I had never used AWS before, but I noticed that it has a free tier, so I decided to sign up in order to debug the incompatibility. The first AWS dark pattern is that the free tier still requires payment information, e.g., a credit card number.
Cloud Computing, User Experience, Dark Patterns
28 points by latexr 7 days ago | 16 comments
arXiv moving from Cornell servers to Google Cloud (arxiv.org)
arXiv is part of Cornell Tech, the graduate campus and research center of Cornell University. All arXiv employees are Cornell University employees.
Science, Academia, Cloud Computing, Cornell University
225 points by ColinWright 8 days ago | 158 comments
Reflections on Unikernels (recoil.org)
Unikernels are single-purpose appliances where an application is linked with everything that it needs, including kernel drivers, into a single binary which can be run in the cloud.
Operating Systems, Cloud Computing, Virtualization
10 points by todsacerdoti 8 days ago | 1 comments
Google and AWS say it's too hard for customers to use Linux to dodge Azure (theregister.com)
When moving to the cloud, companies with significant investments in Microsoft infrastructure wares simply can't afford to rewrite everything for Linux, so they end up migrating to Azure to dodge the markups Redmond charges for running its server software in competitors' clouds.
Cloud Computing, Microsoft Azure, Linux, Google Cloud
7 points by rntn 9 days ago | 0 comments
Europe's cloud customers eyeing exit from US hyperscalers (theregister.com)
Are customers on the European side of the pond considering a move from US hyperscalers in the wake of recent events? Some of the region's vendors are reporting an uptick in inquiries as organizations mull their options.
Cloud Computing, Europe, Data Security, Business, Technology
23 points by rntn 9 days ago | 2 comments
Heroku migrated PostgreSQL databases to Amazon Aurora (amazon.com)
In this post, we discuss how Heroku migrated their multi-tenant PostgreSQL database fleet from self-managed PostgreSQL on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition.
Cloud Computing, Databases, PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Heroku
6 points by mariuz 9 days ago | 0 comments
AWS claims 50% of Azure workloads would jump ship if licensing costs allowed (theregister.com)
AWS estimates that half of the workloads Microsoft enterprise customers run on Azure would migrate to its own datacenters if only the licensing costs of doing so were not prohibitively high and a competitive deterrent.
Cloud Computing, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Licensing Costs, Enterprise
5 points by pseudolus 9 days ago | 4 comments
OVH Currently Experiencing an Outage (ycombinator.com)
Don't have a good link yet but the cloud portal is down and users in various datacentres are reporting that their servers are down.
Cloud Computing, Outages, Server Downtime
17 points by DC-3 9 days ago | 5 comments
Earthly Shutting Down Earthfiles (earthly.dev)
In the next three months, we will be phasing out our Earthly Satellite commercial services, including the Earthly Cloud Satellites, Self-Hosted Satellites, and BYOC Satellites, together with their respective free tiers. We are also phasing out Earthly Cloud Secrets and Logs.
Cloud Computing, SaaS, Shutdowns, Software
11 points by brandonschurman 10 days ago | 0 comments
AWS claims 50% of Azure workloads would jump ship if licensing costs allowed (theregister.com)
AWS estimates that half of the workloads Microsoft enterprise customers run on Azure would migrate to its own datacenters if only the licensing costs of doing so were not prohibitively high and a competitive deterrent.
Cloud Computing, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Licensing Costs, Competition
4 points by LinuxBender 10 days ago | 0 comments
Why Cloudflare Is the Perfect Infrastructure for Building AI Applications (reconfigured.io)
You know that feeling when you find the perfect tool for a job? That's how I feel about Cloudflare right now. If you've been following along, I recently wrote about the challenges of implementing a remote MCP server because of its stateful nature. Today, I want to share why Cloudflare has become my infrastructure provider of choice for the AI age.
Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Infrastructure, Software
31 points by mxschumacher 10 days ago | 10 comments
10k Times Faster, 10k Times Simpler (tailscale.com)
Fifteen years ago, achieving meaningful computing power required racks of servers, endless cooling and no small amount of hubris.
Networking, Cloud Computing, Software
16 points by ingve 11 days ago | 3 comments
Cloud Exit Is Real: Why Cloud Economics Break Down at Scale (simplyblock.io)
When I wrote “Why Companies Are Ditching the Cloud: The Rise of Cloud Repatriation” last year, the idea of moving workloads off the public cloud still felt somewhat radical in mainstream infrastructure circles. But the response surprised me—especially on Hacker News, where the community shared their own struggles with rising cloud bills, vendor lock-in, and the loss of architectural control.
Cloud Computing, Economics, Technology, Business
18 points by panrobo 11 days ago | 8 comments