Hacker News with Generative AI: Cloud Computing

Tell HN: Camelgate NPM Outage (Cloudflare) (ycombinator.com)
EDIT: Back online?!<p>NPM discussion: https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/8203<p>NPM incident: https://status.npmjs.org/incidents/hdtkrsqp134s<p>Cloudflare messaging: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/gshczn1wxh74<p>GitHub issue: https://github.com/sindresorhus/camelcase/issues/114<p>Anyone experiencing npm outage that's more than just the referenced camelcase package?
Software, Web Development, Cloud Computing, Networking
108 points by bavarianbob 15 hours ago | 29 comments
Systems Correctness Practices at AWS: Leveraging Formal and Semi-Formal Methods (queue.acm.org)
AWS (Amazon Web Services) strives to deliver reliable services that customers can trust completely.
Systems Correctness, Cloud Computing, AWS, Software Engineering, Formal Methods
145 points by yarapavan 16 hours ago | 42 comments
AWS S3 sync does not sync all the files (github.com/aws)
We have several hundred thousand files and S3 reliably syncs files. However, we have noticed that there were several files which were changed about a year ago and those are different but do not sync or update.
Cloud Computing, AWS, S3, Software, File Synchronization
15 points by pera 21 hours ago | 2 comments
Self-Hosting like it's 2025 (kiranet.org)
In recent years, self-hosting has emerged as a popular alternative to data-collecting, big-brother services.
Self-Hosting, Privacy, Technology, Cloud Computing
207 points by finnlab 21 hours ago | 213 comments
Oracle Cloud security SNAFU latest: IT giant's pedantry as evidence vanishes (theregister.com)
Two Oracle data security breaches have been reported in the past week, and the database goliath not only remains reluctant to acknowledge the disasters publicly – it may be scrubbing the web of evidence, too.
Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Oracle, Data Breaches
6 points by rntn 1 day ago | 0 comments
Oracle attempt to hide cybersecurity incident from customers? (doublepulsar.com)
Being a provider of cloud SaaS (Software-as-a-service) solutions requires certain cybersecurity responsibilities — including being transparent and open. The moment where this is tested at Oracle has arrived, as they have a serious cybersecurity incident playing out in a service they manage for customers.
Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Oracle, SaaS
624 points by 2bluesc 2 days ago | 125 comments
Amazon introduces Nova Chat (aboutamazon.com)
Amazon makes it easier for developers and tech enthusiasts to explore Amazon Nova, its advanced Gen AI models
Amazon, Generative AI, AI Models, Cloud Computing, Tech
77 points by ao98 2 days ago | 54 comments
Show HN: Cloud-Ready Postgres MCP Server (github.com/stuzero)
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for PostgreSQL databases with enhanced capabilities for AI agents.
Cloud Computing, Databases, AI, PostgreSQL
164 points by spennant 3 days ago | 78 comments
Europe's Battle for Tech Sovereignty: Why OpenStack Matters [video] (vpetersson.com)
In this timely conversation with Johan Christenson, founder of Cleura and board member of OpenInfra (overseeing Kata Containers and OpenStack), we dive into Europe’s growing urgency around digital sovereignty and what it will actually take to build a competitive, homegrown cloud ecosystem.
Europe, Open Source, Cloud Computing, Technology, Digital Sovereignty
14 points by mvip 4 days ago | 1 comments
Operationalizing Macaroons (fly.io)
We’re Fly.io, a security bearer token company with a public cloud problem. You can read more about what our platform does (Docker container goes in, virtual machine in Singapore comes out), but this is just an engineering deep-dive into how we make our security tokens work. It’s a tokens nerd post.
Security, Cloud Computing, Engineering
24 points by todsacerdoti 5 days ago | 5 comments
US Govt is upselling AWS as a PaaS? (cloud.gov)
You purchase access to cloud.gov by buying a tier with enough credits to support your needs. Credits can be spent on application memory or managed cloud services like databases.
Government, Cloud Computing, AWS, PaaS
13 points by besus 5 days ago | 12 comments
Three Chapters at Cloudflare: Programmer to CTO to Board of Directors (cloudflare.com)
Today, after more than 13 years at the company, I am joining Cloudflare’s board of directors and retiring from my full-time position as CTO.
Cloud Computing, Careers, Leadership
29 points by jgrahamc 5 days ago | 8 comments
It's five grand a day to miss our S3 exit (world.hey.com)
We're spending just shy of $1.5 million/year on AWS S3 at the moment to host files for Basecamp, HEY, and everything else.
Cloud Computing, Costs, Business, Software, SaaS
12 points by taubek 6 days ago | 1 comments
Microsoft Abandons More Data Center Projects (datacenterknowledge.com)
Microsoft has walked away from new data center projects in the US and Europe that had been set to consume 2 GW of electricity, according to TD Cowen analysts, who attributed the pullback to an oversupply of the clusters of computers that power artificial intelligence.
Microsoft, Data Centers, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing
41 points by WaitWaitWha 6 days ago | 0 comments
It's five grand a day to miss our S3 exit (world.hey.com)
We're spending just shy of $1.5 million/year on AWS S3 at the moment to host files for Basecamp, HEY, and everything else.
Cloud Computing, SaaS, Business, Costs
186 points by ksec 6 days ago | 172 comments
Building a Linux Container Runtime from Scratch (edera.dev)
Edera Protect is a suite of offerings bridging the gap between modern cloud native computing and virtualization-based security techniques. To power this platform, we've built our own container runtime designed to operate as a microservice, allowing it to run containers in a fully programmatic way—similar to how the Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface (CRI) enables container management through microservices.
Linux, Container Runtimes, Cloud Computing, Security, Microservices
217 points by curmudgeon22 6 days ago | 65 comments
Oracle customers confirm data stolen in alleged cloud breach is valid (bleepingcomputer.com)
Despite Oracle denying a breach of its Oracle Cloud federated SSO login servers and the theft of account data for 6 million people, BleepingComputer has confirmed with multiple companies that associated data samples shared by the threat actor are valid.
Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Oracle, Cloud Computing
345 points by el_duderino 6 days ago | 82 comments
Dagger: A shell for the container age (dagger.io)
The Unix shell is over 50 years old, but it still defines how programmers use their computers. We type a few words in a terminal, and milliseconds later an ephemeral factory comes online: the Unix pipeline. Data streams through a network of simple programs working concurrently, like robots on the factory floor, executing a computational choreography we composed seconds ago. Its job done, the factory vanishes. Onto the next command. That loop built the internet, and still runs it today.
Command Line, Operating Systems, Programming, Cloud Computing, DevOps
199 points by gk1 6 days ago | 120 comments
Reducing Cloud Spend: Migrating Logs from CloudWatch to Iceberg with Postgres (crunchydata.com)
As a database service provider, we store a number of logs internally to audit and oversee what is happening within our systems.
Cloud Computing, Cost Optimization, Data Storage, Databases, Logging
11 points by rubiquity 7 days ago | 0 comments
You have 5 days before the new DockerHub limits hit you (blacksmith.sh)
Docker Hub is about to implement much stricter pull rate limits starting April 1st, 2025. If you're running CI/CD pipelines—especially on self-hosted runners—this could hurt.
Docker, DevOps, CI/CD, Cloud Computing, Software Development
9 points by furkansahin 7 days ago | 1 comments
Colossus: How we deliver SSD performance at HDD prices (cloud.google.com)
From YouTube and Gmail to BigQuery and Cloud Storage, almost all of Google’s products depend on Colossus, our foundational distributed storage system.
Cloud Computing, Storage, Google, Hardware, Distributed Systems
7 points by caution 7 days ago | 0 comments
Oblivus Is Acquired by Skyportal (oblivus.com)
Oblivus is now part of Skyportal - NVIDIA H200s now available and GB200s coming soon. Contact us!
Acquisitions, Cloud Computing, NVIDIA, Hardware
23 points by thomcrowe 7 days ago | 5 comments
I save cloud costs by hosting local AI (autonomous.ai)
Meet Vanta. Powered by RTX 4090, delivers up to 1.32 petaflop of AI performance in a power-efficient, and futuristic form factor.
Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Performance
6 points by brody_slade_ai 7 days ago | 1 comments
The surreal joy of having an overprovisioned homelab (xeiaso.net)
Making sure you're not a bot!
Home Labs, Technology, Hobby, Cloud Computing
67 points by zdw 7 days ago | 41 comments
GSA Announces FedRAMP 20x (gsa.gov)
Implementing a new approach to accelerate cloud adoption
Government, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing
21 points by duck 7 days ago | 3 comments
Open-sourcing OpenPubkey SSH (OPKSSH): integrating single sign-on with SSH (cloudflare.com)
OPKSSH makes it easy to SSH with single sign-on technologies like OpenID Connect, thereby removing the need to manually manage and configure SSH keys. It does this without adding a trusted party other than your identity provider (IdP).
Security, Open Source, SSH, Single Sign-On, Cloud Computing
275 points by PranaFlux 8 days ago | 149 comments
Serverless Functions Post-Mortem (matduggan.com)
Around 2016, the term "serverless functions" started to take off in the tech industry. In short order, it was presented as the undeniable future of infrastructure. It's the ultimate solution to redundancy, geographic resilience, load balancing and autoscaling. Never again would we need to patch, tweak or monitor an application. The cloud providers would do it, all we had to do is hit a button and deploy to internet.
Serverless Functions, Cloud Computing, Software Development, Infrastructure, Technology
3 points by fanf2 8 days ago | 0 comments
Status as a Service (2019) (eugenewei.com)
Editor's Note 1: I have no editor.
Software, Web Development, Cloud Computing, 2019
81 points by simonebrunozzi 8 days ago | 37 comments
VMware turns its back on small businesses: 72-core license policy backlash (systemadministration.net)
VMware by Broadcom has officially declared war on small and mid-sized businesses with the rollout of its new licensing policy, set to take effect this April.
Software, Licensing, Business, VMware, Cloud Computing
47 points by walterbell 9 days ago | 38 comments
Despite evidence, Oracle Cloud denies break-in as pilfered info goes on sale (theregister.com)
Oracle has straight up denied claims by a miscreant that its public cloud offering has been compromised and information stolen.
Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Oracle, Data Breaches
17 points by rntn 9 days ago | 0 comments