Hacker News with Generative AI: Upgrades

A major Postgres upgrade with zero downtime (instantdb.com)
Right before Christmas we discovered that our Aurora Postgres instance needed a major version upgrade. We found a great essay by the Lyft team, showing how they ran their upgrade with about 7 minutes of downtime.

Databases, Postgres, Upgrades

249 points by stopachka 23 days ago | 76 comments

Go Upgrade Checklist (hakann.substack.com)
Upgrading your service to a new golang major release is supposed to be a painless process thanks to the Go 1 promise of compatibility. However, there can always be small issues around security updates, packages, tools, linters, etc. If you have an uncritical standalone service, it is probably best to upgrade and see if everything works as expected.

Go, Programming, Software Development, Security, Upgrades

56 points by hakann 50 days ago | 19 comments

Framework Laptop 16 Dual M.2 Adapter Expansion Bay Module (frame.work)
Upgrade your Framework Laptop 16 with two additional M.2 modules in sizes from 2230 to 2280.

Hardware, Laptops, Upgrades, Customization

40 points by bijoo 67 days ago | 7 comments

Raspberry Pi CM5 is a faster, drop-in upgrade (jeffgeerling.com)
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 is smaller than a credit card, and I already have it gaming in 4K with an eGPU, running a Kubernetes cluster, and I even upgraded my NEC Commercial display from a CM4 to CM5, just swapping the Compute Modules!

Raspberry Pi, Hardware, Upgrades, Computing

197 points by ingve 86 days ago | 113 comments

Apple Mac Mini has removable upgradeable storage [video] (youtube.com)

Apple, Hardware, Upgrades, Storage

16 points by nodesocket 105 days ago | 3 comments

MacBook Air now starts with 16GB of RAM at the same prices, same M2 and M3 chips (twitter.com)

MacBook, Apple Products, Hardware, Upgrades, Technology

7 points by tosh 114 days ago | 0 comments

M-series MacBook SSD storage upgrade (non-official) [video] (youtube.com)

MacBook, Hardware, Upgrades, Video

18 points by gessha 116 days ago | 16 comments

Dell XPS13 RAM Upgrade (gregdavill.com)
I’d recently bought a new XPS13 7390 (non 2-in-1) laptop. I had bought the 8GB variant, how hard could it be to upgrade?

Hardware, Laptops, Dell, Upgrades, DIY

77 points by fanf2 143 days ago | 50 comments

Upgrading from Linux Mint 21.3 to 22: failure and success (paoloamoroso.com)

Linux, Operating Systems, Upgrades, Tutorials

8 points by devonnull 202 days ago | 4 comments

Postgres major version upgrades with minimal downtime (xata.io)

Postgres, Databases, Upgrades, Downtime

38 points by todsacerdoti 218 days ago | 8 comments

Apple Users Are Keeping Their Devices for Longer as Upgrades Slow (macrumors.com)

Apple, Consumer Technology, Product Lifecycles, Upgrades

34 points by virgildotcodes 226 days ago | 110 comments

Migrating from Java 8 to Java 17: A Comprehensive Guide to New Features (igorstechnoclub.com)