Building a scalable and reliable e-commerce platform requires more than just a functional storefront. You need robust infrastructure for handling traffic, collecting performance metrics, and visualizing system health. In this post, we’ll explore how to leverage three powerful open-source tools—Nginx, Prometheus, and Grafana—to achieve just that. Our e-commerce platform project includes a backend (likely Node.js,…
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EPA closes loophole allowing temporary gas turbines, forcing hyperscalers to acquire permits and meet federal air quality standards immediately.
We Hardened Ubuntu 24.04 for Security Tools (And Broke Everything First) We maintain HailBytes reNgine, a web recon platform. Wanted to deploy hardened golden images to AWS and Azure following industry benchmarks. Should be simple. Run hardening script, create AMI, done. Except our scanning tools immediately stopped working. 🔥 # Our “secure” kernel settings: kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled…
Introduction I am currently working on a project that relies heavily on multiple AI features built on Stable Diffusion models. The AI team uses ComfyUI and ComfyUI-api as the workflow orchestrator for Stable Diffusion. This allows them to design and optimise workflows visually in ComfyUI, then export each AI feature as a workflow definition (in…
You’ve probably heard AI is taking over the world – but here’s the dirty secret: most AI models are shockingly fragile. I’m talking ‘one pixel change breaks everything’ fragile. Today we’ll cover what AI actually is, how machine learning works, and then I’ll show you the fundamental attacks that can break almost any AI system….
Mac Tahoe (in Beta as of the time of this writing) has this new feature called Edge Light that basically puts a bright picture of an Edge Light around your screen and basically uses the power of OLED to give you a virtual ring light. So I was like, why can’t we also have nice…
I use my webcam constantly for streaming and I’m pretty familiar with all the internals and how the camera model on Windows works. I also use OBS extensively, so I regularly use the OBS virtual camera and flow everything through Open Broadcasting Studio. For my podcast, I use Zencastr which is a web-based app that…
Image: ThisisEngineering (Unsplash) Tech salaries remain high as 2026 begins, especially for roles tied to cloud infrastructure, data, and security. While hiring has cooled in some corners of the industry, companies continue to pay a premium for people who can design systems, protect networks, and turn data into decisions. Pay levels offer a useful signal…
