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    The Tragedy of systemd

    The most-recommended balanced take on systemd, from a BSD perspective, handed to anyone caught up in the systemd debate.

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    Erlang Factory 2014 - That's 'Billion' with a 'B': Scaling to the Next Level at WhatsApp

    Erlang Solutions
    50k views • 12 years ago
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    Velocity NY 2013: Richard Cook, "Resilience In Complex Adaptive Systems"

    O'Reilly
    47k views • 13 years ago
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    AWS re:Invent 2016: Tuesday Night Live with James Hamilton

    Amazon Web Services
    133k views • 9 years ago
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    28c3: The Science of Insecurity

    28c3
    42k views • 14 years ago
    33:14

    Government Surveillance: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

    LastWeekTonight
    39M views • 11 years ago
    42:54

    Containers From Scratch • Liz Rice • GOTO 2018

    GOTO Conferences
    321k views • 8 years ago
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    DEF CON 22 - Deviant Ollam & Howard Payne - Elevator Hacking - From the Pit to the Penthouse

    DEFCONConference
    877k views • 11 years ago
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    Zebras All the Way Down - Bryan Cantrill, Uptime 2017

    Code & Supply
    49k views • 9 years ago

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    The Art of PostgreSQLDimitri Fontaine
    2019–2026

    The Art of PostgreSQL

    Dimitri Fontaine
    20 recommend · 25
    Cover of The Hacker Crackdown2008–2025

    The Hacker Crackdown

    Bruce Sterling
    35 recommend · 62
    Cover of Operating System Concepts2010–2025

    Operating System Concepts

    Abraham Silberschatz
    26 recommend · 59
    Cover of The UNIX-haters handbook2007–2026

    The UNIX-haters handbook

    Simson Garfinkel
    35 recommend · 116
    Cover of Silence on the Wire2008–2026

    Silence on the Wire

    Michal Zalewski
    29 recommend · 53
    Cover of Computer networking2012–2026

    Computer networking

    James F. Kurose
    30 recommend · 53
    Cover of The Dark Tower2007–2026

    The Dark Tower

    Stephen King
    27 recommend · 89
    Rust Atomics and LocksMara Bos
    2023–2026

    Rust Atomics and Locks

    Mara Bos
    18 recommend · 26
    Cover of The architecture of open source applications2011–2026

    The architecture of open source applications

    Amy Brown
    204 recommend · 257
    Cover of Crypto2008–2024

    Crypto

    Steven Levy
    26 recommend · 37
    Cover of Hacking the Xbox2010–2026

    Hacking the Xbox

    Andrew "Bunnie" Huang
    16 recommend · 23
    Unauthorized BreadCory Doctorow
    2019–2026

    Unauthorized Bread

    Cory Doctorow
    19 recommend · 46
    Cover of UNIX Power Tools2008–2026

    UNIX Power Tools

    Jerry Peek
    33 recommend · 76
    Cover of High stakes, no prisoners2007–2026

    High stakes, no prisoners

    Charles H. Ferguson
    18 recommend · 35

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    Mozilla Blogblog.mozilla.org2.2k people

    Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service

    Mozilla Blog
    Company · last shared 2026
    Errata Securityblog.erratasec.com357 people

    Extracting the SuperFish certificate

    Errata Security
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    Auth0 Blogauth0.com297 people

    Critical Vulnerabilities in JSON Web Token Libraries

    Auth0 Blog
    Company · last shared 2026
    bunnie Huangbunniestudios.com375 people

    Why I’m Suing the US Government

    bunnie Huang
    Personal · last shared 2026
    Adam Langleyimperialviolet.org346 people

    Apple's SSL/TLS bug

    Adam Langley
    Personal · last shared 2026
    The Morning Paperblog.acolyer.org606 people

    Local-first software: you own your data, in spite of the cloud

    The Morning Paper
    Personal · last shared 2026
    Discord Blogdiscord.com728 people

    How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017)

    Discord Blog
    Company · last shared 2026
    Google Operating Systemgooglesystem.blogspot.com311 people

    Google Apps drop support for IE9

    Google Operating System
    Publication · last shared 2025

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    Security Cryptography Whatever

    Deirdre Connolly, Thomas Ptacek, David Adrian