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Helping cloud infrastructure, dev tooling, data, security, and AI startups and new open source projects with PR, AR, content strategies. Cathey.co
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New version ships: "StarlingX is a fully-integrated cloud infrastructure platform, which includes core building blocks such as the #Linux kernel, Kubernetes and OpenStack, along with other #opensource components." www.networkworld.com/article/3834... @techjournalist.bsky.social

ExpressVPN gets faster and more secure, thanks to Rust www.zdnet.com/article/expr... by @sjvn.bsky.social via @zdnet.bsky.social Now written in #Rust, ExpressVPN is faster and more secure than ever. #VPN

Tetrate and Bloomberg Release Open Source Envoy AI Gateway, Built on CNCF's Envoy Gateway Project www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

Really getting a lot out of The Sequence on Substack. thesequence.substack.com It's accessible to mildly technical audiences, and it provides useful insights into current trends in AI and ML. Check it out!

This is a real statement put out by the real (interim) U.S. Attorney for D.C. It’s almost impressive just how much it gets so wrong in so few words.

STACKIT, @openinfra.org Silver Member & the cloud, colocation provider of Schwarz Group, has fully embraced digital sovereignty by leveraging #OpenStack, ensuring full control over data storage and processing while adhering to stringent legal requirements superuser.openinfra.org/articles/add...

The #FOSDEM video recording about the #OpenSourceAI Definition by Stefano Maffulli is now live: https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6724-an-introduction-to-the-open-source-ai-definition/

Which #AI systems pass the @opensource.org Open Source AI definition but *don't release* the training datasets? A dozen were analyzed; those that qualify *do release* them. Did anybody make a list of the exceptions? #OpenSource

There is a need to both maintain existing licensing frameworks and to innovate on novel licensing approaches. https://opensource.org/datagovernance #opensourceai

The declaration that 150 year olds are receiving Social Security benefits is a proof point of why children should not play with matches. Or COBOL.

Does New York Need a Climate Museum?

Trying to get some data on how prevalent the use of AI is in documenting code. Anyone have thoughts, resources, links? Thanks!

Serena Williams!

Congratulations to the United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) on its launch of UNIQCloud, a state-of-the-art cloud solution designed for the UN system and other international organizations, powered by #OpenStack www.unicc.org/news/2025/01...

Wow... January has already been the longest year ever.

Spacelift named a Digital Innovator by Intellyx: "The Spacelift platform addresses the quintessential platform team challenge: accelerating developer velocity while ensuring secure, reliable, and high-performance infrastructure." www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

I hate having to look at images on social media and *immediately* ask myself, "Is this AI-generated?" Then, I ask myself, "Is this AI is open source?" I'm doomed.

Yoko the swell shark was born in a habitat of all-female sharks who hadn't seen a male in years. The aquarium has two possible explanations — and hopes to get confirmation in the coming months.

stratechery.com/2025/deepsee... An interesting read. I especially enjoyed the part about why DeepSeek is OSS.

Looked out the window and was reminded that some things are beautiful.

The older I get, and the more conversations I overhear in coffee shops, the more I realize just how right Seth Godin was in "Tribes."

What does #opensource #AI mean? Join me and @maffulli.net, Executive Director of the #OSI @opensource.bsky.social, the steward of the Open Source Definition and new OSS AI definition #OSAID, for a live stream @openobservability.bsky.social 21 January: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIcv2YbFC6c

"This latest release introduces several long-awaited features that promise to enhance the efficiency and flexibility of infrastructure management for developers and DevOps teams while increasing its popularity." thenewstack.io/opentofu-tur... @sjvn.bsky.social @thenewstack.io @spacelift.io

New open source (MIT) terminal emulator. www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/01/...

I respect Danny DeVito. …like my dad respected Don Rickles.

When we talk about cloud costs, we often think of tech costs. But, as Ari Weil points out in this conversation with @swapnil.bsky.social, going all in on a given cloud presents challenges when you want to manage your people costs versus your managed service costs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW4K...

"Across 25.3 million miles, Waymo was involved in nine property damage claims and two bodily injury claims. The average human driving a similar distance would be expected to have 78 property damage and 26 bodily injury claims." www.theverge.com/2024/12/19/2...

"Hydrolix's collaboration with Akamai marked the genesis of the Powered by Hydrolix Partner Program. Together, the companies launched TrafficPeak, a managed observability service that has since been adopted by more than 300 customers." www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

I mean, if it's so insignificant, then why not just disclose it? This is PR 101: don't make unequivocal statements unless you're prepared to bring receipts. techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/s...

Feeling nostalgic for 2015.

'tis always the season for... David Sedaris www.npr.org/2021/12/23/1...

Studio Operator platform is based on the #opensource @starlingx.io project, which is part of the @openinfra.org, and integrates @openstack.org, @kubernetes.io, and Ceph to support network edge computing use cases. www.sdxcentral.com/articles/bro...

Based solely on the traffic, I’d say San Francisco is back.