Cloudflare Clef and Strands Decider: Decision Models for AI Agents Explained
Cloudflare Clef (27B, 9B Flash) and Amazon Strands Decider 2B are small Apache 2.0 decision models. How they work, where they fit in agent loops, and cost.
eBPF for Observability: How Kernel-Level Tracing Replaced Traditional APM
eBPF observability, updated October 2026: OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI) v0.13, Tetragon 1.7, Cilium 1.19, Parca, Pixie and kernel 7.x.
gRPC vs REST vs GraphQL vs Connect: API Protocol Comparison 2026
gRPC vs REST vs GraphQL vs Connect compared at the wire level for October 2026: framing, caching, streaming, browsers and a decision matrix.
Time-Series Database Internals: InfluxDB 3, TimescaleDB, and QuestDB Under the Hood
Time series database internals compared: InfluxDB 3 Core and Enterprise, TigerData TimescaleDB and QuestDB, with updated October 2026 facts.
CoAP Protocol Deep Dive: Constrained Application Protocol for Low-Power IoT in 2026
CoAP protocol explained for 2026: message format, Observe, block-wise transfer, DTLS 1.3, OSCORE, EDHOC, LwM2M and when to pick MQTT instead.
IoT Device Monitoring: Observability Architecture, Metrics and Fleet Management (2026)
IoT device monitoring for fleets in 2026: presence, OpenTelemetry on constrained devices, twin drift, SLO alerts and cardinality budgets, with verified sources.
Xiaomi MiMo V2.6 Pro Explained: Open Weights, Architecture and Benchmarks
Xiaomi MiMo V2.6 Pro open weights explained: what is disclosed on architecture and training, Artificial Analysis index score, license, and local deployment.
AVEVA and Snowflake: IT/OT Data Unification Architecture for Industrial AI
AVEVA and Snowflake announced a collaboration to unify IT/OT data for industrial AI. What is confirmed, a reference data flow, and alternatives.
PostgreSQL 19 Release Guide: Logical Replication, WAL Level and Upgrade Plan
PostgreSQL 19 beta guide: sequence replication, dynamic WAL level, new monitoring views, breaking changes, and a pg_upgrade or logical replication upgrade plan.
Kubernetes 1.37 Memory QoS and Pod-Level Resource Managers Beta Explained
Kubernetes 1.37 brings Memory QoS and pod-level resource managers to beta. cgroup v2 memory.high behavior, throttling risks and tuning guidance.