Venkat
@venkatamutyala.com
Platform Engineer/CTO @ a PaaS startup.
Touching Apache HTTP Server since I was 12.
SQL since I was 15.
I'm also a "SQL expert" and can prove it.
Feel free to tag me with your DevOps/Platform/K8s questions!
AWS/GCP/Azure/DigitalOcean/Hetzner
Python/C#
Touching Apache HTTP Server since I was 12.
SQL since I was 15.
I'm also a "SQL expert" and can prove it.
Feel free to tag me with your DevOps/Platform/K8s questions!
AWS/GCP/Azure/DigitalOcean/Hetzner
Python/C#
I always thought Microsoft Azure and Azure support was bad but when compared to office365 it's actually a really good offering.
May 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I always thought Microsoft Azure and Azure support was bad but when compared to office365 it's actually a really good offering.
This is incredibly difficult to read @wordpress.org
April 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is incredibly difficult to read @wordpress.org
Hetzner is much easier to get compute resources from than compared to AWS. I'm trying to spin up 4 nodes in AWS with a total of 8vCPU's and i've been waiting on a service quota increase for 3 days now. In Hetzner the defaults are a lot higher and they generally approve quota increases in <24h
January 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Hetzner is much easier to get compute resources from than compared to AWS. I'm trying to spin up 4 nodes in AWS with a total of 8vCPU's and i've been waiting on a service quota increase for 3 days now. In Hetzner the defaults are a lot higher and they generally approve quota increases in <24h
If you use google workspace and don't maintain regular backups of your google drive, I recommend upgrading to the basic enterprise plan to get free access to "vault". It's not a proper backup solution, but it still saved me from having to redo some work today. Our retention configs are below:
January 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you use google workspace and don't maintain regular backups of your google drive, I recommend upgrading to the basic enterprise plan to get free access to "vault". It's not a proper backup solution, but it still saved me from having to redo some work today. Our retention configs are below:
Anyone deploying kubernetes using kubeadm? If so, any GitHub projects or wrappers that you would recommend over it?
#kubernetes #kubeadm #devops #platform #k8s
#kubernetes #kubeadm #devops #platform #k8s
December 29, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Anyone deploying kubernetes using kubeadm? If so, any GitHub projects or wrappers that you would recommend over it?
#kubernetes #kubeadm #devops #platform #k8s
#kubernetes #kubeadm #devops #platform #k8s
This week I have spent over 10 hours trying to order a new laptop for an employee from both Staples Canada AND Amazon Canada. Once again, it's an issue with both cross-border payments and/or fraud alarms going off. Last time, I had the same issue with CDW Canada. WHY IS THIS SOOOO DIFFICULT 😭😭😭
December 19, 2024 at 7:57 PM
This week I have spent over 10 hours trying to order a new laptop for an employee from both Staples Canada AND Amazon Canada. Once again, it's an issue with both cross-border payments and/or fraud alarms going off. Last time, I had the same issue with CDW Canada. WHY IS THIS SOOOO DIFFICULT 😭😭😭
Just attended a Hyderabad Postgres meetu hosted at AWS offices. It was a solid event and great networking with a room full of experts on Postgresql.
#swag #hyderabad #devops #databases #postgres #sql #pgedge #aws #samosas
#swag #hyderabad #devops #databases #postgres #sql #pgedge #aws #samosas
December 13, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Just attended a Hyderabad Postgres meetu hosted at AWS offices. It was a solid event and great networking with a room full of experts on Postgresql.
#swag #hyderabad #devops #databases #postgres #sql #pgedge #aws #samosas
#swag #hyderabad #devops #databases #postgres #sql #pgedge #aws #samosas
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Pretty accurate 🫣 how mighty google have fallen off the cliff 😅
December 12, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Pretty accurate 🫣 how mighty google have fallen off the cliff 😅
Upgraded to Kubernetes 1.30 earlier today, and hours later Kubernetes 1.32 dropped! 😅
I am back to being on a version that's soon to be unsupported.
I am back to being on a version that's soon to be unsupported.
December 12, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Upgraded to Kubernetes 1.30 earlier today, and hours later Kubernetes 1.32 dropped! 😅
I am back to being on a version that's soon to be unsupported.
I am back to being on a version that's soon to be unsupported.
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OK! I'm throwing this out there to get feedback -- who wants to come to an #atproto developer conference in March 2025?
#ATmosphereConf feedback form is live, let me know what you think!
#ATmosphereConf feedback form is live, let me know what you think!
Initial call for interest: want to get involved in an #atproto in-person conference, late March in the Pacific Northwest?
Read the info at atprotocol.dev/atmosphereco... and please fill out the form to give feedback
#ATmosphereConf
Read the info at atprotocol.dev/atmosphereco... and please fill out the form to give feedback
#ATmosphereConf
ATmosphere Conf
Planning for an in-person AT Protocol conference in the Pacific Northwest, late March 2025.
atprotocol.dev
December 10, 2024 at 10:22 PM
OK! I'm throwing this out there to get feedback -- who wants to come to an #atproto developer conference in March 2025?
#ATmosphereConf feedback form is live, let me know what you think!
#ATmosphereConf feedback form is live, let me know what you think!
I'm hanging out in India right now and it's surprisingly difficult to make payments as a foreigner. Even Google pay doesn't work as my account is USD.
December 10, 2024 at 9:55 AM
I'm hanging out in India right now and it's surprisingly difficult to make payments as a foreigner. Even Google pay doesn't work as my account is USD.
Whenever I take a year-old online course, I hit setup issues. My current course says to use the latest tool version, but I get a dozen errors. Downgrading is usually a total cluster F'k when I'm 2‑5 versions ahead. With DevBox, I downgraded in 60s and can now focus on learning.
#devbox #nix #nixhub
#devbox #nix #nixhub
November 24, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Choosing a wiki solution feels more difficult than picking a cloud provider.
November 18, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Choosing a wiki solution feels more difficult than picking a cloud provider.
DevBox is soooo coool. Unless I hit a blocker, I am switching over.
November 17, 2024 at 2:18 AM
DevBox is soooo coool. Unless I hit a blocker, I am switching over.
GitHub copilot has progressed soo much since it first came out. If you haven't used it since it's initial release I highly recommend you give it a go. #cursorkiller #aistartupkiller #github #copilot
November 16, 2024 at 6:06 AM
GitHub copilot has progressed soo much since it first came out. If you haven't used it since it's initial release I highly recommend you give it a go. #cursorkiller #aistartupkiller #github #copilot
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Bluesky DevOps rn
a man in a red shirt is leaning on a table with the words engineering to bridge written on the bottom
ALT: a man in a red shirt is leaning on a table with the words engineering to bridge written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Bluesky DevOps rn
Turns out this was PEBCAK. It appears we actually got #hetzner object storage working with #loki #thanos and #tempo. The costs savings are looking good! So far looks like it'll be about 1/10th of what we were spending on our dev/R&D costs in AWS. #devops #cloud #cloudengineering #developerplatforms
Just burned a few hours trying to list objects using Hetzner's beta Object storage. It appears this isn't possible right now: docs.hetzner.com/storage/obje... #devops #hetzner
List of supported actions - Hetzner Docs
docs.hetzner.com
November 12, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Turns out this was PEBCAK. It appears we actually got #hetzner object storage working with #loki #thanos and #tempo. The costs savings are looking good! So far looks like it'll be about 1/10th of what we were spending on our dev/R&D costs in AWS. #devops #cloud #cloudengineering #developerplatforms
Just burned a few hours trying to list objects using Hetzner's beta Object storage. It appears this isn't possible right now: docs.hetzner.com/storage/obje... #devops #hetzner
List of supported actions - Hetzner Docs
docs.hetzner.com
November 3, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Just burned a few hours trying to list objects using Hetzner's beta Object storage. It appears this isn't possible right now: docs.hetzner.com/storage/obje... #devops #hetzner
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I'm watching some folks reverse engineer the xz backdoor, sharing some *preliminary* analysis with permission.
The hooked RSA_public_decrypt verifies a signature on the server's host key by a fixed Ed448 key, and then passes a payload to system().
It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unreplayable.
The hooked RSA_public_decrypt verifies a signature on the server's host key by a fixed Ed448 key, and then passes a payload to system().
It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unreplayable.
This might be the best executed supply chain attack we've seen described in the open, and it's a nightmare scenario: malicious, competent, authorized upstream in a widely used library.
Looks like this got caught by chance. Wonder how long it would have taken otherwise.
Looks like this got caught by chance. Wonder how long it would have taken otherwise.
Woah. Backdoor in liblzma targeting ssh servers.
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-se...
It has everything: malicious upstream, masterful obfuscation, detection due to performance degradation, inclusion in OpenSSH via distro patches for systemd support…
Now I’m curious what it does in RSA_public_decrypt
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-se...
It has everything: malicious upstream, masterful obfuscation, detection due to performance degradation, inclusion in OpenSSH via distro patches for systemd support…
Now I’m curious what it does in RSA_public_decrypt
March 30, 2024 at 5:13 PM
I'm watching some folks reverse engineer the xz backdoor, sharing some *preliminary* analysis with permission.
The hooked RSA_public_decrypt verifies a signature on the server's host key by a fixed Ed448 key, and then passes a payload to system().
It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unreplayable.
The hooked RSA_public_decrypt verifies a signature on the server's host key by a fixed Ed448 key, and then passes a payload to system().
It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unreplayable.
Reposted by Venkat
at bluesky we practice "mostly deploy fridays"
if anyone on the team expresses dismay at this, we say "what do you work at google?" and press the button
if anyone on the team expresses dismay at this, we say "what do you work at google?" and press the button
you know what they say: don’t launch on Fridays (except if it’s a massive rebranding of your entire app, in which case make sure it’s the Friday before Christmas)
December 22, 2023 at 8:29 PM
at bluesky we practice "mostly deploy fridays"
if anyone on the team expresses dismay at this, we say "what do you work at google?" and press the button
if anyone on the team expresses dismay at this, we say "what do you work at google?" and press the button