Matt Iavarone
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Matt Iavarone
@matt-iavarone.bsky.social
I love technology but hate social media. I mostly just read news but occasionally post things that get no engagement. Open-source, cybersecurity, enterprise infrastructure, AI stuff.
Least access is what cybersecurity is built on. This is the opposite of that.
cyberscoop.com/musk-doge-op...
Cybersecurity, government experts are aghast at security failures in DOGE takeover
Elon Musk’s takeover of key systems across the government is ignoring decades of laws, regulations and procedures, experts told CyberScoop.
cyberscoop.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
How much more efficient is copy than bulk insert in Postgres (batches of 100)? Loading log files by insert: consistently over 50% CPU, copy ~5% CPU. Overall everything has improved, including disk and network throughput.
January 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
So, Microsoft is announcing more layoffs and I'd like to make my first post a thread about how stupid and short sighted it is.

First, this is very typical of Microsoft, following the very stupid rank and yank philosophy of Jack Welch, whose ideas and systems should have died long before he did.
January 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM