Woo hoo! fish 4.0.0 that contains the rust rewrite is finally out and stable! I have been using fish for a few weeks now and it’s really nice to not have to worry about 1000 Z shell plug-ins
https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/releases/tag/4.0.0
Why Wasm is winning on the security front!
thenewstack.io/the-feds-pus...
In early January, @thorstenhans.bsky.social joined the Chrome for Developers podcast to talk more about WebAssembly, Spin, StarlingMonkey (JS SDK), and more! We've written a blog about the episode that goes more in-depth: www.fermyon.com/blog/chrome-...
Spin and SpinKube, two projects @fermyon.com has been hard at work on for the last few years, are now officially in the @cncf.io! 🙌
www.fermyon.com/blog/spin-jo...
In a recent The New Stack article, B. Cameron Gain dives into the exciting improvements coming to Wasm, including the component model. @technosophos.bsky.social shares insights on how this model can elevate the binary format to new heights. Read more here: bit.ly/4aeeEMP
Microservices can be costly, but we can rewrite the design pattern to make them more efficient. This is where serverless functions can change things, as our CEO, @technosophos.bsky.social, points out in a Forbes article: bit.ly/4gN6vRw
Serverless ability to scale to 0 can lead to more efficient resource usage on bursty workloads where servers might otherwise be idling a lot. But there is compute overhead (for the cloud provider) in spinning up a container/microVM to run your workload, so per “unit of compute” it is more costly.
I penned this "mild-mannered rage post" after a guy told me very bluntly that Wasm wasn't ready for production, but seemed to have no idea at all that Wasm has been around for years and is already deployed broadly into production systems.
www.fermyon.com/blog/you-are...
Fermyon's Advent of Spin is already spinning. But it's not too late to join in on the fun!
www.fermyon.com/blog/advent-...
What to Do When Someone Has a Panic Attack Ask if they've considered that in season 6, episode 4 of the Sopranos, an episode of Gilmore Girls is playing on TV In S07E17 of Gilmore Girls, Richard is wearing a tracksuit. Lorelai makes a joke about it by implicating a lunch date with Tony Soprano, Ask if they realize this means that both the Sopranos and Gilmore Girls exist as television shows in the other's universe. When the Gilmore Girls watch the Sopranos, they will se themselves When Tony Soprano watches Gilmore Girls, he sees himself and his family • Like two facing mirrors; Gilmore Girls and Sopranos, a recursion, fractal, etc.
On the bright side, we of little sleep have more time to do (zombified) activities, right?
Our team is getting festive with a seasonal coding challenge!
#AdventOfSpin week 1 is already under way, with prizes up for grabs for the most creative approaches fermyon.com/blog/advent-...
I’ll see your containers and raise you WebAssembly components 😄
It's done. Now it’s your turn, Oracle.
We’ve submitted a formal petition to cancel the JavaScript trademark: it is generic, Oracle has abandoned it, and Oracle committed fraud on the USPTO during the last trademark renewal.
It's time to #FreeJavaScript.
deno.com/blog/deno-v-...
Hah! I would imagine we have all run into the frustrating “deadly embrace” problem of CloudFormation — Terraform not being tied to it is certainly compelling 😄 being flexible to better support non-AWS resources is also attractive. I’ll have to learn more about Terraform and give it a try!
Have you used AWS CDK? I am curious how Terraform compares from a developer perspective
I mentioned to a friend today that I sometimes use the phrase "movers and shakers" but don't know the origin. He pointed me to the poem, "Ode," a paean to artistry.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54933/...
This is so so cool. The productivity gains and new workflows possible through this feature (both for app developers and platform engineers) are game changing!
Spin 3 is out!
Component dependencies, factors, and awesome telemetry support are among the highlights.
#wasmcon #wasm #webassembly
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I can't control the world around me, but I can define the person I want to be, and how I contribute to making the world a better place.
I'll spend my days doing that work with intentionality.
Check out my most recent article!
💡 Learn how to build Kubernetes Jobs and CronJobs with #WebAssembly #Spin & #SpinKube
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I occasionally dabble with Apple homekit and find that integrations for various devices perpetually break! The fragmentation of smart home ecosystems has only accelerated of late too — this device only works with Alexa now, while that one only works with Google home, and so on
I wrote a blog about running Wasm in lightweight #kubernetes distros.
At #KubeCon we’re going to use K3S to demo some of this. It’s shocking how much WebAssembly you can pack on a small cluster.
www.fermyon.com/blog/lightwe...
@fermyon.com gave me this comfy t-shirt for their Spin app Finicky Whiskers! So here is a picture of myself wearing it with my own finicky kitty Yennefer 😄 Thank you to @technosophos.bsky.social and Fermyon for the swag!
(P.S. I set messages to allow all and would love to chat on Spin/tech!)
