Practical Technology

We all know keeping secrets, such as passwords, credentials, keys, and access tokens, in our code, is a bad security idea. But, thanks to code-driven automation with secrets and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) we do it anyway. And,…Read More

Gartner predicts that by 2025, we’ll finally see over half of IT spending will finally have shifted from traditional IT infrastructure to the public cloud. That’s quite a jump compared to 2022’s 41%. But, I’m sure it will happen. I’m also sure that…Read More

Just what every Linux system administrator wants just before the holidays: A serious Linux kernel security bug. The Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), a zero-day security research firm, announced a new Linux kernel security bug. This hole allows…Read More

Opinion With the quick one-two punch of FTX and Binance, crypto is finally losing its luster as the next revolution in money. I was recently in Manhattan at the Linux Foundation and Fintech Open Source Foundation’s (FINOS) Open Source in Finance…Read More

You can keep your Windows 11 and macOS Ventura on your PCs. On my desktop, what I want is open-source Linux. In particular, I want Linux Mint. Why? Because, it’s free, easy to use, and far more secure than its proprietary rivals. The latest version,…Read More

You’d think we’d be done with this infamous bug. You’d be wrong. A year ago, if you’d asked someone what open source Java logging library Apache Log4j was, you’d get a lot of blank glances. Sure, it was used in hundreds, perhaps thousands, of…Read More