Business

The Open Source developer revolution begins 🧨

Apple’s new M1 MacBook Air is crushing performance tests, even outpacing the high-end MacBook Pro. ARM efficiency meets raw speed—and it’s making the Air the most tempting downgrade ever.

Tools

K0s the zero-friction Kubernetes distribution 🧪

K0s promises a zero-friction Kubernetes experience, stripping it down to a single binary that competes with K3s for the lightweight crown. The race to the tiniest, fastest Kubernetes distro is heating up.”

Business

Docker Hub enforces new Rate Limit 🐳

Meet xip.io, the wildcard domain from Basecamp that turns your IP into a test-ready URL. Pair that with Docker’s new rate limits, an AWS meltdown, and some podcast picks, and you’ve got this week’s tech survival kit.”

Business

AWS Launches Mac Instances 

Ever nuked a file with mv and thought it was gone forever? This guide shows how to replay the binary and bring it back from the dead. Moral of the story: backups aren’t optional.

Tools

GitHub enables Dark Mode 🕶️

An auto GitOps setup that upgrades Docker and Kubernetes on its own — and then posts the results online at isitstillrunning.com. Goodbye manual DevOps, hello self-healing clusters.

Rocky Linux replaces CentOS 👀

When Red Hat pulled the plug on CentOS, the community fired back. CentOS co-founder Gregory Kurtzer launched Rocky Linux, a bug-for-bug replacement born from open source rebellion — and a tribute to his late co-founder Rocky McGaugh.

Business

It's time to Open Source Everything!

The CentOS fallout reignited a bigger debate: should companies open source everything? Chef co-founder Adam Jacob argues yes — owning the upstream isn’t just philosophy, it’s survival.

Business

Forget New Year's Resolutions and Conduct a 'Past Year Review' Instead

Byte Sized Updates about Containers, Cloud & Tech

AI

The Byte is Back with Vibe Coding!!

The Byte is back! Fresh, fast, and full of experiments — from saving $1,900 by building my own learning platform to OpenAI’s free Academy and a new ‘vibe coding’ course with Andrew Ng. Let’s code into the weekend.

AI

Run LLM Models Locally with Docker

From Docker’s new Model Runner to Google’s AI Overview shaking up search and a brewing A2A standards battle — this week was a marathon. Toss in some DIY ChatGPT action figures and you’ve got the perfect mix of chaos and creativity.

Books

Book Review: Traction - How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth

Discover key lessons from Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Growth and how to adapt the Bullseye Framework to your unique strategy.

AI

🍪 Cookies Stay, Sanity Goes: Google’s Latest Chrome Pivot

Google hits pause on privacy while Europe keeps clicking 'Accept All