Sean Michael Kerner
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I've been writing about PostgreSQL for 25 years and I honestly don't think I've ever heard of an organization using the database at the scale and the way that OpenAI does.
I've been writing about PostgreSQL for 25 years and I honestly don't think I've ever heard of an organization using the database at the scale and the way that OpenAI does.
How OpenAI is scaling the PostgreSQL database to 800 million users and what it means for your enterprise
For enterprises deploying AI applications with similar read-heavy workloads and unpredictable traffic spikes, OpenAI's approach provides a tested alternative to distributed databases.
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January 23, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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I've been writing about PostgreSQL for 25 years and I honestly don't think I've ever heard of an organization using the database at the scale and the way that OpenAI does.
I've been writing about PostgreSQL for 25 years and I honestly don't think I've ever heard of an organization using the database at the scale and the way that OpenAI does.
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Drowning in #AI slop, #opensource cURL ends bug bounties: thenewstack.io/drowning-in-... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
Daniel Stenberg, cURL's lead developer and founder, has had enough of AI-slop bug reports. Who can blame him?
Daniel Stenberg, cURL's lead developer and founder, has had enough of AI-slop bug reports. Who can blame him?
Drowning in AI slop, cURL ends bug bounties
Daniel Stenberg, founder and lead developer of cURL, has had enough of AI slop and is closing down its bug bounty program.
thenewstack.io
January 22, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Drowning in #AI slop, #opensource cURL ends bug bounties: thenewstack.io/drowning-in-... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
Daniel Stenberg, cURL's lead developer and founder, has had enough of AI-slop bug reports. Who can blame him?
Daniel Stenberg, cURL's lead developer and founder, has had enough of AI-slop bug reports. Who can blame him?
The distributed cloud networking market is forecast to hit $21 billion by 2029 as enterprises abandon fragmented WAN architectures. www.networkworld.com/article/4120... @networkworld.bsky.social
DCN becoming the new WAN for AI-era applications
The distributed cloud networking market is forecast to hit $21 billion by 2029 as enterprises abandon fragmented WAN architectures.
www.networkworld.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The distributed cloud networking market is forecast to hit $21 billion by 2029 as enterprises abandon fragmented WAN architectures. www.networkworld.com/article/4120... @networkworld.bsky.social
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Data center security is now on the agenda at the Security Industry Association (SIA).
“You can’t copy and paste what you might do for other critical infrastructures and have it work for the data center ecosystem.."
Data center security is now on the agenda at the Security Industry Association (SIA).
“You can’t copy and paste what you might do for other critical infrastructures and have it work for the data center ecosystem.."
Interview: Inside the SIA’s Push for Data Center Security
We spoke with Jim Black about the SIA’s new advisory board and its mission to tackle evolving data center security challenges.
www.datacenterknowledge.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Data center security is now on the agenda at the Security Industry Association (SIA).
“You can’t copy and paste what you might do for other critical infrastructures and have it work for the data center ecosystem.."
Data center security is now on the agenda at the Security Industry Association (SIA).
“You can’t copy and paste what you might do for other critical infrastructures and have it work for the data center ecosystem.."
It has been ...awhile...since I last wrote on NGINX(The pervasive open source web application server has continue to grow under F5 and (like every other tech) is embracing the AI future
@networkworld.bsky.social
www.networkworld.com/article/4118...
@networkworld.bsky.social
www.networkworld.com/article/4118...
F5 tackles AI security with new platform extensions
F5's Guardrails blocks prompts that attempt jailbreaks or injection attacks, for example, while its AI Red Team automates vulnerability discovery in AI systems.
www.networkworld.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
It has been ...awhile...since I last wrote on NGINX(The pervasive open source web application server has continue to grow under F5 and (like every other tech) is embracing the AI future
@networkworld.bsky.social
www.networkworld.com/article/4118...
@networkworld.bsky.social
www.networkworld.com/article/4118...
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Thanks to @techjournalist.bsky.social from #NetworkWorld for including me in this article on #Ethernet in 2026
One thing for sure, we don't have time to rest on our laurels :)
www.networkworld.com/article/4113...
Thanks to @techjournalist.bsky.social from #NetworkWorld for including me in this article on #Ethernet in 2026
One thing for sure, we don't have time to rest on our laurels :)
www.networkworld.com/article/4113...
Ethernet groups keep 2026 focus on higher bandwidth, AI demands
As AI networking requirements grow, the Ethernet Alliance will take up a 400G/lane project while the Ultra Ethernet Consortium will prioritize flexible congestion management and small-message performa...
www.networkworld.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
(via @ethernetalliance.bsky.social Alliance)
Thanks to @techjournalist.bsky.social from #NetworkWorld for including me in this article on #Ethernet in 2026
One thing for sure, we don't have time to rest on our laurels :)
www.networkworld.com/article/4113...
Thanks to @techjournalist.bsky.social from #NetworkWorld for including me in this article on #Ethernet in 2026
One thing for sure, we don't have time to rest on our laurels :)
www.networkworld.com/article/4113...
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IBM warns AI spend fails without AI literacy www.thedeepview.com/articles/ibm... by @sjvn.bsky.social
#AI literacy is far more than just knowing how to craft prompts; it requires learning across disciplines to master AI to benefit both businesses and society.
#AI literacy is far more than just knowing how to craft prompts; it requires learning across disciplines to master AI to benefit both businesses and society.
IBM warns AI spend fails without AI literacy
AI literacy is a must going forward. But that means far more than just knowing how to write LLM prompts.
At a meeting at IBM Raleigh, IBM distinguish...
www.thedeepview.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
IBM warns AI spend fails without AI literacy www.thedeepview.com/articles/ibm... by @sjvn.bsky.social
#AI literacy is far more than just knowing how to craft prompts; it requires learning across disciplines to master AI to benefit both businesses and society.
#AI literacy is far more than just knowing how to craft prompts; it requires learning across disciplines to master AI to benefit both businesses and society.
Former Akamai engineers are behind startup IO River, which is developing an edge platform that creates a virtualization layer across multiple CDN providers. www.networkworld.com/article/4116...
Startup IO River aims to virtualize the edge and break CDN vendor lock-in
Former Akamai engineers are behind startup IO River, which is developing an edge platform that creates a virtualization layer across multiple CDN providers.
www.networkworld.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Former Akamai engineers are behind startup IO River, which is developing an edge platform that creates a virtualization layer across multiple CDN providers. www.networkworld.com/article/4116...
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Sweden is over Trump's nonsense about Greenland and is sending in troops.
SWEDEN, PEOPLE.
SWEDEN, PEOPLE.
January 14, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Sweden is over Trump's nonsense about Greenland and is sending in troops.
SWEDEN, PEOPLE.
SWEDEN, PEOPLE.
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"In 2026, colocation conversations will stop being about space, ping, or how many racks you need, and [become] more about, 'How many megawatts can you deliver, when, and at what price per kW?' " Baffoe told me. "If you can find power, they will come."
"In 2026, colocation conversations will stop being about space, ping, or how many racks you need, and [become] more about, 'How many megawatts can you deliver, when, and at what price per kW?' " Baffoe told me. "If you can find power, they will come."
Power, Not Space: The Colocation Battleground in 2026
Colocation in 2026 is defined by power. AI demand, pre-leased capacity, pricing, and build-to-suit deals shift growth to power-advantaged regions.
www.datacenterknowledge.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM
www.datacenterknowledge.com/colocation/p...
"In 2026, colocation conversations will stop being about space, ping, or how many racks you need, and [become] more about, 'How many megawatts can you deliver, when, and at what price per kW?' " Baffoe told me. "If you can find power, they will come."
"In 2026, colocation conversations will stop being about space, ping, or how many racks you need, and [become] more about, 'How many megawatts can you deliver, when, and at what price per kW?' " Baffoe told me. "If you can find power, they will come."
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Get ready for (yet another) type of AI memory - DeepSeek AI has come up with - conditional memory and no it's not the same as RAG agent/contextual memory.
Get ready for (yet another) type of AI memory - DeepSeek AI has come up with - conditional memory and no it's not the same as RAG agent/contextual memory.
DeepSeek’s conditional memory fixes silent LLM waste: GPU cycles lost to static lookups
Through systematic experiments DeepSeek found the optimal balance between computation and memory with 75% of sparse model capacity allocated to dynamic reasoning and 25% to static lookups.
venturebeat.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Get ready for (yet another) type of AI memory - DeepSeek AI has come up with - conditional memory and no it's not the same as RAG agent/contextual memory.
Get ready for (yet another) type of AI memory - DeepSeek AI has come up with - conditional memory and no it's not the same as RAG agent/contextual memory.
So much hype this week about the new NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPU. Only problem is - it's not going to be available, for month. What can/should enterprises do right now? As it turns out the existing Blackwell GPU are improving too
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Nvidia’s Vera Rubin is months away — Blackwell is getting faster right now
Nvidia has been able to increase Blackwell GPU performance by up to 2.8x per GPU in a period of just three short months.
venturebeat.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
So much hype this week about the new NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPU. Only problem is - it's not going to be available, for month. What can/should enterprises do right now? As it turns out the existing Blackwell GPU are improving too
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The concept of a 'retriever' is not new in data science (some might even have called it a - solved problem). But with the emergence of Agentic AI requirements have changed. Was great to get the deep dive on Databricks new Instructed Retriever.
The concept of a 'retriever' is not new in data science (some might even have called it a - solved problem). But with the emergence of Agentic AI requirements have changed. Was great to get the deep dive on Databricks new Instructed Retriever.
Databricks' Instructed Retriever beats traditional RAG data retrieval by 70%
Instructed Retriever leverages contextual memory for system-level specifications while using retrieval to access the broader data estate.
venturebeat.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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The concept of a 'retriever' is not new in data science (some might even have called it a - solved problem). But with the emergence of Agentic AI requirements have changed. Was great to get the deep dive on Databricks new Instructed Retriever.
The concept of a 'retriever' is not new in data science (some might even have called it a - solved problem). But with the emergence of Agentic AI requirements have changed. Was great to get the deep dive on Databricks new Instructed Retriever.
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Although this project has been promising to go open source someday down the road, that isn't going to happen: How To Install Warp Terminal on AlmaLinux 10
How To Install Warp Terminal on AlmaLinux 10
Learn how to install Warp Terminal on AlmaLinux 10 with our step-by-step guide. Get AI-powered terminal features today!
buff.ly
January 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Although this project has been promising to go open source someday down the road, that isn't going to happen: How To Install Warp Terminal on AlmaLinux 10
Discover the state of Enterprise Linux for networking in 2026. Compare RHEL 10, SLES 16, and Ubuntu alongside NOS leaders like SONiC and Nvidia Cumulus. www.networkworld.com/article/4114...
The State of Enterprise Linux for networking
Discover the state of Enterprise Linux for networking in 2026. Compare RHEL 10, SLES 16, and Ubuntu alongside NOS leaders like SONiC and Nvidia Cumulus.
www.networkworld.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Discover the state of Enterprise Linux for networking in 2026. Compare RHEL 10, SLES 16, and Ubuntu alongside NOS leaders like SONiC and Nvidia Cumulus. www.networkworld.com/article/4114...
While Wi-Fi 7 adoption is accelerating among enterprises, retail Wi-Fi 8 products could arrive as early as summer 2026. @networkworld.bsky.social www.networkworld.com/article/4112...
Wi-Fi 8 in 2026: Next-gen wireless standard prioritizes reliability over speed gains
While Wi-Fi 7 adoption is accelerating among enterprises, retail Wi-Fi 8 products could arrive as early as summer 2026. Wi-Fi 8 is aimed at boosting reliability and lowering latency in dense, interfer...
www.networkworld.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
While Wi-Fi 7 adoption is accelerating among enterprises, retail Wi-Fi 8 products could arrive as early as summer 2026. @networkworld.bsky.social www.networkworld.com/article/4112...
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What do i think will happen to the data world in 2026? Here are my six predictions....
What do i think will happen to the data world in 2026? Here are my six predictions....
December 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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What do i think will happen to the data world in 2026? Here are my six predictions....
What do i think will happen to the data world in 2026? Here are my six predictions....
Mapping the core projects (SONiC, Cilium, DPDK) and foundations (LFN, CNCF) driving data center, 5G, and Kubernetes connectivity. @networkworld.bsky.social www.networkworld.com/article/4107...
The state of open-source networking: The foundations and technologies driving today’s networks
Mapping the core projects (SONiC, Cilium, DPDK) and foundations (LFN, CNCF) driving data center, 5G, and Kubernetes connectivity.
www.networkworld.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Mapping the core projects (SONiC, Cilium, DPDK) and foundations (LFN, CNCF) driving data center, 5G, and Kubernetes connectivity. @networkworld.bsky.social www.networkworld.com/article/4107...
The headline feature in Kubernetes 1.35 is general availability for in-place pod resource adjustments...The capability fundamentally changes how administrators manage container resources in production clusters.
@networkworld.bsky.social
www.networkworld.com/article/4107...
@networkworld.bsky.social
www.networkworld.com/article/4107...
Kubernetes 1.35 enables zero-downtime resource scaling for production cloud workloads
Kubernetes 1.35, dubbed 'Treenetes,' delivers in-place pod resource adjustments, a capability that benefits AI training workloads and edge computing deployments.
www.networkworld.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The headline feature in Kubernetes 1.35 is general availability for in-place pod resource adjustments...The capability fundamentally changes how administrators manage container resources in production clusters.
@networkworld.bsky.social
www.networkworld.com/article/4107...
@networkworld.bsky.social
www.networkworld.com/article/4107...
RAG isn't working for agentic AI but a new open-source approach called Hindsight could be the solution - bringing more context and actual insight.
"RAG is on life support, and agent memory is about to kill it entirely.."
venturebeat.com/data/with-91...
"RAG is on life support, and agent memory is about to kill it entirely.."
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With 91% accuracy, open source Hindsight agentic memory provides 20/20 vision for AI agents stuck on failing RAG
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December 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
RAG isn't working for agentic AI but a new open-source approach called Hindsight could be the solution - bringing more context and actual insight.
"RAG is on life support, and agent memory is about to kill it entirely.."
venturebeat.com/data/with-91...
"RAG is on life support, and agent memory is about to kill it entirely.."
venturebeat.com/data/with-91...
There's a lot of complexity when it comes to cloud costs...but that's where the FinOps Foundation is bringing discipline with its FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS).
@networkworld.bsky.social www.networkworld.com/article/4105...
@networkworld.bsky.social www.networkworld.com/article/4105...
FinOps Foundation sharpens FOCUS to reduce cloud cost chaos
FinOps Foundation releases FOCUS 1.3 to address cloud cost management data gaps.
www.networkworld.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
There's a lot of complexity when it comes to cloud costs...but that's where the FinOps Foundation is bringing discipline with its FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS).
@networkworld.bsky.social www.networkworld.com/article/4105...
@networkworld.bsky.social www.networkworld.com/article/4105...
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Linux 6.18: All About the New Long-Term Support Linux Kernel: thenewstack.io/linux-6-18-a... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
What exactly is Long Term Support #Linux, and what's in the latest LTS Linux kernel?
What exactly is Long Term Support #Linux, and what's in the latest LTS Linux kernel?
Linux 6.18: All About the New Long-Term Support Linux Kernel
The newest version of the Linux kernel offers two years of long-term support, plus upgrades to the slab memory allocator, security hardening and more.
thenewstack.io
December 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Linux 6.18: All About the New Long-Term Support Linux Kernel: thenewstack.io/linux-6-18-a... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
What exactly is Long Term Support #Linux, and what's in the latest LTS Linux kernel?
What exactly is Long Term Support #Linux, and what's in the latest LTS Linux kernel?
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Traditional monitoring tools generally struggle to provide the granular, function-level data AI agents need to understand how code actually behaves in complex production environments.
It's time for devs to get a ...heads-up display (Hud) on what's really going on.
Traditional monitoring tools generally struggle to provide the granular, function-level data AI agents need to understand how code actually behaves in complex production environments.
It's time for devs to get a ...heads-up display (Hud) on what's really going on.
venturebeat.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Traditional monitoring tools generally struggle to provide the granular, function-level data AI agents need to understand how code actually behaves in complex production environments.
It's time for devs to get a ...heads-up display (Hud) on what's really going on.
Traditional monitoring tools generally struggle to provide the granular, function-level data AI agents need to understand how code actually behaves in complex production environments.
It's time for devs to get a ...heads-up display (Hud) on what's really going on.
The challenge with vendor-provided benchmarks is that they are just that — vendor-provided.
A new vendor-neutral evaluation from Prolific, however, puts Gemini 3 at the top of the leaderboard base on a HUMAINE evaluation with 26,000 users
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A new vendor-neutral evaluation from Prolific, however, puts Gemini 3 at the top of the leaderboard base on a HUMAINE evaluation with 26,000 users
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Gemini 3 Pro scores 69% trust in blinded testing of 26,000 users: The case for evaluating AI on real-world trust, not academic benchmarks
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venturebeat.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The challenge with vendor-provided benchmarks is that they are just that — vendor-provided.
A new vendor-neutral evaluation from Prolific, however, puts Gemini 3 at the top of the leaderboard base on a HUMAINE evaluation with 26,000 users
venturebeat.com/ai/gemini-3-...
A new vendor-neutral evaluation from Prolific, however, puts Gemini 3 at the top of the leaderboard base on a HUMAINE evaluation with 26,000 users
venturebeat.com/ai/gemini-3-...
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Could a new RSL protocol help address the power imbalance between publishers and AI companies? There's potential but the plan needs some more teeth. I spoke with @techjournalist.bsky.social at @techtargetnews.bsky.social www.techtarget.com/searchcio/fe... #CIOsky #AIcopyright #AItraining
What CIOs need to know about the RSL protocol | TechTarget
The Real Simple Licensing (RSL) protocol offers clarity and revenue opportunities for web content, but has security, compliance, and adoption challenges.
www.techtarget.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Could a new RSL protocol help address the power imbalance between publishers and AI companies? There's potential but the plan needs some more teeth. I spoke with @techjournalist.bsky.social at @techtargetnews.bsky.social www.techtarget.com/searchcio/fe... #CIOsky #AIcopyright #AItraining