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Colan Schwartz
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Founder of @backupscale.com, Fractional CTO, Enterprise Cloud Architect, & SaaS/PaaS/IaaS Consultant.

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Cloudflare is down, so don't be surprised if a lot of your Internet services aren't working. (Many sites use them for caching, bot blocking, etc.) www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/8g...
#cloudflare #outage #internet #global
Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues
Cloudflare's Status Page - Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues.
www.cloudflarestatus.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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#OpenSource #Europe #Microsoft #tech #Sovereignty #ICC
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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#OpenSource #licensing #Kubernetes #helm #businesscontinuity #criticalthinking
The Reality of Open Source: More Puppies, Less Beer
To vet open source software, evaluating the business model, funding and governance behind projects you depend on is essential for business continuity.
thenewstack.io
November 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The government is finally starting to support alternative banking. Ready to move away from the Big 5?
#Canada #fintech #banking #openbanking #challengerbanks #government
Canada’s FinTech industry enters new era as Bank of Canada taps first payment service providers | BetaKit
Wealthsimple and Koho are among the Canadian FinTech firms tapped as registered payment service providers by the Bank of Canada this week.
betakit.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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While I agree with the strategic pillars here, in this particular case, wasn't the problem specific to a particular data centre/region?

If customers had used multi-data-centre/ region availability for their AWS services, wouldn't that have avoided the issue?
#aws #redundancy #cloudcomputing #iaas
AWS Outage: Billions Lost, Multi-Cloud Is Wall Street’s Solution
A cloud failure could cost Wall Street billions. A multi-cloud solution may be the only way to future-proof critical functions.
www.forbes.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Would you use the new ChatGPT browser, or would you be worried about the privacy implications?
chatgpt.com/atlas/
#Ai #browsers #openai #privacy #chatgpt #macos
ChatGPT Atlas
ChatGPT Atlas, the browser with ChatGPT built it. Get instant answers, summaries, and smart web help—right from any page. With privacy settings you can control. Available now for MacOS.
chatgpt.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Where is Canada in all this?
www.zdnet.com/article/euro...
#Europe #Sovereignty #Canada #OpenInfra #OpenSource #US #EU #GCDigital
Europe's plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam
One topic dominated the recent 2025 OpenInfra Summit Europe, and it wasn't AI.
www.zdnet.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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www.theglobeandmail.com/business/tec...
#canada #Sovereignty #cloudcomputing #gcdigital
Canada wants to detangle its data from U.S. tech giants. Can it be done?
In the middle of a tense trade war, Canadian tech companies and policy-makers carve a path for data sovereignty
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Still, I wouldn't share anything with chatbots that I wouldn't want public.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
#ai #chatbots #chatgpt #openai
OpenAI no longer forced to save deleted chats—but some users still affected
Court ends controversial order forcing OpenAI to save deleted ChatGPT logs.
arstechnica.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
#redis #vulnerability #cve #cloudsecurity
Redis warns of critical flaw impacting thousands of instances
The Redis security team has released patches for a maximum severity vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain remote code execution on thousands of vulnerable instances.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/s...
#security #India #government #informationdisclosure #idol #taxes
Exclusive: Bug in India's income tax portal exposed taxpayers’ sensitive data
TechCrunch verified that the security bug in the Indian Income Tax Department's e-Filing portal exposed taxpayers' data to other users. The security researchers who found the flaw say the data leak…
techcrunch.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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arstechnica.com/security/202...
#cybersecurity #infosec #extortion #ransomware #Salesforce
Salesforce says it won’t pay extortion demand in 1 billion records breach
Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters gave Salesforce until Friday to pay or else.
arstechnica.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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NPM Supply-chain attack via maintainer account takeover
www.drupal.org/psa-2025-09-17
#npm #supplychainsecurity #psa #infosec #cybersecurity #worm #malware #js #Javascript #security #drupal
Third-Party Libraries and Supply Chains - PSA-2025-09-17
Supply-chain attack via maintainer account takeover NPM packages have been targeted in maintainer account takeover attacks. Attackers have deployed an automatic credential scanning tool. The scanning…
www.drupal.org
September 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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"My policy has always been to not do any serious open-source work without getting paid, which was essentially me telling requestors that they could either offer funding, or take over the module themselves." 💰

www.thedroptimes.com/interview/51...

Pragmatic interview with @colan.pro 🗣️💼🔧
Colan Schwartz on Open Source and the Realities of Scaling with Drupal
Technical co-founder and cloud architect Colan Schwartz speaks with The DropTimes about his long history with Drupal, his work on Aegir and Drubernetes, and the transition from open source contributio...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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#mcp #ai #tailscale #llms #llm #ollama #infosec #cybersecurity #security #privacy #vpn
Why it's so easy to find open, exposed AI servers on the web
A look at vulnerable AI servers, especially self-hosted Ollama, and how to avoid that exposure.
tailscale.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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August 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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#Startups #Business #Finance #Operations #Security #Banking #Canada #Corporations #SMB #ForEx #ForeignExchange #FinTech #Accounting #Money #SaaS #Loop #Venn #EQBank @eqbankcanada.bsky.social @eqbankofficial.bsky.social @wealthsimple.bsky.social #Wealthsimple #Tangerine
Comparing Canada’s Challenger Banks for Business: Loop vs Venn vs EQ Bank
Canadian small businesses and startups are turning to challenger fintechs like Loop, Venn, and EQ Bank as digital-first alternatives to the traditional Big 5 banks, which offer features such as low…
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August 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Tech jobs were supposed to be the safe career route. What changed? www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
#technews #tech #techjobs #ai #computerscience #compsci
Tech jobs were supposed to be the safe career route. What changed?
Many companies said they expanded too quickly since the pandemic or struggled to adapt to higher interest rates, leading to scores of layoffs
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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No, your devices aren't guaranteed to be waterproof www.theverge.com/news/762773/...
#ip68 #phone #google #mobiletech #technews #warranty
Google says the quiet part out loud: IP68 protection doesn’t last
Your Pixel 10 Pro Fold won’t be water- and dust-resistant forever.
www.theverge.com
August 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Reposted by Colan Schwartz
thedroptimes.bsky.social
Colan Schwartz @colan.pro‬ has spent 20+ years navigating open source—from Aegir and Pubkey Encrypt to Drubernetes and SaaS infra.

In this TDT interview, he reflects on what worked, what didn’t, and what’s next.

https://bit.ly/41axkd9 ##Drupal #OpenSource #DevOps #Kubernetes
August 20, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Microsoft Admits: US Law Supersedes Canadian Sovereignty www.cyberincontext.ca/p/microsoft-...
#Microsoft #us #USA #datasovereignty #canada #cloudact #uscloudact #France #EU #europe #dnd #caf #dataresidency
Microsoft Admits: US Law Supersedes Canadian Sovereignty
Microsoft representative says US Cloud Act comes before other country's sovereignty
www.cyberincontext.ca
July 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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#lumo #Proton #zeroaccess #encryption #gdpr #europe #ai #chatbots #llms #opensource #compliance #technews #privacy
Introducing Lumo, the AI where every conversation is confidential | Proton
Lumo gives you the power to solve problems big and small, while keeping your personal data confidential. Try it now.
proton.me
July 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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#llm #llms #opensource #ai #epfl #eth #multilingual #cscs #openlicense #transparency #alps
A language model built for the public good
ETH Zurich and EPFL will release a large language model (LLM) developed on public infrastructure. Trained on the “Alps” supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), the new LLM…
ethz.ch
July 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Tech leaders ready launch of Canadian social-media platform Gander to buck U.S. dominance
#madeincanada #canada #socialmedia #datasovereignty #atprotocol #startup #startups #decentralized
Tech leaders ready launch of Canadian social-media platform Gander to buck U.S. dominance
Founders aim to create alternative that addresses content, data sovereignty concerns
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"
futurism.com/commitment-j...
#chatgpt #psychosis #psychology #ai #llm #llms #chatbots #mentalhealth #openai #delusions #psychiatry
People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"
People experiencing "ChatGPT psychosis" are being involuntarily committed to mental hospitals and jailed following AI mental health crises.
futurism.com
July 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM