Category Archives: Editorial

The Inefficiencies of Kubernetes

Posted on March 28, 2025 by way0utwest

A report of cloud Kubernetes usage shows that these resources are being under-utiliized, over-provisioned, and costing more than necessary for many organizations. From the previous year, average CPU declined from 13% to 10%, and memory is used at only around … Continue reading →

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The End of SQL Server 2019

Posted on March 26, 2025 by way0utwest

Well, not really the end. I doubt anyone running SQL Server 2019 is going to stop (or upgrade) just because mainstream support ended. Actually, I wonder how many of you know that SQL Server 2019 passed out of mainstream support … Continue reading →

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Monoliths and Microservices

Posted on March 24, 2025 by way0utwest

I have run into a lot of people in the last few years that love decoupled software and microservices. It seems many people are aiming to move their work in this direction, and while I see some appeal, I also … Continue reading →

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More Supply Chain Attacks

Posted on March 21, 2025 by way0utwest

The latest code supply chain attack isn’t a direct attack, but a failure of a system designed to be efficient. There is a Go (Go-lang) module that had a malicious module inserted into it years ago. Someone caught this and … Continue reading →

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