The Weekly Accountability 7
15 Aug 2021
Engineering
News
- Elasticsearch is making all its clients (which are open source) incompatible with everything (AWS Opensearch, ElasticSearch non commercial version) except its commercial offering. Amazon has stepped in and made its clients compatible with both Opensearch and Elasticsearch. Source
- Github is shutting down git password authentication from August 13. Instead, token-based authentication (for example, personal access, OAuth, SSH Key, or GitHub App installation token) will be required for all authenticated Git operations. Source
Write Ups
- Facebook writes about building ZippyDB, a distributed key value store for its internal needs. Source
- A high level overview of the historical evolution of the architecture of search engines. Source
- A perspective changing article on why current machine learning approaches won’t help us understand languages. Source
- Evervault talks about all the choices they had to make while building the Evervault Encryption Engine. Source
- Facebook is opensourcing a more precise time appliance Source
- Building EGo, a confidential computing framework which allows development of confidential apps in Go. Source
Business
Write Ups
- A write up on how simplicity triumphs everything with anecdotes from the author. Source
- An investor’s guide to improving your startup pitch based on Pixar’s story structure. Source
Security
News
- A hacker has stolen and later returned about 600 million in different cryptocurrencies from PolyNetwork, a platform that enables cross chain transactions. Source
- Accenture has been hit by lockbit ransomware. Source
Write Ups
- A write on “How to Hack APIs” by Hakulele and Farah Hawa. Source
- A detailed write up about the PolyNetwork Hack Source
Technology
News
- WhatsApp is finally getting the ability to transfer chat history between operating systems. Source
- Facebook has threatened and shut down AlgorithmWatch, an effort to understand the effects of Instagram’s algorithms. Source
Write Ups
- A revealing insight into the difference between Apple’s action and talk on privacy. Source
Life
Interesting Stuff
- The (bit lengthy) article talking about a mysterious plant which was literally worth its weight in gold in ancient Rome that has since disappeared of the face of the planet. Source
- A fun and informational introduction to game theory and trust. Source
- A guide to cognitive biases Source
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