Author: ProHoster

Huawei to Host First Open Source Summit KaiCode

Huawei, a leading global provider of infocommunications and infrastructure solutions, announces the first KaiCode summit, which is scheduled to be held on September 5, 2020 in Moscow. The event is organized by the System Programming Laboratory of the Huawei Russian Research Institute (RRI), the company’s R&D division in Russia. The main goal of the summit will be to support projects in the field of open source software development [...]

PeerTube started fundraising for new functionality, including live broadcasts

PeerTube is a free video hosting server that can federate with other similar platforms using the ActivityPub protocol. On the client side, the functionality typical for a video service is implemented: channels, playlists, comments, likes/dislikes, and video playback works using WebTorrent technology, reducing the load on the main server, allowing you to “stand up for distribution” both to other servers, enabling redundancy, and to simple […]

Okerr hybrid monitoring system overview

Two years ago I already did a post A simple failover for the okerr website. Now there is some development of the project, and I also published the source code of the okerr server part under an open license, which is why I decided to write this short review on Habr. [ full size ] Who might be interested You might be interested if you […]

Simple website failover (monitoring + dynamic DNS)

In this article, I want to show how easy and free it is to make a failover scheme for a website (or any other Internet service) on a combination of okerr monitoring and a dynamic DNS service. That is, in case of any problems with the main site (from the problem with "PHP Error" on the page, to lack of space or just a suspiciously small number of orders […]

Speed ​​up Internet requests and sleep peacefully

Netflix is ​​the market leader in Internet TV, the company that created and actively develops this segment. Netflix is ​​known not only for its vast catalog of movies and TV shows, accessible from almost every corner of the planet and any device with a display, but also for its reliable infrastructure and unique engineering culture. A clear example of the Netflix approach to developing and maintaining complex systems at DevOops 2019 presented […]

Superficial strategy and weak shooter: Disintegration from one of the creators of Halo disappointed journalists

In anticipation of the imminent release of Disintegration, the first ratings for the sci-fi hybrid shooter from one of the creators of the Halo universe, Marcus Lehto, have appeared on the Metacritic website. By the time of publication, Disintegration had received a total of 36 reviews with an average rating of 63% (PC) and 64% (PS4). The Xbox One version has only been rated by two publications so far, so […]

Leak: Amazon prematurely declassified new screenshots and the release date of the XIII remake

On the website of the Spanish branch of the Amazon online store, pages of console versions and the release date of XIII, a remake of the cult shooter of the same name from Ubisoft, were found. Let us remind you that initially the publishing house Microids and the development studio PlayMagic planned to release the game on November 13, 2019, but subsequently postponed the release to 2020. According to information on the Amazon Spain website, the modernized XIII will be delayed by almost a year compared to the original […]

An image from the trailer of the new Batman game from WB Games Montreal has leaked to the Network - perhaps the announcement is already today

It has long been no secret that WB Games Montreal is working on a game about Batman. The company has repeatedly hinted at this on its microblog, and recently commented on numerous rumors that relate to its project. And although the developers did not confirm anything in their latest statement, the announcement of their upcoming game may not have to wait long. This is hinted at by the picture from the trailer, [...]

They raised money for charity and burned down the police station: GTA Online players supported the pogroms in the USA

As you know, there are currently protests in the United States under the slogan Black Lives Matter. Many gaming companies supported the protesters and rioters, and recently a group of GTA Online users also did so. About sixty people joined the demonstration in the project from Rockstar Games. The promotion in Grand Theft Auto Online became known thanks to a video on the OTRgamerTV channel. IN […]

nginx preview with QUIC and HTTP/3 support

NGINX has announced the start of testing the implementation of the QUIC and HTTP/3 protocols in the HTTP server and nginx proxy. The implementation is based on draft 27 of the IETF-QUIC specification and is available through a separate repository forked from the 1.19.0 release. The code is distributed under a BSD license and does not overlap with the previously proposed HTTP/3 implementation for nginx from Cloudflare, which is a separate project. Support […]

Beta testing of the Android 11 mobile platform has begun

Google presented the first beta release of the open mobile platform Android 11. The release of Android 11 is expected in the third quarter of 2020. Firmware builds are prepared for Pixel 2 / 2 XL, Pixel 3 / 3 XL, Pixel 3a / 3a XL and Pixel 4 / 4 XL devices. An OTA update has been provided for those who installed the previous test release. Among the most notable [...]