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Today, we will discuss open tools for evaluating processor, memory, file system, and storage system performance. The list includes utilities offered by GitHub residents and participants in related threads on Reddit — Sysbench, UnixBench, Phoronix Test Suite, Vdbench, and IOzone. / Unsplash / Veri Ivanova Sysbench This is a utility for load testing MySQL servers, based on the project […]
Last December, I received an interesting bug report from the VWO support team. The loading time for one of the analytical reports for a major corporate client seemed excessively long. Since this falls within my area of responsibility, I immediately focused on resolving the issue. Background To provide some context, I'll share a bit about VWO. It's a platform, […]
Hello! Today I will tell you how to get into the sky, what you need to do for that, and how much it all costs. I will also share my experience of training as a private pilot in the UK and debunk some myths related to aviation. There’s a lot of text and pictures under the cut 🙂 First Flight To start, let's figure out how to get behind the controls. Although […]
After CentOS was taken under the wing of Red Hat, various support for the project was announced, but the current status of work on CentOS 8 is behind schedule. Despite the stated updates on the status, only the download page and the build server have been completed, on which, judging by the koji statistics, something is built once a week. The initial build cycle is still not finished, although according to […]
Hello everyone. In this article, we publish the opinion of our partner — the system integrator — Ulagos. It will discuss how clients perceive the Aerodisс company, how any Russian solution is generally viewed, and what happens at the end of the implementation and how support works. The following narrative will be from the first-person perspective. Hello, to begin with […]
The early days of summer are perfect for an educational trip to St. Petersburg. We will visit Miran, linxdatacenter, RETN, and MetroTek. 5 AM, Moskovsky Railway Station, KFC, the banks of the Moika River, the Plate, pigeons on the roofs, Isaac's Cathedral, Mars Field, Captur Yandex.Drive, and there it is — Miran. Miran has housed our lab with Eva for several years, the streaming server, a virtual MikroTik RouterOS, hosting […]
Working on any research project involves searching for and studying a multitude of information sources. Organizing this process is no easy task. Today we will talk about tools designed to optimize its various components. Research Toolbox #2: a selection of 15 thematic data banks Research Toolbox #1: self-organization and data visualization Photo by João Silas — Unsplash Vendors […]
You may have already heard about the annual Internet Trends analytical reports from the 'queen of the internet' Mary Meeker. Each of them is a treasure trove of useful information filled with many interesting figures and forecasts. The latest report has 334 slides. I recommend reviewing all of them, but for the format of an article on Habr, I present my interpretation of the main points from this document. Internet access is already […]
So, I encountered a situation that made me sweat, as I couldn't find detailed instructions anywhere. I created problems for myself. I left the country with just one bag, with my only device being my phone) I thought I would buy a laptop there to avoid carrying one around. In the end, I bought my first, in my opinion, decent MacBook Pro 8,2 from 2011, i7-2635QM, DDR3 8GB […]
The first stable release of the protocol for organizing decentralized communications, Matrix 1.0, along with its related libraries, API (Server-Server), and specifications, has been presented. It is reported that not all intended features of Matrix have been described and implemented, but the core protocol has been fully stabilized and has reached a state suitable for use as a foundation for developing independent implementations of clients, servers, bots, and gateways. The project developments […]
Several vulnerabilities have been identified in the MyBB web forum creation engine, allowing for a multi-step attack to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server. The issues have been resolved in the release of MyBB 1.8.21. The first vulnerability exists in the modules for posting and sending private messages, enabling the injection of JavaScript code (XSS) that will be executed in the browser when viewing the post or received message. JavaScript injection is possible […]
Mozilla has introduced a new logo for the Firefox browser and its associated services, as well as related projects. This, it is claimed, will create a unified recognizable brand for the entire family of products. As part of the rebranding, basic color schemes, a brand font, and separate logos for services have been prepared. Meanwhile, the developers have opted to omit any explicit mention of the fox in the logos of Firefox Send (service […]