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AWS Database Blog

Cross-database access using module signing on Amazon RDS for SQL Server

If you need cross-database access on Amazon RDS for SQL Server but cannot enable TRUSTWORTHY, module signing with certificates is the secure, RDS-compatible alternative. This post shows how to grant cross-database permissions to specific stored procedures without TRUSTWORTHY and with a stronger, least-privilege security posture.

Advanced (300)RDS for SQL ServerTechnical How-to
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ExternalSoftware Engineering
Meta Engineering

MetaRoCE: A New RDMA Transport Built for AI-Scale Ethernet

Training and serving frontier AI models depends on fast, reliable networks that move data between GPUs without wasting compute cycles.  To meet this challenge at scale, Meta designed MetaRoCE – a clean-sheet RDMA transport protocol purpose-built for AI workloads on commodity Ethernet.  We’re releasing the MetaRoCE specification, a reference software implementation and a compliance test [...] Read More... The post MetaRoCE: A New RDMA Transport Built for AI-Scale Ethernet appeared first on Engine

Data Center EngineeringData InfrastructureNetworking & Traffic
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ExternalMobile Development
Apple Developer News

Update: New domain for Sign in with Apple

Starting later this year, new Sign in with Apple addresses, previously issued on privaterelay.appleid.com, will be issued on private.icloud.com. Existing addresses on privaterelay.appleid.com will continue to work and forward mail to users without interruption. After further consideration and reviewing community feedback, iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com. What you need to do Developers with apps or websites that use Sign in with Apple should ensure that their account s

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DZone

Text Analysis Without a Backend: Replacing an LLM Call With Intl.Segmenter and 60 Lines of JavaScript

Last spring, I had six small text features to build: flag filler phrases in a draft, score sentence-length variation, format a citation, check a document against a rubric. My first design put all six behind an API route that called a model. It worked in an afternoon. Then I priced it. Anthropic lists Claude Fable 5 at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output. A 700-word draft plus instructions runs about 1,500 input tokens, and users hit the button five or six times per session wh

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