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Meta Engineering

Lights Out, Systems On: Validating Instant Power Loss Readiness

We’re introducing Instantaneous PowerLoss Storm, a new testing paradigm within Meta’s infrastructure for handling and mitigating instant or zero-notice power loss in our data centers.  We’re sharing: how we built readiness to tolerate instant failures into our existing systems with defense-in-depth strategies; tradeoffs made in implementing it, and how we validated our readiness. Disaster preparedness [...] Read More... The post Lights Out, Systems On: Validating Instant Power Loss Readiness app

Core InfraData Center EngineeringProduction Engineering
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ExternalMobile Development
Apple Developer News

Update for Apps Distributed in Texas

Due to a recent court ruling lifting an injunction on Texas law SB 2420, new Apple Accounts in Texas are now subject to the law, which introduced age assurance requirements for app marketplaces and developers. As previously announced, this includes age assurance and parent or guardian consent on behalf of minors under the age of 18 for downloads, Apple In-App Purchases, and significant changes associated with an app. Parents or guardians will also be able to revoke their consent for any app they

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ExternalCloud
Cloudflare Blog

Enforcing the First AS in BGP AS_PATHs

BGP is vulnerable to routing hijacks and path leaks that negatively impact traffic on the Internet. RPKI helps solve some of these problems, but for some forged paths, we need to rely on a simpler mechanism: First AS enforcement in BGP.

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ExternalSoftware Engineering
DZone

Getting Started With Agentic Workflows in Java and Quarkus

This post walks through building and running a real-world agentic workflow with Agentican and Quarkus. Specifically, an agentic workflow to automate market research and information sharing: Identify the top vendors within a market category. Research the positioning and strengths of each vendor. Classify the findings as either standard or urgent. Draft a brief to share with others in the company. Prerequisites Quarkus Java 25 Maven (or Gradle) LLM provider API key Step 1: Add the dependency Creat

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