StackBlitz server-in-browser adds Firefox support, headless API

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StackBlitz, whose WebContainer product enables a Node.js server to run in WebAssembly within the browser for development, has added alpha support for...
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Rust applications previewed on Azure Sphere – a ‘lifeline’ for embedded systems, says Microsoft

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Microsoft has previewed Rust-based applications on Azure Sphere, its platform for cloud-connected devices. Azure Sphere is formed of...
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Microsoft’s devcontainer.json: Just for VS Code or an evolving standard?

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Last month,  Microsoft declared that “dev containers have become broadly useful for scenarios beyond VS Code” and introduced an open source development...
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Interview: Does new Envoy Gateway give hope for reduction in Kubernetes project sprawl?

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Part of the notorious CNCF Cloud Native Landscape diagram: too many "duplicative efforts"? Among the most significant announcements...
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GitHub Enterprise Server 3.5 released with Dependabot and more, but cloud version gets features first

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GitHub Enterprise Server, the self-hosted version of the code shack's platform, has hit version 3.5. The company said there are over 60...
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Cloud-native developers grow, proportion knowingly using Kubernetes slides – report

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A report out this week indicates that while the population of cloud-native developers is growing, the number of programmers consciously using Kubernetes...
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Docker launches Extensions, Linux Desktop, CEO doesn’t expect it’ll ‘take away more free stuff’

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Docker put out a new Extensions feature at its virtual DockerCon event, which opened today. There is also the first release of...
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Kubernetes 1.24 ‘Stargazer’ release removes Dockershim, adds OpenAPI v3 in beta

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The Kubernetes project has released version 1.24 of its ubiquitous container orchestration system, Stargazer – the first release of 2022 and just...
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Enterprises using more Kubernetes across more clouds, but continue to find it challenging: report

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A new “State of Kubernetes” report sponsored by VMware shows continuing strong growth for Kubernetes adoption, despite its complexity. 
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Istio will follow Knative to Cloud Native Computing Foundation, ending uncertainty over stewardship

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Istio, a service mesh commonly used with Kubernetes to manage traffic between microservices, has been submitted to the CNCF (Cloud Native Computing...
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Break point: GitHub, Istio, Snyk, SQLite, Vitesse, and Twist

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GitHub opened its database of open source-related CVEs and security advisories for community contributions this week. The company describes the project as...
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Grafana 8.4 gives maintainers a break with mute timings

Julia Schmidt -
After a somewhat meagre update in December, the Grafana team went full steam ahead and now present version 8.4 of the observability...
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The stack it is a-changin’: Podman 4.0 features rewritten network stack in prep of things to come

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Red Hat's open source tool for pod management, Podman, has received an extensive network stack overhaul, prompting the team behind the Docker...
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Break point: Cassandra, Elastic, GitHub, KubeOne, New Relic, and CNCF

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Users of Apache Cassandra who haven't updated their systems in the last couple of days should consider an upgrade, as JFrog identified...
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Istio project pushes out v1.13 – users might have preferred a security update

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Apparently, service mesh Istio currently comes with a high severity security issue. While waiting for the fix to roll around on February...
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Break point: Icinga, Kong Enterprise, Qt, Google Cloud, and Tigera

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Icinga for Windows 1.8 has matured into general availability this week, offering users an all-new management console menu and some plugin improvements....
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