Sajal Choudhary

I finished reading Lucas Käldström’s bachelor’s thesis about the patterns and reasons behind the cloud native paradigm.
Lucas uses concepts from thermodynamics and control theory to talk about the key design principles involved in kubernetes design.

An excerpt:

The Kubernetes operator programming model has allowed subject matter experts
(that have authored) to encapsulate knowledge in a way that lets tens
of thousands of Kubernetes users “stand on the shoulders of giants” (knowledge
scalability). Furthermore, the declarative abstraction layer allows for optimizations
in the implementation (e.g., scheduling), leading to resource scalability. Finally,
through continuous reconciliation “repairing” the system as often as possible, fewer
error situations need human intervention, leading to monitoring scalability.

Link to the paper - https://github.com/luxas/research

Apple Announces iOS 27 Release Date by Joe Rossignol

iOS 27 has already been available as a developer beta since June and as a public beta since July, and Apple today said that the update will be released for all users with a compatible iPhone model on Monday, September 14.

Announced at the event, among other things. But hey, five days to go. I still don't know what features my 16Pro will get.

Audi’s new A2 E-tron is its most affordable and efficient EV yet

The German automaker’s new A2 E-tron compact crossover is inexpensive, starting at just £32,200 (about $45,000). And it absolutely impresses with an ultra low drag coefficient and a range of battery and drivetrain options that, when configured correctly, can produce a range of up to 401 miles.

Perhaps my next car?

Most probably it will be a BYD, at the rate things are going.

First Xiaomi, then the world: why Arm might give phone gaming a huge graphics boost by Sean Hollister

By following Nvidia’s playbook, Arm-powered phones are about to have PC-like technologies to make games run faster, at higher resolution, with advanced lighting techniques, all without using more power than they do today. The jagged edges you see in the mobile versions of popular games might begin to go away.

Seems interesting. The goal is for phones to be a switch like device, or better. Like what the PS portal could be.

Bangalore India hospital flow by Derek Sivers

Medications that cost $50 in New Zealand or $100 in America are only $2 in India. After my surgery, they prescribed a bunch of stuff to keep the pain and infection away. Fulfilled at a local pharmacy, everything all combined cost about $8.

Need a private consultation with a specialist - like a neurosurgeon or dermatologist or cardiologist? $10. You just tap an appointment in their app, pay instantly with your phone, and that’s it. Which leads to the next point.

We have talked about this ourselves. That healthcare in India is so good and cheap, if you have the money. There are already a lot of people undertaking medical tourism in India. This just strengthens that view.

Microsoft slashes Xbox Cloud Gaming to just 15 hours a month for Ultimate subscribers by Tom Warren

If you want to use more than the 15 hours included with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, you’ll need to purchase additional cloud playtime through the Xbox store starting in November. Microsoft isn’t revealing exact pricing and details today, but Xbox cloud players will be able to purchase bundles of hours that can roll over if unused in a particular month.

It used to be unlimited before this.