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Kubernetes node swap on NVMe triples sandbox density in benchmarks, but only for idle memory

Swap reached GA in Kubernetes 1.34. Measured on CI kernel builds, headless Chrome and Python sandboxes, local-SSD swap packed up to 3x more pods; squeezing the active working set made jobs 40% slower.

Victoria Shinder06 Oct2 min read

Security

pgAdmin 9.18 fixes four CVEs, including an auth bypass

pgAdmin 4 v9.18 closes an authentication bypass and two connection-string injections that redirect the connection, and the exported password, to a host of the caller's choosing.

Serguey Asael Shinder17 Sep3 min read

OpenAI publishes a misalignment disclosure framework and six reports

A process for tracking, investigating and disclosing model behaviour, plus six cases observed over the last six months.

Serguey Asael Shinder16 Sep2 min read