Robo taxis are coming

By Arthur on • 3 min read

A family day of Waymo rides in San Francisco, from first-ride awe to routine trust, and what the kids chose over a Lyft Black.

Transform crisis into energy

By Arthur on • 1 min read

Enjoyed listening to a recent podcast with Antje Heimsoeth (advisor to many DAX executives) talking about the current events. Had, could, would – this does not help us in the…

Managed Kubernetes pricing benchmark

By Arthur on • 1 min read

TL;DR: Google Cloud has the most attractive pricing for Managed Kubernetes (based on March 2020 price lists). Most organisations that consider modernising their infrastructure and app stack, are moving to…

Why Not WireGuard

By Arthur on • 1 min read

With increasing share of remote work, question of the right VPN protocol comes up more frequently. The “new” kind on the block is Wireguard. Source: https://www.ckn.io/blog/2017/11/14/wireguard-vpn-typical-setup/ Benchmark values speak a…

Life on the moon

By Arthur on • 1 min read

Intriguing to see how Soviets have imagined life in outer space. Topics popular in the 1960s and 1980s are now relevant again—ecology, alternative energy, reasonable consumption, overpopulation, and waste recycling.…

Is everything a simulation?

By Arthur on • 1 min read

Searching for a good argument that we might *not* be living in a Simulation? Neil deGrasse Tyson have finally found one. Love it!

Reliability at scale

By Arthur on • 1 min read

Enjoyed reading a story from Google Site Reliability Engineering about the way they trace problems. At Google scale, million-to-one chances happen all the time All incidents should be novel.

Cloud +600%, energy +6%

By Arthur on • 1 min read

Data centers are the backbone of the digital world, they are responsible for 1% of world’s electricity use. Good news though – all hyperscalers (Google, Amazon, Microsoft) have worked hard…