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"Better to reign in hell than share in heaven". Completely bonkers, but Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor connect-the-dots on who is hellbent and how we get to the sharing part instead. _End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World_ is essential reading!
And for the tech parts a great companion read is "The Nerd Reich" by Gil Durán.
And Sharkey says: Hey, kemosabe! Long time no see.
He says: Hey sport. You connect the dots. You pick up the pieces.
He says: You know, I can see two tiny pictures of myself
RE: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117457828549093097
Imo, It should have been the opposite... dots appear, then they rotate and then connect, 'GrapheneOS' text appears at the bottom, the whole animation freezes until the device boots up :asuna_but:
My demo broke at 9:58 PM. The same URL answered at 9:40. My code did not change in between.
That gap is the whole lesson. A free server is a shared, sleeping, replaceable machine. It is not a staging environment.
Below are five myths I kept repeating out loud. Then comes a 90-second probe that turns each one into a measurement.
Myth 1: "It returned 200, so it's up"
A 200 tells you one request finished. It says nothing about the next request.
Cold containers queue, boot, then answer. The status code hides all of that work.
So what did you actually measure? The status, or the latency budget?
Correct mental model: split the question into three.
Record connect time, time to first byte, and full body time separately. One number is not a diagnosis.
Myth 2: "My files will be there tomorrow"
Free tiers often rebuild the container between requests. Sometimes hourly. Sometimes weekly. You rarely get told which.
So don't assume persistence. Test it.
A canary is the cheapest test you have. Write a value, wait, read it back.
stamp=$(date +%s)
curl -s -X POST "$BASE/canary" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "{\"v\":\"$stamp\"}"
sleep 120
curl -s "$BASE/canary?v=$stamp"
If the read-back is empty, your "temporary" upload directory is a story you tell your demo.
Correction: treat the filesystem as a cache. Keep state in an external store, or ship a seed script that rebuilds it on every boot.
Myth 3: "Free means I can retry CI forever"
Retries are cheap for you. They are not cheap for the host.
Many free tiers count requests, not successes. Worse, retry storms hit a cold service and trigger more boots.
Your pipeline gets slower. Your logs get noisier. Nothing gets fixed.
Correction: exponential backoff with jitter, a hard attempt cap, and one pre-warm request before the real one.
for i in 1 2 3; do
code=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' --max-time 20 "$BASE/healthz")
[ "$code" = "200" ] && break
sleep $(( (2 ** i) + RANDOM % 3 ))
done
Myth 4: "Green locally means green remotely"
At least six things differ between your laptop and a free container:
None of these appear in a unit test. All of them appear in a demo.
Myth 5: "The health check proves demo readiness"
Most health endpoints are shallow. They return 200 while the connection pool is still warming.
A green dot means the route exists. It does not mean the first real user succeeds.
Correction: add one endpoint that touches a real dependency. Hit it twice before you present.
The probe: one script, one receipt
Here is the template I use now. It needs only bash, curl, and the Python standard library.
You supply two routes: /healthz and /canary. The second one stores and returns a small value.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# probe.py <base_url> [sleep_seconds] — stdlib only, writes receipt.json
import datetime, json, sys, time, urllib.request
BASE = sys.argv[1].rstrip("/")
WAIT = float(sys.argv[2]) if len(sys.argv) > 2 else 0.0
def timed(path, payload=None, timeout=25):
req = urllib.request.Request(BASE + path, method="POST" if payload else "GET")
if payload:
req.add_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
t0 = time.perf_counter()
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, data=payload, timeout=timeout) as r:
body = r.read().decode("utf-8", "replace")
return {"path": path, "status": r.status,
"ms": round((time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000, 1),
"body": body[:200]}
except Exception as e:
return {"path": path, "status": None,
"ms": round((time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000, 1),
"error": str(e)[:200]}
stamp = str(int(time.time()))
checks = [
timed("/healthz"), # possibly cold
timed("/healthz"), # hopefully warm
timed("/canary", payload=json.dumps({"v": stamp}).encode()),
]
time.sleep(WAIT)
checks.append(timed("/canary?v=" + stamp)) # canary read-back
receipt = {
"base": BASE,
"at": datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc).isoformat(),
"wait_seconds": WAIT,
"checks": checks,
}
json.dump(receipt, open("receipt.json", "w"), indent=2)
print(json.dumps(receipt, indent=2))
Run it twice. Once cold, once after a short pause.
python3 probe.py your-app.example 0 > cold.json
python3 probe.py your-app.example 120 > warm.json
Reading the receipt
Do not eyeball the whole file. Check four fields.
healthz[0].ms vs healthz[1].msSecond call much fasterCold-start tax is real; pre-warm before demoscanary status200 with the stored valueYour endpoint is broken, not the hostread-back bodyContains your stampState did not survive; treat FS as cacheany errorEmptyTimeout or TLS issue; fix before blaming the app
Two runs prove very little about a month. Two runs prove a lot about tonight's demo.
Where a free model fits (and where it does not)
I use a model to summarize the receipt into three sentences for a shared channel. That is it.
A summary is not a gate. Never let a generated paragraph decide whether you ship.
For that write-up step I have used MonkeyCode's free model access and its free server option, so the probe and the summary live in one place. Disclosure: This article was prepared as part of MonkeyCode's product outreach.
Run the probe yourself regardless of host. The numbers are yours, not mine.
Decision table: is a free server enough?
SituationFree server OK?What to do insteadInternal demo, one audience, you can redeployYesPre-warm, keep a seed script readyOvernight CI on every commitRiskyCache artifacts, cap retries at 3Data you cannot rebuildNoExternal database with backupsLatency-sensitive user testsNoPaid tier or local containerLoad or soak testingNoIsolated environment you controlTeaching a workflow, first passYesKeep the probe in the repoLimitations and who should not use this
The probe measures only what you instrument. It cannot see the host's scheduler, quotas, or eviction policy.
It also cannot promise anything about next month. Free tiers change shape without notice.
Skip this approach entirely if you need an SLA, handle regulated data, or run stateful services. Skip it if a mid-demo redeploy would cost you the deal.
Also skip it if you cannot write the canary endpoint. Without it, you are guessing.
What I changed
I stopped calling the free box "staging". I call it a demo target with a timer.
The receipt file now lives in the repo. Every demo starts with two runs and one glance at the table.
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Cold Starts, Lost Files, and Green Dots: Five Myths About Using a Free Server as Staging
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Konami-Präsident: KI kann menschliche Kreative nicht ersetzen
Konami sieht in generativer KI keinen Ersatz für menschliche Kreative. Das geht aus dem neuen Integrated Report des Unternehmens für das Geschäftsjahr bis März 2026 hervor. Im Kapitel zum Bereich Digital Entertainment äußert sich Hideki Hayakawa, Präsident von Konami Digital Entertainment, ausführlich zur Rolle von KI in der Spieleentwicklung und zur weiteren Strategie des Unternehmens. Entdeckt hatte die Passage zunächst das japanische Magazin Dengeki Online, übersetzt wurde sie […]https://nintendo-connect.de/heimkonsole/konami-praesident-ki-ersetzt-keine-kreativen-302984/
‘Ready to Connect India With High-Speed Internet’ : Starlink Responds to Reliance
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SSPR et Entra Connect Sync : Microsoft modifie le calendrier, les nouvelles dates à retenir https://www.it-connect.fr/sspr-et-entra-connect-sync-microsoft-modifie-le-calendrier-les-nouvelles-dates-a-retenir/ #Microsoft365 #Entreprise #Microsoft
WordPress sites can now connect to Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI agents through the official[…]
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Ended up ordering a Connect ZBT-2 for setting up a Thread network at home. I've been all in with Zigbee2MQTT for years, but I want to branch out (possibly with the Shelly Presence Gen4 first) into Thread.
I've got HomePod minis that could be border routers, but I know how Apple can be & I'd rather have a bit more control 😃
Deutsche Telekom is deploying AudioCodes VoiceAI Connect for Voice AI Notes Mobile, a new SMB service that automatically records, transcribes, and summarises business calls. Mistral AI provides the AI services, running inside Deutsche Telekom T Cloud.
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Install #Coder on #AlmaLinux VPS and Connect Workspace to VS Code (5 Minute Quick-Start Guide) This article provides a guide to install Coder on AlmaLinux VPS and connect workspace to VS Code.
What is Coder?
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#Lithuania reports attempted arson attack on Starlink equipment used to connect with #Ukraine — the third incident in the EU this month
The attempt in Vilnius, carried out overnight into Oct. 18, follows similar incidents in #Poland and #Bulgaria. Lithuania’s PM has linked it to russia.
Researchers have documented how automated workflows in Salesforce Agentforce connect inbound customer messages and case records directly to internal agent prompts and actions.
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SBI, Mesh Connect and Money Forward Form Digital-Asset JV in Japan
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State of Maryland: Governor Moore Announces Job Training Search Tool to Connect Marylanders with Opportunities and Safeguard Access to Benefits Amid Trump Administration Restrictions. “Governor Wes Moore today announced the launch of a new search tool designed to rapidly connect Marylanders with more than 900 job training programs, adult education opportunities, career schools and pathways, and […]
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CVE-2026-73547: Envoy ext_authz null pointer deref on path-less CONNECT requests lets unauthenticated clients crash the proxy. CVSS 7.5. Fixed in 1.36.10, 1.37.6, 1.38.4, 1.39.1 - update now. https://www.valtersit.com/cve/CVE-2026-73547/ #CVE #infosec #Envoy
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