Southwest Airlines: ‘Shameful’ Technical Debt Bites Back - DevOps.com

The moral of the story: I like criticism. It makes you strong.

The débâcle of canceled flights was caused by decades of #TechnicalDebt. That’s the analysis of @Columbia prof @Zeynep. A lack of scalability in #SkySolver, $LUV’s crew sched. system, led to days of paralysis.

At @TechstrongGroup’s @DevOpsDotCom: https://t.co/y6XcUbuNMi #DevOps

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) January 5, 2023

PyTorch supply chain attack: Dependency confusion burns DevOps - ReversingLabs

Flaming security posture: A classic dependency confusion attack revealed itself last week. The PyTorch open source software supply chain was compromised by a hacker publishing a malicious torchtriton clone on PyPI.

3/ It’s proof, once again, that #DevOps needs to get serious about mitigation.

In this week’s #SSBlogwatch we have nothing to lose but our chains.

For @ReversingLabs’ @SecuredSoftware: https://t.co/AJixr4a3zJ

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) January 4, 2023

‘We Must Ban TikTok!’ — Senate, House, FCC Agree - Security Boulevard

GOP: No FYP for U
TikTok’s days are numbered in the U.S.—if the GOP has its way. Because the app is “a sophisticated surveillance tool” that embodies China’s “techno-totalitarian control,” they say.

3/ Can you feel which way the wind is blowing?

The answer, my friend, is in today’s #SBBlogwatch. At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://t.co/muZCwiiOCS

— @Richi 🤓 Jennings (@RiCHi) January 3, 2023