Learn Kubernetes from Scratch (Without the Hype)

Who is this for? Someone who has never touched Kubernetes but wants to understand it well enough to discuss it confidently — and even run a few things on their laptop. Important mindset note: Kubernetes is not Heroku or a full application platform. It does not build your app, manage your CI/CD pipeline, or automatically … Read more

LEGS Trains 3.5x Faster Than LERF in Large-Scale Indoor Mapping

Table of Links Abstract Introduction Related work Problem statement [Methods]() Experiments Limitations [Conclusion]() LIMITATIONS We assume a static environment where objects do not move during traversal. This limits the scope of this work because many applications involve dynamic scenes with moving objects. In future work, we will adapt our method to work for dynamic scenes. … Read more

The Commercial Open Source Go-to-Market Manifesto

Let’s start with a paradox. By the data, Commercial Open Source (COSS) is a potent, high-performing investment category in the modern digital economy. It is a $26.4 billion investment category that systematically outperforms traditional software. Companies in this space achieve exit valuations that are 7x to 14x higher than their closed-source peers, and they graduate … Read more

Your smart TV may be crawling the web for AI

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. These days, if you sign up for a new streaming service, you generally have two options: Either pay a massive premium for an ad-free experience, or endure frequent commercial breaks … Read more

I Rewrote a Python RAG Library in Rust

Chunk-based RAG is broken for structured documents. The fix is simpler than you think - and faster than the original. A few weeks ago, I came across an article by Agent Native about vectorless RAG. The framing stuck with me: most RAG systems turn documents into “semantic confetti” — chunk everything, embed everything, then hope an ANN search surfaces … Read more

The Identity of Things: Architecting Machine-First Security in the Sky Computing Era

In modern healthcare architecture, we often focus on the human user—the doctor, the pharmacist, or the patient. But behind the scenes, a massive, invisible workforce of service accounts, containers, and automated scripts is doing the heavy lifting. As we transition from simple multi-cloud setups to Sky Computing—where compute is treated as a portable, universal utility—managing … Read more

AI Doesn’t Need Robots. It Needs Rentable Humans

There’s a quiet lie baked into most conversations about artificial intelligence. We talk as if the next leap forward depends on better models, faster chips, or humanoid robots that finally work outside carefully staged demos. But that’s not where AI breaks today. AI already reasons better than most people in narrow domains. It plans faster. … Read more

The Compliance Gap in Agentic AI: Why the Real Opportunity Isn’t Another Agent

January 2026. Davos. IBM and UAE telecom giant e& walk onto the stage. They don’t unveil a new foundation model. They don’t demo an agent that books flights or writes code. They announce an enterprise-grade agentic AI deployment built specifically for governance and compliance. Watsonx Orchestrate. OpenPages GRC integration. Proof of concept delivered in eight … Read more

Democrats to introduce bill aimed at resurrecting IRS Direct File

160 Democratic lawmakers from across the country are backing a soon-to-be-introduced bill that would reverse the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate IRS Direct File. The Direct File Act, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), would bring back the option to file taxes directly with the government for free. The Biden … Read more