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infoq.com > news > 2026 > 09 > lambda-90-minute-timeout

AWS Lambda Pushes Serverless Toward Long-Running Workloads

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (656+ words) Lily Mara explains how to avoid high-risk software rewrites through incremental FFI refactoring. She shares how engineering teams can replace Python bottlenecks with Rust via PyO3, demonstrating how to achieve dramatic function-level speedups, seamless integration testing, and meaningful infrastructure cost savings…...


dev.to > manoharhalappa > scaling-etl-to-25m-records-across-120-school-districts-an-architecture-story-4bdi

Scaling ETL to 25M+ Records Across 120+ School Districts: An Architecture Story

12+ min ago   (987+ words) When you're moving a few thousand records, ETL is mostly a data-processing problem. When you're moving 25+ million records across 120+ school districts, it becomes something else entirely: A distributed-systems reliability problem where you need to prove that the data moved correctly....


dev.to > tstabgen > what-is-tabgen-a-free-local-app-that-turns-a-prompt-into-a-tableau-dashboard-and-why-its-not-3lm

What is TabGen? A free local app that turns a prompt into a Tableau dashboard — and why it's not just another MCP server

9+ min ago   (554+ words) If you've ever opened Tableau Desktop with a clean CSV and then lost an hour to clicking — dragging pills onto shelves, fixing an axis, rebuilding the same profit-ratio calc for the hundredth time — this post is for you. TabGen is…...


dev.to > _24569b2abcc8f3fa4c094 > jevs-decision-model-nylonme-the-disassembly-era-of-ai-is-here-3ij1

Jev's Decision Model + NylonME: The 'Disassembly Era' of AI Is Here

23+ min ago   (783+ words) A Model That Can't Write Just Broke the Internet On September 15, TypeSafe AI released a... Tagged with ai, machinelearning, rust....


dev.to > kush0l > jev-the-ai-model-that-doesnt-talk-it-just-decides-4khl

Jev: The AI Model That Doesn't Talk, It Just Decides

23+ min ago   (194+ words) So, yesterday I was doomscrolling YouTube and just saw a video byHarkirat Singh. This video was about the new System One Model Jev. After watching that video, I thought of putting my thoughts on it. So, basically, what I understood…...


dev.to > beefedai > diagnosing-and-fixing-flaky-microservice-tests-4iag

Diagnosing and Fixing Flaky Microservice Tests

16+ min ago   (337+ words) Flaky tests are the silent productivity tax on microservice teams: they consume developer time, erode trust in CI, and hide real defects behind intermittent noise. I treat test flakiness the same way I treat production incidents—measure impact, isolate scope,…...


dev.to > bpx13303 > why-websites-block-your-data-explained-without-the-tech-jargon-2cgh

Why websites block your data (explained without the tech jargon)

14+ min ago   (558+ words) If you've ever tried to pull data off a website and hit a wall — an error, a blank page, a "prove you're human" screen — this is for you. No code, no jargon. Just what's actually happening and why it's harder…...


dev.to > somedood > make-it-right-maintainable-fast-and-pretty-in-that-order-3069

Make it right, maintainable, fast, and pretty (in that order)

18+ min ago   (1404+ words) I don't consider myself a vibe coder. I like reading the code. More specifically, I want to architect a feature, debate about its merits, iterate on its implementation, and finally review the code at a high level. I have two…...


dev.to > kozhevniko > zcopyreaper-a-local-privilege-escalation-in-the-linux-kernel-rds-path-10ki

ZcopyReaper: A Local Privilege Escalation in the Linux Kernel RDS Path

17+ min ago   (204+ words) Kernel local privilege escalation flaws rarely make headlines, because they require an attacker to already have a foothold. They matter anyway, because that foothold is exactly what an intruder needs after the initial access, and a reliable escalation turns a…...


dev.to > machinecodingmaster > stop-polluting-your-domain-with-static-factories-clean-validation-with-java-25-flexible-276a

Stop Polluting Your Domain with Static Factories: Clean Validation with Java 25 Flexible Constructor Bodies

22+ min ago   (416+ words) For years, Java forced us to write bloated static factory methods just to validate arguments before calling super(). With Java 25 LTS standardizing flexible constructor bodies (JEP 492) in 2026, you can finally run pre-construction logic safely inside the constructor where it belongs....