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Here's a Terraform configuration using the oracle/oci provider (version ~> 6.0) that provisions a virtual server in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) with the specified requirements:

✅ Terraform Configuration

terraform {
  required_providers {
    oci = {
      source  = "oracle/oci"
      version = "~> 6.0"

Make Ubuntu packages 90% faster by rebuilding them

TL;DR

You can take the same source code package that Ubuntu uses to build jq, compile it again, and realize 90% better performance.

Setting

I use jq for processing GeoJSON files and other open data offered in JSON format. Today I am working with a 500MB GeoJSON file that contains the Alameda County Assessor's parcel map. I want to run a query that prints the city for every parcel worth more than a threshold amount. The program is

Optimizing Django and Celery for Handling Many Concurrent Requests

Handling a high volume of concurrent requests in a Django application with Celery for background tasks can be challenging. This guide will walk you through the necessary steps to optimize your setup for better performance and scalability.

Default Setup with Gunicorn and Celery

By default, Gunicorn with Django and Celery uses synchronous workers to handle web requests and background tasks. This means:

Gunicorn: Uses sync workers which can handle one request at a time per worker.
Celery: Processes tasks synchronously within each worker.

Enable Windows Exporter on AKS (Private Preview)

AKS preview features are available on a self-service, opt-in basis. Previews are provided "as is" and "as available," and they're excluded from the service-level agreements and limited warranty. AKS previews are partially covered by customer support on a best-effort basis. As such, these features aren't meant for production use. For more information, see the following support articles:

AKS support policies

Azure support FAQ

	#include <stdio.h>
	#include <string.h>
	#include <stdlib.h>

	/*
	* Simple test program for FORTIFY_SOURCE.
	*
	* Compile with the following to test with no source fortification and stack protection off:
	* gcc -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=0 -fno-stack-protector fortify.c -o fortify
	*

	using System;
	using System.Management.Automation.Remoting;
	using System.Reflection;
	using System.Threading;
	using System.Threading.Tasks;

	#nullable enable

	/*
	This code uses internal APIs of the PowerShell remoting system to create the

	import os
	import base64

	from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed

	import openai

	from pdf2image import convert_from_path
	from PIL import Image

	FROM golang:1.23.0-bookworm AS build

	ARG upx_version=4.2.4

	RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends xz-utils && \
	curl -Ls https://github.com/upx/upx/releases/download/v${upx_version}/upx-${upx_version}-amd64_linux.tar.xz -o - \| tar xvJf - -C /tmp && \
	cp /tmp/upx-${upx_version}-amd64_linux/upx /usr/local/bin/ && \
	chmod +x /usr/local/bin/upx && \
	apt-get remove -y xz-utils && \
	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

	# Copyright: (c) 2024, Jordan Borean (@jborean93) <[email protected]>
	# MIT License (see LICENSE or https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

	Function New-ScheduledTaskSession {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Creates a PSSession for a process running as a scheduled task.

	.DESCRIPTION
	Creates a PSSession that can be used to run code inside a scheduled task

	function Write-CustomLog {
	param([string]$Message)

	$callerInfo = (Get-PSCallStack)[1]
	$scriptName = Split-Path -Leaf $callerInfo.ScriptName
	$lineNumber = $callerInfo.ScriptLineNumber
	$functionName = $callerInfo.FunctionName

	$logEntry = "{0:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} - {1}:{2} - {3} - {4}" -f `
	(Get-Date), $scriptName, $lineNumber, $functionName, $Message