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“Ephemeral environments” refers to the ability to create short-lived copies of your system so that: It’s a powerful practice and works great with services that charge on a pay-per-use basis. There is no extra charge for these environments – it’s only the activities that count. Ho...
SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review
In the early 1970s, the NRO considered taking on a new mission of inspecting other satellites. Dwayne Day explores what is now known about this proposal from a recently declassified document.
SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review
In the concluding part of his assessment of Project Nivelir, Bart Hendrickx examines the satellites' payloads and ground systems, as well as other space-based space surveillance capabilities under development in Russia.
SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review
Last week, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V launched the first operational batch of Project Kuiper satellites for Amazon. Jeff Foust reports that both companies are playing from behind as they work to introduce new vehicles and satellite networks, both competing against SpaceX.
SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review
Jared Isaacman's nomination to be NASA administrator cleared the Senate Commerce Committee last week, putting him one step away from being confirmed by the full Senate. A.J. Mackenzie argues that, while his confirmation is likely secure, there are questions about just how effective an administrator…
OpenAI News
An update from the OpenAI board on transitioning its for-profit entity to a Public Benefit Corporation, reinforcing its mission-driven structure under nonprofit oversight while enabling greater impact and long-term alignment with the public good.
OpenAI News
A conversation with Chandhu Nair, Senior Vice President of Data, AI, and Innovation.
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Snapshots are a critical safety net for any team running Postgres in production. If you’re using AWS RDS, you’re probably relying on them mostly as protection against accidental changes. But if your database grows to many terabytes, the experience of actually using those snapshot...