We are in a time where the open source tooling and developer story around Apple’s new M1 chip is all over our feeds. Among these was this interesting benchmark. It even highlights where a somewhat older Intel can still beat the M1, such as highly optimized crypto. In general, if your code relies on the Go parts more than native optimized code the M1 looks like a performance win.

Okay this is pretty stinkin’ clever.

• GitHub Actions is used as an uptime monitor
  • Every 5 minutes, a workflow visits your website to make sure it’s up
  • Response time is recorded every 6 hours and committed to git
  • Graphs of response time are generated every day
• GitHub Issues are used for incident reports
  • An issue is opened if an endpoint is down
  • People from your team are assigned to the issue
  • Incidents reports are posted as issue comments
  • Issues are locked so non-members cannot comment on them
  • Issues are closed automatically when your site comes back up
  • Slack notifications are sent on updates
• GitHub Pages are used for the status website
  • A simple, beautiful, and accessible PWA is generated
  • Built with Svelte and Sapper
  • Fetches data from this repository using the GitHub API

Maddy Mail Server implements all functionality required to run an email server. It can send messages via SMTP (works as MTA), accept messages via SMTP (works as MX) and store messages while providing access to them via IMAP. In addition to that it implements auxiliary protocols that are mandatory to keep email reasonably secure (DKIM, SPF, DMARC, DANE, MTA-STS).

It replaces Postfix, Dovecot, OpenDKIM, OpenSPF, OpenDMARC and more with one daemon with uniform configuration and minimal maintenance cost.

IMAP storage is still in beta, but this is one to watch as it could dramatically simplify your infrastructure.

If you’re intrigued by the overwhelmingly positive reviews of Apple’s M1-based machines, but not sure if your favorite (or necessary apps) have made the transition, this site has your back.

(Hat tip to Christian Witts in our #applenerds channel for linking this up)

Jaana Dogan, now working at AWS, reflects on her (long) time at Google:

My time was up for one exact reason. I no longer had no clue what the life outside Google felt like. My actual superpower was gone. I remember sitting in meetings only bringing insights from what I hear from customers without truly understanding how things worked outside of our bubble end-to-end.

Thoughtful reflection is a powerful tool in your life. Sharing that reflection with others, like Jaana does here, can be a powerful tool in other people’s lives. 💪

From Microsoft’s TypeScript wiki on GitHub:

There are easy ways to configure TypeScript to ensure faster compilations and editing experiences. The earlier on these practices are adopted, the better. Beyond best-practices, there are some common techniques for investigating slow compilations/editing experiences, some common fixes, and some common ways of helping the TypeScript team investigate the issues as a last resort.

k6 is a modern load testing tool, building on Load Impact’s years of experience in the load and performance testing industry. It provides a clean, approachable scripting API, local and cloud execution, and flexible configuration.

Securing containers is a complex task. The problem space is broad, vendors are on fire, there are tons of checklists and best practices and it’s hard to prioritize solutions. So if you had to implement a container security strategy from where would you start?

Screenity is a Chrome extension that will help you level up your screen recording/sharing game. How does it compare with other offerings in this category? Here’s a google sheet with the feature breakdown.