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Let's burn some Tokens! - AI Chatbot Cost Exploitation as an Attack Vector

Many companies ship AI chatbots as thin wrappers around commercial LLM APIs with zero cost controls. What if a tool behaved like an overly engaged, perfectly valid user - and just burned through their budget?

5 min read
#security#ai#llm#chatbots#cost-exploitation

Building Observable Systems: Monitoring and Observability Patterns

Learn how to implement comprehensive observability for microservices using Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki. Includes practical examples and dashboard configurations.

2 min read
#monitoring#observability#prometheus#grafana#sre

Kubernetes Deployment Strategies for Zero Downtime

Exploring advanced Kubernetes deployment strategies including rolling updates, blue-green deployments, and canary releases to achieve zero-downtime deployments for production applications.

2 min read
#kubernetes#devops#deployment#high-availability

Terraform Best Practices for Infrastructure as Code

A comprehensive guide to writing maintainable, scalable Terraform code with real-world examples and patterns learned from managing multi-cloud infrastructure.

3 min read
#terraform#iac#devops#aws#cloud

Monitoring a Dremel DigiLab 3D45 using Python & Pwning It with Ease

My flatmates and I are huge fans of the whole DIY maker community - so a few weeks ago we bought a Dremel DigiLab 3D45. We're really happy about the quality of the prints, but it annoyed me that statistics and metrics about the current state of the machine are just available via the GUI on a computer.

8 min read
#3d-printing#python#monitoring#iot-security

Remove Local Time Machine Snapshots

How to reclaim disk space by removing local Time Machine snapshots on macOS using a simple shell one-liner.

1 min read
#macos#timemachine#tips