Ubuntu

I am currently working on the next Ubuntu release, plucky puffin. There, I am preparing the next versions of packages in the container stack (docker, containerd, runc), the high availability packages (pacemaker, corosync, etc), PHP (the interpreter, extensions, and other related packages), and PostgreSQL.

Debian

I have been mostly forwarding the work I do in Ubuntu to Debian and preparing a new version of isc-kea (2.6).

Reading

Capitães da areia. This is a novel from 1937 by the Brazilian writer Jorge Amado about the life of a group of children living on the streets of Salvador, Bahia.

Learning eBPF. This is a nice and practical introductory book on eBPF I used to get started with writting the Ubuntu Server introduction to eBPF.

Linkers and Loaders. This is a classic, but it is not an easy read at all if you really want to dive in the topic.

Studying

I have been going through Crafting Interpreters and implementing the first part of the book in Rust instead of using the book’s code, which is in Java. This way, I can study the 2 topics (compilers and Rust) at the same time. The second part of the book is written in C to show students the issues one may face while having to deal with memory management. I am considering doing that part in RiscV assembly when the time comes. I may need to get myself some RiscV board for that matter though.