Weekly Highlights: Free Virtual Machines, AMDs New Processor, and More!

Hello, Habr! Today, we will discuss free virtual machines, AMD’s new processor, a reduction in Cloudflare traffic, and the top articles from last week: including the community-made ELBEAR Arduino, heaters, outdated CSS techniques, and more.

We have published the results of the third week of our giveaway—check our Telegram channel for the customer email addresses that will receive prizes for the highest balance top-ups. Don’t forget that until June 30, you can extend your RUVDS server for another year at a 30% discount!

In a new article on Habr, we discussed «free virtual machines» offered by many companies to attract customers. The piece includes thoughts on the arithmetic of underpricing and the overall nature of this phenomenon.

According to “Kommersant”, since early June, Cloudflare traffic in Russia has dropped by about 30%, following the call from Roskomnadzor for businesses to stop using it. For insights on the question of “What will happen with the service’s unavailability?”, the publication reached out to our CEO, Nikita Tsaplin.

AMD has launched the Ryzen 5 5500X3D processor featuring the AM4 socket. This theoretically allows it to be installed on motherboards dating back to 2017. Who can utilize this processor and why it’s beneficial for AMD are details we explored in a recent post on the RUVDS Telegram channel.

🔹 The Russian «Arduino»: An Enthusiast’s First Look

In this article, the author shares their personal experience as an experienced hobbyist attempting to substitute the foreign Arduino with a local version, adapting it for their amateur needs without delving into complexities.

🔹 About Heaters

We’ll explore the differences between various heaters, why there are so many designs, and where marketers and copywriters are trying to sell us overpriced junk.

🔹 Searching for Atari Games in Random Data

Thanks to advancements in GPUs, AI, and machine learning, we can now (very quickly) write a Python script that dumps junk into a 4KB ROM and asks: «Does this resemble a game?»

🔹 What is a CDN and How Does It Work: An Explanation Using Cat Delivery

Imagine you’ve created the perfect website, but when a thousand users from around the world want to see a fluffy cat jump into a box at the same time, your server crashes. To prevent this, a CDN (Content Delivery Network) comes into play. We’ll explain how it works using the example of cat delivery.

🔹 These CSS Techniques Are Outdated

The author has compiled several code snippets that were once popular and has rewritten them using the new capabilities of CSS.