Weeknotes 2026.31

Another week, another heatwave, That could be the theme of the summer this year. The small streams in Graz are already dry. And it seems like the heatwave will last at least for another week.

It was an interesting week where we saw the beginning of two new periods of life. We had a retirement party and on Friday we saw the newborn of a coworker for the first time.

The most impressive thing this week was probably the visualization of the Postgres internals,

Transcontinental Race

Robin Gemperle won the Transcontinental Race. It was an impressive race and Robin was from the beginning in front.

Winner Report: An Easy Man to Mythologise

PGSimCity

An amazing visualization of Postgres internals.

PGSimCity

Ecosia

Ecosia announced that they are now using EUSP index.

EUSP search results are now live in Germany

Flickr

I mentioned that Flickr has a new app and that I am not a big fan. It seems like I am not the only one. And according to this blog posting it got reverted. At least on iOS

Flickr iOS app reverted

Data breach ticker

• North Korean hackers behind major open-source supply chain attacks, Amazon says
• Analog Devices discloses data breach, says operations unaffected
• Cyber extortionists steal data from UK Department for Education
• Cyberattack hits Angola’s largest telco hours before landmark stock debut
• Data breach at medical billing firm MCBS affects 1.26 million people
• India’s Bank of Baroda confirms cyber incident after hackers claim data theft
• Health system in South Carolina, Georgia closes offices after malware affects networks
• Chick-fil-A data breach affects more than 13,000 customers
• OnTrac notifies customers of data breach after network hack