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We do our billing with PrometheusWe do our billing with Prometheus

How Tigris uses Prometheus metrics for usage-based billing instead of traditional event-driven systems, reducing complexity while ensuring transparency and customer-friendly error handling.
Xe Iaso, Peter Boros, Adil Ansari · · 11 min read

Global Replication Made EasyGlobal Replication Made Easy

Supplemental materials for the DevOpsDays Halifax 2025 talk and some extra info that didn't make the cut.
Xe Iaso · · 22 min read

I Tested Qwen Image's Text Rendering Claims. Here's What I Found.I Tested Qwen Image's Text Rendering Claims. Here's What I Found.

Alibaba's new open-weights Qwen Image model shows promise in text rendering but struggles with making the text appear natural. Sometimes it just looks like it was photoshopped in because that's how they assembled the training data.
Xe Iaso · · 13 min read

Standardizing Python Environments with Development ContainersStandardizing Python Environments with Development Containers

Conqueror the complexity of Python environments effortlessly. Discover how Development Containers offer a consistent, reliable setup for any Python project, eliminating dependency frustrations and boosting developer productivity.
Xe Iaso · · 7 min read

Going beyond vibe codingGoing beyond vibe coding

AI tools can make coding easier, but they can also introduce subtle errors that can turn out really bad if you're not careful.
Xe Iaso · · 11 min read

The Storage API That Ate The World (And What We're Doing About It)The Storage API That Ate The World (And What We're Doing About It)

Tigris delivers S3-compatible, globally distributed object storage, enabling seamless multi-cloud workflows without tool changes. Built on S3’s API standard, it simplifies scaling, avoids vendor lock-in, and supports dynamic global data placement.
Ovais Tariq · · 10 min read

Global by Design: Tigris's Distributed Object Storage ArchitectureGlobal by Design: Tigris's Distributed Object Storage Architecture

Tigris puts your objects all over the world, but how do we do it? Today we'll break down the strategies to Tigris' global replication and how it combines fundamental parts of distributed systems to make it happen.
Xe Iaso, Katie Schilling · · 9 min read

AI’s Impending Left-pad ScenarioAI’s Impending Left-pad Scenario

Your AI workflows rely on models that other people post on the Internet. How can you be sure that they'll stay up? Today Xe covers the history of the infamous left-pad incident of 2016 and how it could happen again with AI.
Xe Iaso · · 10 min read

DeepSeek R1 is good enoughDeepSeek R1 is good enough

DeepSeek R1 is a frontier-grade reasoning model that you can run on your own hardware. In this article, Xe digs through the papers and slices past the hype to explain what DeepSeek R1 really gives users and how the model is revolutionary for what it is.
Xe Iaso · · 21 min read