# Technology Short Take 196

DevFeed: [Technology Short Take 196](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/technology-short-take-196-10930.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.scottlowe.org/2026/05/22/technology-short-take-196/>)

Author: Scott Lowe

Published: 2026-05-22T14:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Scott's Weblog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/scott-s-weblog.md>)

Topics: [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datacenter.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/terraform.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ansible.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [cURL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/curl.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/npm.md>)

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## AI overview

Technology Short Take 196 is a curated list of articles about data center technologies, covering networking, servers and hardware, security, cloud management, operating systems, and applications. Topics include Ansible and IPSet, WireGuard and Headscale, a compromised Bitwarden CLI package on NPM, curl vulnerabilities, Terraform, AWS MCP Server, AI-assisted infrastructure as code, llama.cpp on Apple Silicon, Chrome's local AI model installation, Linux 7.0 and PostgreSQL, and Linux desktop voice typing.

## Source excerpt

Welcome to Technology Short Take 196! Just in time for the US Memorial Day holiday, I am back with another list of articles related to various data center technologies like networking, security, operating systems, and applications. You will find articles on VPNs, Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities, browser quirks and workarounds, the death of Terraform (again), and so much more. Enjoy your weekend reading! Networking Andrew Ward shares an Ansible role to block abusive subnets using IPSet. From this article on switching to WireGuard from Tailscale, I learned about Headscale (an open source implementation of the Tailscale control plane). Servers/Hardware Doug Dawson looks at some innovations that continue to improve computing power. Doug's article includes a few items I hadn't yet heard of. Security Bitwarden confirmed a compromise of its CLI package on NPM. First, we had CopyFail. Now we have Dirty Frag and Fragnesia. Daniel Stenberg talks about how Mythos found a single vulnerability--yes, just one--in curl. I don't really have words for this...security incident? That doesn't seem like the correct way to describe such a massive oversight, especially when you realize it happened to a cybersecurity agency. "Oops" doesn't even begin to describe it. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management Graham Gilbert insists Terraform is dead. I wonder what sorts of things the AWS MCP Server will make possible? William Collins argues in favor of AI through IaC rather than instead of it. I enjoyed this article. Collins indicates that while authoring IaC using LLMs is working rather well, managing infrastructure using LLMs is another story entirely. If you're at all interested in the intersection of LLMs and IaC, I'd add this to your reading list. Operating Systems/Applications Eric Sloof looks at using llama.cpp to run your own local, private AI stack on Apple Silicon. Mat Duggan examines his descent from artist to mercenary as a result of finding LLMs more useful than he exp