<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/09/uber-m3db-subcluster-sharding/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1788717337142.jpg"/><p>Uber has redesigned shard placement in M3DB with fixed size subclusters to limit the impact of node failures, maintenance, and cluster scaling. The approach bounds shard dependencies, preserves replica isolation, and uses a greedy algorithm to select shard migration…
<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/09/doordash-feature-flag-cleanup/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1788418529526.jpg"/><p>DoorDash built a multi-agent LLM system to automate stale feature flag cleanup across more than 60,000 flags and 623 repositories. The workflow combines live experimentation data through MCP, engineer approval, isolated Git worktrees, parallel agents, and automated…
Francesca Maglione / Bloomberg : Analysis: tech employers filed layoff notices for 14,500+ Bay Area workers in the 12 months to June; Bay Area software engineer demand is down 42% since 2022 — The enormous wealth generated by Anthropic and OpenAI is overshadowing layoffs and an uncertain job market in the city.
Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg : Sources: SpaceX has discussed buying customer and operational information from troubled or defunct startups as a more affordable data source for AI training — Elon Musk's SpaceX has held internal discussions about buying customer and operational information from troubled or defunct startups …
Olivier Acuna / CoinDesk : The UK FCA, alongside tax authorities and police, raids three illegal peer-to-peer crypto businesses, signaling an end to “light-touch” crypto regulation — The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said Thursday that it conducted actions to crack down on three illegal peer …
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information : Source: OpenAI staff expect the Hodge Conjecture, a Millennium Prize Problem, to be solved relatively soon, after solving the Navier-Stokes equations — Remember when OpenAI landed in hot water earlier this month after mathematicians accused the company of trying to steal their thunder for solving an ultra-difficult math problem?
Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch : Comp AI, which uses AI agents to draft security policies, collect audit evidence, conduct continuous compliance monitoring, and more, raised a $34M Series A — Comp AI, a cybersecurity and compliance startup, announced that it has raised a $34 million Series A round. The round was led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures.