Peakhour.IO - Interest

Cloudflare outage proves Plan B depends on controlling DNS

Dan — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:00:00 +1100

Tuesday’s Cloudflare incident reminded everyone that you can’t execute a Plan B if your DNS knobs are trapped behind the provider that’s failing. Here’s how Peakhour runs a detect-decide-divert playbook without touching your existing third-party DNS vendors.

Why Don't We Have an AI UI Yet?

AC — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +1000

If AI is the next great computer interface, why are we still clicking on icons and navigating menus? Exploring the major hurdles standing between us and a true AI-native operating system.

AI as the Translator Between Human and Machine

AC — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +1000

We've gone from command lines to graphical interfaces. The next great leap in how we interact with computers won't be seen, it will be understood. AI is poised to become the ultimate translator between human intent and machine execution.

From Research Paper to Running Code

AC — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +1000

Exploring how AI can dramatically accelerate the process of turning complex academic research into functional code, with examples from anomaly detection to small LLMs.

My Programming Journey

AC — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +1000

A personal journey through the evolution of programming, from the early days of DOS and BASIC to the current age of AI-assisted coding.

RFC 9460

AC — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +1100

Introducing SVCB and HTTPS records in DNS and their impact on web connectivity.

Dive into CVSS Scores

AC — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +1100

Understand CVSS by examining the Atlassian CVE-2023-22515 and CVE-2023-22518.

A Risk Based Approach To Vulnerability Scoring

AC — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +1100

An in-depth exploration of EPSS, its data-driven approach to assessing cybersecurity threats, and how it complements CVSS.

Navigating CDN Consolidation

AC — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +1100

Explore the complexities of switching CDN providers amid industry consolidation and how Peakhour can assist in the transition

Web scraping another Business' website

Legalvision — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +1100

Scraping competitor websites is a common practice, but is it legal? Read on to find out.

A Secure Internet

AC — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +1000

Google Chrome is advancing towards making the web secure by default through HTTPS-First Mode.

Down But Not Out - JXL Will Return on Safari

AC — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +1000

What Apple's announcement of JPEG-XL support means for the web ecosystem.

Fastly Outage

Dan — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 13:00:00 +1000

Fastly, a major CDN provider, had a global outage last night which affected some of the world's largest websites and internet services. Why didn't they have a backup plan?

Setting Up A Chia Hobby Farm

Dan — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +1000

Chia is a new blockchain aiming to one up Bitcoin that's taking the crypto world by storm. We decided to jump on the bandwagon.