2026-04-18

Healthchecks.io Now Uses Self-Hosted Object Storage

Healthchecks.io ping endpoints accept HTTP HEAD, GET, and POST request methods. When using HTTP POST, clients can include an arbitrary payload in the request body. Healthchecks.io stores the first 100kB of the request body. If the request body is tiny, Healthchecks.io stores it in the PostgreSQL database. Otherwise, it stores it in S3-compatible object storage. [...] Healthchecks.io ping endpoints accept HTTP HEAD, GET, and POST request methods. When using HTTP POST, clients can include an arbitrary payload in the request body. Healthchecks.io stores the first 100kB of the request body. If the request body is tiny, Healthchecks.io stores it in the PostgreSQL database. Otherwise, it stores it in S3-compatible object storage. We recently migrated from a managed to a self-hosted object storage. Our S3 API is now served by Versity S3 Gateway and backed by a plain simple Btrfs filesystem. In 2022, while implementing ping request body offloading to object storage , I was evaluating which object storage provider to use. AWS S3 has per-request pricing, which would make it expensive-ish for Healthchecks.io usage patterns (frequent PutObject S3 operations, one operation per every large-enough ping request). Also, AWS being subject to the CLOUD Act, Healthchecks.io would need to encrypt data before handing it off to AWS, which would add complexity.

Middle schooler finds coin from Troy in Berlin

A 13-year-old on a walk in the Spandau district of Berlin discovered a rare ancient bronze coin from Troy . It dates to between 281 and 261 B.C. and was issued by the mint at Ilion (Classical and Hellenistic era Troy). Now on display at the PETRI Museum, it is the first Greek antiquity ever discovered inside the city of Berlin. The city of Ilion during the period when this coin was minted is known as Troy VIII by archaeologists, a numbering system based on the excavation layers. It was built by Greek colonists within the remaining walls of the Hittite-era Bronze Age Troy VI citadel (ca. 1500 B.C.). From its founding in 700 B.C., Troy VIII prospered and grew. Its temple of Athena Ilias was a major regional religious center, and it drew tourists from all over the Classical world to pay homage to the tombs of the heroes of Homeric legend. Alexander the Great himself visited the temple and made sacrificial offerings at the tombs. By the Hellenistic period, its yearly Panathenaia festival attracted large numbers pilgrims and did brisk trade at the associated market. That made it a target for the Gauls when they invaded Greece and the Balkans in 278 B.C., as did its crumbling walls, still the same ones built in the 1500s B.C. by the northern Anatolian occupants of Troy VI. They sacked it, but the city still stood until 85 B.C. when it was besieged and destroyed by the Roman general G

Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new product for creating quick visuals

The company says Claude Design is intended to help people like founders and product managers without a design background share their ideas more easily. The company says Claude Design is intended to help people like founders and product managers without a design background share their ideas more easily. The first StrictlyVC of 2026 hits SF on April 30. Tickets are going fast. Register now. Save up to $680 on your Disrupt 2026 pass. Ends 11:59 p.m. PT tonight. REGISTER NOW . Anthropic announced on Friday that it’s launching Claude Design, a new experimental product that lets users create visuals like prototypes, slides, one-pagers, and more using Claude. The company says Claude Design is intended to help people like founders and product managers without a design background share their ideas more easily.

Uber will now pick up your returns from your doorstep

The new returns feature is the company's latest effort to become an everything app. The new returns feature is the company's latest effort to become an everything app. The first StrictlyVC of 2026 hits SF on April 30. Tickets are going fast. Register now. Save up to $680 on your Disrupt 2026 pass. Ends 11:59 p.m. PT tonight. REGISTER NOW . Uber launched a new feature on Friday that lets customers return purchased items without leaving their home.

Claude Design

Today, we’re launching Claude Design, a new Anthropic Labs product that lets you collaborate with Claude to create polished visual work like designs, prototypes, slides, one-pagers, and more. Today, we’re launching Claude Design, a new Anthropic Labs product that lets you collaborate with Claude to create polished visual work like designs, prototypes, slides, one-pagers, and more. Claude Design is powered by our most capable vision model, Claude Opus 4.7 , and is available in research preview for Claude Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers. We’re rolling out to users gradually throughout the day. Even experienced designers have to ration exploration—there's rarely time to prototype a dozen directions, so you limit yourself to a few. And for founders, product managers, and marketers with an idea but not a design background, creating and sharing those ideas can be daunting.

NIST gives up enriching most CVEs

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology announced on Wednesday a new policy regarding the US National Vulnerability Database [Read More] This newsletter is brought to you by Corelight . You can subscribe to an audio version of this newsletter as a podcast by searching for "Risky Business" in your podcatcher or subscribing via this RSS feed . You can also add the Risky Business newsletter as a Preferred Source to your Google search results by going here . The US National Institute of Standards and Technology announced on Wednesday a new policy regarding the US National Vulnerability Database, which the agency has been struggling to keep updated with details for every new vulnerability added to the system. Going forward, NIST says its staff will only add data—in a process called enrichment — only for important vulnerabilities .

CEO reinvents software engineering