AI Weekly Malaysia

Cloudflare launched Workers KV Instant, a new mode of Workers KV that keeps the same get()/put()/list()/delete() API but runs on Quicksilver v2, the internal key-value store Cloudflare previously used only for its own products. Cloudflare reports p99 reads of 1.62 ms (vs 287 ms for classic KV across all reads, 160 ms cached), p99 write replication of ~256 ms (vs 4.38 s in classic mode), and sub-millisecond p95 reads, with writes pushed to 300+ edge locations. Cloudflare positions it for infrequently updated data like feature flags and application configuration, and states it is "not for every type of data"; the article excerpt does not include pricing, limits, or migration caveats.

Why: If you keep feature flags or app config in classic Workers KV, this is an API-compatible switch that removes the TTL wait and cuts p99 read latency from 287 ms to 1.62 ms — worth testing if config reads sit in your hot path. The catch is that Cloudflare itself scopes it to infrequently updated data, and this post gives no pricing or write-volume limits, so check those before moving anything write-heavy rather than assuming a free drop-in.

Netlify rebuilt its Edge Functions platform, moving off a hosted V8-isolate execution service to Firecracker MicroVMs running inside its own edge network, in work done with Unikraft. Warm invocation p50 latency dropped from 25–40ms to ~5–6ms, p99 improved 47.4%, edge function log delivery got 5x faster, and Netlify reports 99.998% availability across roughly a billion Edge Functions per day. Cold invocations still occur on about 1.2% of requests (~9ms average to fetch images), and the authoring model is unchanged: URL imports, npm packages, Node built-ins, netlify.toml declarations, and local dev all work as before.

Why: If you run latency-sensitive logic on Netlify Edge Functions, this is a free ~5x median latency win with no code migration — worth re-measuring anything you previously pushed back to an origin server or a regional function because the edge felt too slow. Treat the numbers as vendor self-reported with no third-party replication, and note that cold invocations are still Netlify's own 1.2% figure, not something you can verify from your dashboard. There is no Malaysia or SEA angle in this post.

Tom's Hardware reports Raspberry Pi prices are rising by up to 23%, the third price hike of the year, attributed to escalating LPDDR4 and LPDDR5 memory costs and broader component shortages. The published excerpt contains almost no product-level detail — no per-model pricing, no effective date, and no confirmation of which SKUs are affected beyond the headline figure.

Why: If you are speccing Pi-based edge nodes, kiosks, sensor gateways, or classroom kits, re-run your bill of materials against a worst-case 23% uplift rather than your old quote, and decide now whether to buy ahead of the next increase. Because the article gives no per-model breakdown, do not assume the 23% applies to the SKU you actually order — check pricing at your supplier before committing to a fixed-price build.

Satlyt, co-founded by Rama Afullo — described in the article as a Kenyan American engineer who previously worked in Google's cloud business and had a brief 2024 stint at SpaceX's Starlink — raised an $8M seed round to build software that lets many satellites share large computing jobs in orbit. The company has offices in Sunnyvale, California and Nairobi, does not build its own spacecraft, and frames itself as the 'Android' to vertically integrated orbital data center operators' 'iPhone'. Its software is set to launch Thursday on a SpaceX rocket alongside the first prototype of Google's Project Suncatcher, after already flying on two demonstration missions, with an initial focus on operational efficiencies for spacecraft that typically depend on ground flight controllers.

Why: The text contains no Malaysian or Southeast Asian angle and no product, price, API, or standard that a working builder here would have to change anything for. The only concrete takeaways are funding and a launch date for a US/Kenya satellite-software company — treat this as background on where AI compute is being pushed next, not as something to act on this week.