They are illegally collecting a number of data from your computer with background processes and there was a data leak from them a few days ago where they demonstrate with their hack what LinkedIn actually collects from its users.
Just watch this video [1] which explains the whole situation in great detail and you will understand.
Before I deleted my account in November, I have reported to them a very severe form of memory leak that was caused by ad blocker(s).
When you disabled your ad blocker, things became normal...but the background services they run via websockets was just insane lol.
As soon as you re-enabled your ad blocker, the same original memory usage returned.
Another memory leakage can be found via their message app; the more characters you type after a while, the more memory it would devour! I just couldn't continue my discussion with an HR during discussion about arranging an interview; we had to switch to email as it led both of us to extreme frustration!
It just not worth the effort anymore...not to mention the HR scammers that compete between them who's going to get your info or what other data they can extract from you.
Just delete your account; it's not worth it anymore...whatever Microsoft touches, it kills it in no time.
Serious question: let's say I host my code on this platform which is proprietary and is for my various clients. Who can guarantee me that AI won't replicate it to competitors who decide to create something similar to my product?
Coincidentally, that time range you just shared, I've noticed more and more Twitch streamers that deal with fintech and cryptos started automating their crypto trading with bots written in Python and AI / ML models, which they started right before Christmas holidays, between late November early December.
I guess they had plenty of time to do such things and some viewers of theirs got inspired and decided to teach themselves Python because it looks easy.
The only logical explanation I can think of based on my personal experience is that shared hosting services offer Apache web server by default so they can host WordPress websites which by the way, based on w3techs.com, 43.1% of all websites are WordPress.
You may ask why Apache then? Well, because when a user modify some settings via dashboard, they change in .htaccess which does not expect a web server restart or super user permissions like you need with NGINX, for example.
Now you know why WordPress websites are getting hacked easier than other CMS-es...because they can apply changes in .htaccess on the fly, whereas with other web servers, you need root permissions, thus the extra layer of security.
I have tried to follow Hugo's development but lost track with its constant evolution and addition of features I do not need...therefore for now I follow a simpler path: I keep my data in markdown files and I plan to switch to asciidoctor for good; it's quite old, it's battle-tested, and offers me many options to produce various forms of output; be it HTML, PDF, ePub, etc...
If O'Reilly trusts it to produce its ebooks, then I'm sure it worthy of my time and effort!
There is an April Fools' joke [1] that demonstrate this and I cannot tell it's readable or not...I personally find it confusing in Python, but not in C's case which can make things clearer, if you use it wisely and in moderation!
The first thing I thought when I read this weird article was "wait...do they use their database synchronously in an asynchronous environment or am I missing something here?".
Most of us have been bitten by this naive mistake and I'm sure we have learned our lesson.
Just watch it yourself, you will be in awe!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw0VfmXKq54