Tags: web-review, systemd, gitlab, infrastructure, cloud, databases, interviews, ssd, rust, streaming, sql, modules, hacking, debugging, hiring, culture, bug, fediverse, change, project-management, blog, gaming, tech, ux, mathematics, colors, history, security, quality, tools, self-hosting, raspberry-pi, spam, htmx, reliability, web, command-line, design, processes, agile, api, shell, frontend, postgresql, gui, git, foss, sustainability, business, safety, conference, communication, system, floats, javascript, performance, linux, storage, phone, management, networking, criticism, anonymity
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2024-08.
Tags: tech, foss, sustainability
Making sure maintainers are well paid is indeed an ongoing problem. There is currently no perfect solution within the world we live in. This is indeed no reason to blame the maintainers themselves for the approach they picked.
https://jacobian.org/2024/feb/16/paying-maintainers-is-good/
Tags: tech, anonymity, security
Interesting explanation of the guarantees such a system must provide and their consequences.
https://securedrop.org/news/anatomy-of-a-whistleblowing-system/
Tags: tech, gaming, culture
Happy birthday indeed. Was an excellent and culturally relevant game.
https://scottishgames.net/2024/02/14/it-was-33-years-ago-today-happy-birthday-lemmings/
Tags: tech, networking, security, history
A trip down memory lane when such attacks were indeed common. Nowadays, we know better though.
https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2024/02/21/bcast/
Tags: tech, phone, spam, hacking
Very funny glitch. This anti-spam system is smart… too bad the wrong victim got in the crosshair.
https://cohost.org/sirocyl/post/2891449-i-broke-ikea
Tags: tech, streaming, criticism
The streaming trap is getting obvious at this point.
https://blog.raed.dev/posts/goodbye_spotify
Tags: tech, self-hosting, blog
Lots of ideas indeed. Having your own website gives so much freedom in what you can do there.
https://jamesg.blog/2024/02/19/personal-website-ideas/
Tags: tech, infrastructure, reliability, self-hosting, raspberry-pi
Looks like an interesting and comprehensive reference to squeeze as much reliability as possible from a Raspberry Pi.
https://www.dzombak.com/blog/2023/12/Considerations-for-a-long-running-Raspberry-Pi.html
Tags: tech, fediverse
A little experiment to better understand how ActivityPub works.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/02/activitypub-server-in-a-single-file/
Tags: tech, git, command-line, tools
Plenty of good tips in there. I knew quite a few, but there are a few nuggets that I’ll test drive I think.
https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/02/16/popular-git-config-options/
Tags: tech, git, command-line, tools, project-management
Looks like a nice way to automate the creation of changelogs.
Tags: tech, api, design
Nice advices for API design. First time I see the term “inert” used in this context. Definitely one I should keep in mind and use when appropriate.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20240216-00/?p=109409
Tags: tech, debugging, systemd, system
Nice tricks to debug the very early boot process, starting at PID 1. gdbserver saves the day here.
https://linus.schreibt.jetzt/posts/debugging-pid1.html
Tags: tech, linux, rust, system, processes
Interesting, I didn’t know that user space schedulers were coming to Linux. It opens the door to exciting experiments.
https://arighi.blogspot.com/2024/02/writing-scheduler-for-linux-in-rust.html?m=1
Tags: tech, floats, mathematics
Or how calculus can give a feel of why approximation errors can be great or small with floats.
https://a.exozy.me/posts/floats-weird/
Tags: tech, rust, bug, safety
Check out the docs branch for detailed explanations. This exhibits a loop hole in the Rust compiler allowing to break lifetime inference… and from there all the usual guarantees go through the window.
https://github.com/Speykious/cve-rs
Tags: tech, cloud, storage, ssd, performance
This is indeed an odd situation… there is no good explanation about why this is like this.
https://databasearchitects.blogspot.com/2024/02/ssds-have-become-ridiculously-fast.html?m=1
Tags: tech, gitlab, databases, sql, postgresql, performance
Nice exploration of the GitLab database schema. This highlights and finds quite a few of the choices made with an eye on performances.
https://shekhargulati.com/2022/07/08/my-notes-on-gitlabs-postgres-schema-design/
Tags: tech, web, frontend, javascript, quality
Something is definitely bonkers regarding the use of JavaScript on the web. The amount of bloat is staggering.
https://tonsky.me/blog/js-bloat/
Tags: tech, web, frontend, htmx
Looks like an interesting trick for more dynamic HTML frontends with very limited used of Javascript. Inspired by htmx it seems to go one step further in the same direction.
Tags: tech, ux
Or why wording matters… this is clearly a user design fail in this case.
https://www.kmjn.org/notes/message_existence.html
Tags: tech, gui, colors, mathematics
Neat article about colorspaces. Definitely worth reading if you’re curious about the topic. It also has interactive bits to ease the understanding.
https://ericportis.com/posts/2024/okay-color-spaces/
Tags: tech, modules, design, shell
Turns out to be an interesting discussion about modularity. It’s probably a good approach even for a one liner in a script.
https://two-wrongs.com/useful-uses-of-cat
Tags: tech, agile, project-management, change
Definitely true. This is why I refrain from using the term nowadays… this allows to focus on the principles instead. Takes more time to explain but allow for slow and steady change management. Indeed it’s not perceived as an all or nothing situation anymore.
https://www.pcloadletter.dev/blog/agile/
Tags: management, business, communication
Definitely this. Managing expectations is a big part of management. It’s also important for customer relationship. In both cases, clear communication and finding misunderstandings early are key.
https://poczwardowski.substack.com/p/on-managing-expectations
Tags: tech, hiring, interviews
Definitely true, this is mostly about avoiding false positives. Still I don’t like online assessments platforms either… you need to see how the candidate is doing, interact with them, etc.
https://www.pcloadletter.dev/blog/coding-interviews/
Tags: management, conference
Very comprehensive list of tips and ideas to organize events and get together. Nice for inspiration if you need to organize such a thing.
https://maggieappleton.com/gathering-structures
Bye for now!