Reading this article posted by @bagder made me realize that I haven't seen ANYBODY explaining exactly what the long-term strategy vis-a-vis code maintenance is, when the code itself was "written" by a junior using ChatGPT. The junior is definitely not going to be able to help (since they're not going to learn and become a senior), so is the expectation that somebody else will use ChatGPT again to update it to use newer libraries etc? Sounds... silly.

construct.net/en/blogs/ashleys…

The reality of long-term software maintenance from the maintainer's perspective

I was reading about a dispute involving the Linux kernel recently (which for the record I don't think either side handled well), and I realised something: Very...

^Construct

For educational purposes we disclose this recent hackerone report on #curl claiming its sprintf() implementation is bad because it can be made to deref a bad pointer when you use it incorrectly. You know, exactly how all sprintf() implementation work - by design.

This is not the first time we had this "flaw" reported. (I did not check the "AI slop" checkbox on this one)

hackerone.com/reports/2990139

curl disclosed on HackerOne: Format string vulnerability,...

## Summary: A vulnerability has been identified in the curl library’s formatted output functions (specifically in curl_msnprintf and its related functions). When a malicious (attacker-controlled)...

^HackerOne

Of all the things Elon Musk has done, please do not forget this one.

Edit: the proposal would have fed people for only one year, and possibly not everyone. However, the point remains that with this extreme wealth concentration, there are many good things wealthy people could do, but aren't, and more people need to complain about that.

Two years ago we ended #curl series seven with a final release: 7.88.1

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/02/20…

Surely nobody is still rocking version 7? 😀

7.88.1 the second final one

Things did not work out the way we had planned. The 7.88.0 release that was supposed to be the last curl version 7 release contained a nasty bug that made us decide that we better ship an update once that is fixed. This is the update.

^{daniel.haxx.se}

Tuta email, located in Germany, Europe, now uses quantum computers to encrypt their emails.

(Technically, they are using algorithms determined to be safe against attacks from quantum computers. And they don't actually have a quantum computer running 24/7, but that is good enough for me.)

#Tuta #Email #QuantumComputers #Quantum #Privacy #Security

This blog post touches my reality in ways I can relate to. "The reality of long-term software maintenance from the maintainer's perspective"

People often ask me what I do all days working full-time on a product that to them seemingly does the same thing now it did already ten years ago (at least). Maintenance is the gift that never stops giving.

construct.net/en/blogs/ashleys…

The reality of long-term software maintenance from the maintainer's perspective

I was reading about a dispute involving the Linux kernel recently (which for the record I don't think either side handled well), and I realised something: Very...

^Construct

Given our small UK user base, lack of any target market, and absence of material harm, we believe Woof.group is not in scope of the #OnlineSafetyAct. We intend to continue service as normal for UK users until we hear otherwise. #admin

blog.woof.group/announcements/…

He escrito esto para ayudar a la gente a escuchar poskasts mejor:

Cómo escuchar podkasts libremente
red.podkasts.org/t/como-escuch…

Me ha estrañado mucho la enorme cantidad de gente que escucha podkasts con una app tipo Spotify o iVoox, o dándole al play en una página web. Con lo cómodo y genial que es usar #AntennaPod y ya.

#podcast #Podkasts

Cómo escuchar podkasts libremente

Así en breve, la peor manera de escuchar podkasts es con una app tipo Spotify o iVoox porque te restringe a los programas de su plataforma. ¿Te imaginas un aparato de radio que sólo te deje sintonizar una emisora? Pues eso.

^Podkasts

Wir haben vier Tickets (3 Erw, 1 Kind) für die ausverkaufte Siegfried & Joy Vorstellung morgen (21.02., 17:00) im Heimathafen Neukölln und können nicht hin 😢 Falls wer Interesse hat bitte ganz schnell melden, die Tickets müssten noch per Post verschickt werden. #siegfriedundjoy

heimathafen-neukoelln.de/event…

SIEGFRIED & JOY - Heimathafen Neukölln

Siegfried & Joy bringen mit ihrer einzigartigen Zaubershow für Kinder ganz Neukölln zum Strahlen, bei uns im Heimathafen Neukölln.

^{Heimathafen Neukölln}

My new single “Brand New Day” is out now!

This is a song about loss, stuck in that uncomfortable moment of coming back home after losing someone that used to be there.

Rooms feel larger than before, and the smell of their belongings almost detaches you from reality.

“…far away, I want to feel your grace, for the moment before I break, I want a brand new day…”

Tidal: tidal.com/track/418567010?u
Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/3ZLSmZZ…
Bandcamp: alecaddd.bandcamp.com/album/ec…

#music #rock

Echoes of Tomorrow, by Alessandro Castellani

2 track album

^{Alessandro Castellani}

Valérie Plante says be patient...

WHO THE F*CK ARE YOU TALKING TO?!?

There was nothing done preemptively and there is not being a lot done now at all...

I've seen more action for 5cm of snow, FFS.

cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/sn… #polMTL #MTLpoli

New blog post: the monad tutorial of my dreams, and maybe of yours! A jargon-free, practical explanation of monads as a design pattern, using Rust and property-based testing as the vehicle

sunshowers.io/posts/monads-thr…

Demystifying monads in Rust through property-based testing :: sunshowers

A jargon-free, practical explanation of monads as a design pattern.

^{Demystifying monads in Rust through property-based testing}

Welcome to the RB family, GlucoDataHandler 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/de.mi…

Glucose Data Handler receives glucose values from LibreLinkUp, Juggluco or xDrip+ and provides widgets, notifications, sends glucodata broadcasts to other apps and more.

Thanks to the help of its developer, we were able to establish #reproducibleBuilds for it

„GlucoDataHandler“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

receives glucose data from from LibreLinkUp, Juggluco or xDrip+.

^{IzzyOnDroid App Repo}

I wrote a thing

blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/…