Articles and News

PDF: Underproduction: An Approach for Measuring Risk in Open Source Software

In this paper, the authors present a framework to identify open-source software packages where the software engineering labor becomes out of alignment with the demand of people who rely on the software.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2103.00352.pdf

#software-quality #risk #debian

A new Cloudflare Web Application Firewall

This post introduces Cloudflare’s rewritten web application firewall.

https://blog.cloudflare.com/new-cloudflare-waf/

#waf #cloudflare

This Man Thought Opening a TXT File Is Fine; He Thought Wrong. macOS CVE-2019-8761

The author explains an interesting information leakage bug in TXT files for TextEdit.

https://www.paulosyibelo.com/2021/04/this-man-thought-opening-txt-file-is.html

#macos-security #text-file #cve

Git Email Flow vs. GitHub Flow

This post compares the Github flow with the less often used git-send-email-flow.

https://blog.brixit.nl/git-email-flow-versus-github-flow/

#git #git-workflow

Whistleblower: Ubiquiti Breach “Catastrophic”

According to a source, Ubiquiti’s breach in January 2021 was much severe than what the company communicated.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/03/whistleblower-ubiquiti-breach-catastrophic/

#security #data-breach #ubiquity

Improving Shell Workflows With fzf

This post shows four practical examples of how fzf can improve shell workflows.

https://seb.jambor.dev/posts/improving-shell-workflows-with-fzf/

#fzf #command-line

No, We Won’t Have a Video Call for That!

The author shares his thoughts and experience on communication in distributed teams.

https://xahteiwi.eu/resources/presentations/no-we-wont-have-a-video-call-for-that/

#remote-work #distributed-teams #asynchronous-work

Projects and Releases

This Blog Is Now Hosted on a GPS/LTE Modem

The author explains how he hosts his blog on the Quectel EG25-G modem of his PinePhone.

https://nns.ee/blog/2021/04/01/modem-blog.html

#self-hosting #gsm #lte

AlmaLinux OS

The first stable version of Almalinux, a binary-compatible drop-in replacement for CentOS, is available.

https://almalinux.org/blog/almalinux-os-stable-release-is-live/

#centos #almalinux #type:release

ArchiveBox

»Self-hosted “wayback machine” that creates HTML & screenshot archives of sites from your bookmarks, browsing history, RSS feeds, or other sources.«

https://archivebox.io/

#archiving #rss #internet-archive #self-hosting

HedgeDoc

Collaborative Markdown notes.

https://hedgedoc.org/

#markdown #collaborative-text-editing #self-hosting

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Online Anonymity

This guide covers many different aspects of online anonymity.

https://anonymousplanet.org/guide.html

#privacy #online-anonymity

Shell Field Guide

Booklet with shell scripting tips and tricks.

https://raimonster.com/scripting-field-guide/

#command-line #shell-script

Bash Pitfalls

»Compilation of common mistakes made by bash users. Each example is flawed in some way.«

https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls

#command-line #bash #shell-script

Shellharden

Shellharden is a shell script syntax highlighter.

https://github.com/anordal/shellharden

#command-line #shell-script

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