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Please, don't force me to log in. One aspect of software enshittification that really grinds my gears is that more and more apps require you to create accounts and login. https://hamatti.org/posts/please-dont-force-me-to-log-in/
This content type is full of IndieWeb post types, which are all content types which allow me to take greater ownership of my own data. These are likely unrelated to my blog posts. You can find a better breakdown by actual post kind below:
Please, don't force me to log in. One aspect of software enshittification that really grinds my gears is that more and more apps require you to create accounts and login. https://hamatti.org/posts/please-dont-force-me-to-log-in/
gaze not into the abyss, for they shall make you the editor of the international standard of abyssal management
If you've ever wondered why some Wi-Fi is free (like in hotels), it's because typically data about your browsing is sold to countless ad companies that will happily buy it. Had to use the hotel WiFi recently on a trip, and after clicking "agree" to their terms of service, the Little Snitch firewall on my Mac went bonkers. I must have denied 20-30 outbound requests to advertising networks. It still worked, though, so I'm guessing I didn't manage to block all of it.
In this episode of the Mechanical Ink podcast, Deepak Prabhakara from BoxyHQ shared his journey in the tech world, starting from his early days in Bangalore, India. His story is one of passion for technology, leading to significant roles in startups and eventually founding BoxyHQ. The discussion centered around BoxyHQ’s solutions like single sign-on, directory sync, and audit logs, all designed to enhance enterprise readiness for startups and growing companies.
Who called it The Hobbit Part One and not Bilbo Begins?
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Attached: 1 image Kudos to the one person on Hacker News who is actually funny.
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Ben Haynes, the Founder and CEO of Directus, created an open-source project while working at his own agency in 2004. In this episode, we explore how he went from maintaining an open-source project to building an open-source company with a solid product-led growth strategy, and how he’s achieved...
Love hitting publish on a release, and then seeing a "TODO" in the body of the notes that you'd not seen all the other times you'd read through it 😅
Related: There's a new oapi-codegen release out 🚀
Some big new features, bug fixes and other bits of cleanup
Caroline details how she understands the boundaries of communities, what she observes in the open source communities, and how platforms influence communities.
Hey, you! You are beautiful, you are valid, and you are loved.
Between and I took 6971 steps.
Nicholas brings us on his journey sharing his story of becoming a developer, starting ESLint, and what he’s doing to make sure everybody in the ESLint community is able to benefit from the money they are bringing in.
Russell Keith-Magee connects with Open Source Stories to talk about his earliest memories of technology, recount how he got involved with the Django ecosystem, and share his thoughts on open source contractualism.
We’re celebrating our 200th episode with a crazy game of Gophers Say! Mat Ryer hosts two epic teams including Go Time OGs Carlisia, Erik, and Brian!
Over the past 8 years, Go Time has published 300 episodes! In this episode, the panel discusses which ones they loved the most, some current stuff that’s in the works, what struggles the podcast has had & what we’re planning for the future.
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Attached: 1 image From Atlassian’s remote work study: Team gatherings increase sense of belonging for 4-5 months, but sporadic office attendance does not https://atlassianblog.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/lessonslearned.pdf
In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Dawn Foster has a compelling discussion with three guests from Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office: Emma Irwin, James Siri, and Justin Gosses. The conversation includes how Microsoft measures the health of open source communities, their experiences with the CHAOSS Community, and the critical role of open source within the organization. Topics such as use of metrics, tackling security issues within scaling, and the future of metrics within the company were discussed. Also, they talk about the value of open source contributions within the business, the role of internal communities, and how they track and improve processes at Microsoft, emphasizing the importance of open source impact both externally and internally.
Hi, Spring fans! This week, my first as an employee of Broadcom, I am joined by Spring Security community legend Laura Spilca and we talk about all things security, OAuth, and more.
+1 on this, it came up during discussions in a recent Sustain OSS Podcast as something that would absolutely be a useful resource for protecting the community and helping out with difficult situations
Random thought I had earlier that I'd like to run by some #FLOSS software people or FLOSS lawyers: Could we start a "union" of FLOSS software developers that would support us legally and help us bargain for better terms when negotiating license exceptions, support contracts, etc.? 🧵
In this interview, we chat with Lisa Karlin Curtis, Tech Lead at incident.io, about running meetings that, well, don't suck. In it, she gives actionable advice for running your own meetings, emphasizes why empathy in the workplace is important, reflects back on bad meetings she's run, and more. Read Lisa's blog post here: https://incident.io/blog/how-to-run-meetings-that-dont-suck
Attached: 1 image this came to me in a dream
What a year 2023 was at incident.io! While it's hard to summarize 365 days, a few things stand out: We launched a bunch of new products like Catalog and Status Pages. We hired a ton and we're now sitting at nearly 80 employees as of December 2023. We expanded into the U S opening up a brand new office just a few weeks ago. ...and there's still so much more ahead of us So as we close the curtain on 2023, we sat down with the three co-founders of incident.io to do a bit of reflection on the wild ride that was this year. In this episode you'll hear them discuss challenges, big wins, moments of growth, what's next for us, and most importantly, what the three co-founders like most about one another. Read our year-end blog post here: https://incident.io/blog/reflecting-on-a-momentous-2023
Apparently 8.2% of the most downloaded package versions from npm are depreciated.. Deceptive Deprecation: The Truth About npm Deprecated Packages https://blog.aquasec.com/deceptive-deprecation-the-truth-about-npm-deprecated-packages
Here's a tough but common situation for open source maintainers: You want a project you co-maintain to be more secure by reducing the attack surface. There are one or more folks in privileged rol...
This week we talk to Steve Krouse, the creator of Val.Town, a platform for writing TypeScript code in a browser and deployed instantly. Starting with Steve's with his first venture into teaching children to code we trace that line directly to the vision of Val.Town. Val.Town is a social network, app store, and collaborative place all in one. https://twitter.com/stevekrouse https://stevekrouse.com/ https://val.town https://futureofcoding.org/episodes/ Become a paid subscriber our patreon, spotify, or apple podcasts for the full episode. https://www.patreon.com/devtoolsfm https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/devtoolsfm/subscribe https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/devtools-fm/id1566647758
I will be attending
Today I've been emailed by both Clever Cloud and Heroku around "your account hasn't been used in some time so we're gonna delete it" - coincidence, or is today their "clean up all the old accounts day"?
Between and I took 6206 steps.
In this episode of the Mechanical Ink podcast, host Schalk Neethling engaged in a profound conversation with Taylor Fairbank and Kai Katschthaler from Distribute Aid. They delved into the intersection of technology and humanitarian aid, emphasizing the importance of understanding ground-level needs over imposing tech solutions. Taylor narrated his transition from a tech background to co-founding Distribute Aid, influenced by his experiences in startups and the socio-political climate. Kai introduced the Open Source Explorers Program, highlighting its inclusive nature and role in integrating diverse skills into humanitarian projects. The discussion also touched upon the personal aspects of working in this field, including the impact of neurodiversity and gender identity on their experiences and perspectives.
*Opens zoom *Angles camera so boobs are in shot *Turns on video
The best management advice I ever got is to try and figure out what good management looks like and then put on a performance - try and act like a good manager, go through all of the required motions Because it turns out imitating a good manager and actually being a good manager are mostly the same thing (I think about this sometimes when I encounter debates about whether or not LLMs can reason about or understand content)
Me and @charlieegan3 have been working on a new guide for the most common errors seen in #OPA during #Rego policy development. Parser errors, compiler errors and evaluation errors — it's all in there. Hopefully it'll be a useful resource to anyone trying to get a better understanding on why some errors happen, and how to fix them. Feedback always welcome! https://docs.styra.com/opa/errors #PolicyAsCode #IAM #Identity #Authorization #DevOps #DevSecOps
The product team is too busy with incidents to prioritize work to prevent incidents 🤷
Pro tip: If you want to stop being friends with an autistic ADHDer, you probably need to tell them straight out. Because all this "fading away into the woodwork" doesn't work with people who will often not speak to their friends in years without any of the friendship feelings changing. Not seeing someone doesn't change that we think of them as our friends. So not being in touch with us, doesn't communicate "I don't want to be friends anymore". You're going to have to say it. And don't worry, we'll respect your wishes. We just need to know to understand. #adhd #audhd #actuallyAutistic
This year’s State of Open Con schedule focuses on establishing the future of open source across software, hardware and data. Open source communities are reliant on a significant amount of unpaid labour. That makes for an interesting dichotomy that is emphasized during economic downturns. Since, theoretically, anyone should be able to join an open source project, it should have lower barriers to entry. But having free time time do free work — or being employed by a big tech company specifically to contribute to open source — is entirely based on privilege. » Read more about: The Future of Open Source is Uncertain »
Phil sits down with Lorna Jane Mitchell to get the latest on what's going on at Redocly, the state of OpenAPI 3.1, and what's to come with OpenAPI's proposed 4.0 spec, Moonwalk.
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I was pretty chuffed with adding these Slack notifications (via Goreleaser and go-semantic-release) for releases to #DependencyManagementData which flag when there are breaking changes in the release! Makes it much easier to see at a glance, especially as there's a lot of changes going into it 🤓
If you've been hearing me talking about #DependencyManagementData and are wondering about some real world scenarios it's been useful, check out the new Case Studies section on the site 👀
Also looking for more examples of where it's been useful!