@raphinou.bsky.social
You know this little feature you want to add, which is supposed to be easily implemented, but which in the end requires you to rethink and refactor a part of your app? I just finished one. It ended in multiple days work and 60 commits! github.com/asfaload/asf...
#development #story #experience
#development #story #experience
September 30, 2026 at 5:52 PM
You know this little feature you want to add, which is supposed to be easily implemented, but which in the end requires you to rethink and refactor a part of your app? I just finished one. It ended in multiple days work and 60 commits! github.com/asfaload/asf...
#development #story #experience
#development #story #experience
The venerable Tcl/Tk was released in version 9.1: www.tcl-lang.org/software/tcl...
I might try to build a #gui with it over the @asfaload.bsky.social #CLI, following the idea at cgicoffee.com/blog/2026/04...
#release #scripting
I might try to build a #gui with it over the @asfaload.bsky.social #CLI, following the idea at cgicoffee.com/blog/2026/04...
#release #scripting
Tcl/Tk 9.1
www.tcl-lang.org
September 30, 2026 at 12:39 PM
The venerable Tcl/Tk was released in version 9.1: www.tcl-lang.org/software/tcl...
I might try to build a #gui with it over the @asfaload.bsky.social #CLI, following the idea at cgicoffee.com/blog/2026/04...
#release #scripting
I might try to build a #gui with it over the @asfaload.bsky.social #CLI, following the idea at cgicoffee.com/blog/2026/04...
#release #scripting
Reposted
The next review in our #FreeYourAndroid series on #Android distributions is about #iodéOS from iode . iodéOS is based on #LineageOS and comes with a built-in network blocker, call spam blocker, and parental controls. How does it fit your daily life?
Go check it out! 🚀 fsfe.org/activities/a...
Go check it out! 🚀 fsfe.org/activities/a...
September 22, 2026 at 12:01 PM
The next review in our #FreeYourAndroid series on #Android distributions is about #iodéOS from iode . iodéOS is based on #LineageOS and comes with a built-in network blocker, call spam blocker, and parental controls. How does it fit your daily life?
Go check it out! 🚀 fsfe.org/activities/a...
Go check it out! 🚀 fsfe.org/activities/a...
When will institutions like @ec.europa.eu strictly enforce the use of open standards? And no, you can't pretend to promote open standards if you use Microsoft Office: www.neowin.net/news/libreof...
#foss #standards #office
#foss #standards #office
LibreOffice developer explains why it cannot display some Microsoft Office charts
Microsoft's Office files hide a nasty interoperability problem, and LibreOffice is putting the spotlight on what's really happening.
www.neowin.net
September 22, 2026 at 6:15 AM
When will institutions like @ec.europa.eu strictly enforce the use of open standards? And no, you can't pretend to promote open standards if you use Microsoft Office: www.neowin.net/news/libreof...
#foss #standards #office
#foss #standards #office
You often hear that commercial software is used in enterprises for the support they get. Well, thanks Broadcom for giving the perfect counter example: www.virtualizationhowto.com/2026/09/leav...
With #foss you cannot be taken hostage by the provider.With commercial software,the risk is always there.
With #foss you cannot be taken hostage by the provider.With commercial software,the risk is always there.
Leaving VMware Just Got Harder After Broadcom Pulled VDDK Downloads
Broadcom pulled public VMware VDDK downloads, creating new challenges for customers migrating to Azure, Nutanix, OpenShift, KVM, and other platforms.
www.virtualizationhowto.com
September 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
You often hear that commercial software is used in enterprises for the support they get. Well, thanks Broadcom for giving the perfect counter example: www.virtualizationhowto.com/2026/09/leav...
With #foss you cannot be taken hostage by the provider.With commercial software,the risk is always there.
With #foss you cannot be taken hostage by the provider.With commercial software,the risk is always there.
Switzerland's federal government replacing ms365 with #foss on 3000 PCs in a first step: itsfoss.com/news/switzer...
Yesterday I was thinking about getaurora.dev/en/, an immutable #linux distro, as an interesting option for SMEs with its atomic updates. Let's hope replacing the OS is the next step.
Yesterday I was thinking about getaurora.dev/en/, an immutable #linux distro, as an interesting option for SMEs with its atomic updates. Let's hope replacing the OS is the next step.
Switzerland's Federal Government is Replacing Microsoft on 3,000 Computers
This is the pilot phase, with 3,000 workstations moving away from Microsoft 365. The federal administration has over 54,000 computers.
itsfoss.com
September 7, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Switzerland's federal government replacing ms365 with #foss on 3000 PCs in a first step: itsfoss.com/news/switzer...
Yesterday I was thinking about getaurora.dev/en/, an immutable #linux distro, as an interesting option for SMEs with its atomic updates. Let's hope replacing the OS is the next step.
Yesterday I was thinking about getaurora.dev/en/, an immutable #linux distro, as an interesting option for SMEs with its atomic updates. Let's hope replacing the OS is the next step.
Avoid online identity verification that scan your documents. If your discomfort regarding the practice is not sufficient, here are examples of data breaches that should be: www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/h...
and krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-... #security #identityyheft
and krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-... #security #identityyheft
Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
www.techdirt.com
September 4, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Avoid online identity verification that scan your documents. If your discomfort regarding the practice is not sufficient, here are examples of data breaches that should be: www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/h...
and krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-... #security #identityyheft
and krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-... #security #identityyheft
For @asfaload.bsky.social I chose ed25519 signatures for its pervasive use. However, there's one place it is not common: the TPM in PCs... Why? 😫
#security #cryptography
#security #cryptography
August 2, 2026 at 7:12 PM
For @asfaload.bsky.social I chose ed25519 signatures for its pervasive use. However, there's one place it is not common: the TPM in PCs... Why? 😫
#security #cryptography
#security #cryptography
Tried to activate #passkey for my Google account using #firefox and #bitwarden. It was a traumatic experience.... I don't even know how to explain how it took so much time for so little result... @arstechnica.com has more prose about passkeys: arstechnica.com/security/202...
Passkey technology is elegant, but it’s most definitely not usable security
Just in time for holiday tech-support sessions, here's what to know about passkeys.
arstechnica.com
July 31, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Tried to activate #passkey for my Google account using #firefox and #bitwarden. It was a traumatic experience.... I don't even know how to explain how it took so much time for so little result... @arstechnica.com has more prose about passkeys: arstechnica.com/security/202...
accessing the /e/ os install page at e.foundation/installer/ with @mozilla.org 's Firefox on Android proposes proprietary browsers alternatives.... A welcome page explaining alternative installation procedures would probably be better.
July 28, 2026 at 5:56 PM
accessing the /e/ os install page at e.foundation/installer/ with @mozilla.org 's Firefox on Android proposes proprietary browsers alternatives.... A welcome page explaining alternative installation procedures would probably be better.
A collaborative #slideshow solution in one html file! Edition and presentation. And #opensource ! github.com/nyblnet/bento
#foss
#foss
GitHub - nyblnet/bento
Contribute to nyblnet/bento development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
July 22, 2026 at 4:53 PM
A collaborative #slideshow solution in one html file! Edition and presentation. And #opensource ! github.com/nyblnet/bento
#foss
#foss
One team? Not mine! @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social
We don’t look the same, think the same, or speak the same language, and yet, here we are, standing together in one team.
That's the magic of being European.
#WorldEmojiDay
That's the magic of being European.
#WorldEmojiDay
July 17, 2026 at 1:07 PM
One team? Not mine! @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social
An (online) open source license compatibility checker: fossa.com/resources/de...
#foss #license #legal
#foss #license #legal
Open Source License Compatibility Checker | Free DevOps Tool | FOSSA
Free tool to check if two open source licenses (MIT, Apache 2.0, GPL, AGPL, MPL, BSD) can be combined — with plain-English obligations and distribution rules.
fossa.com
July 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM
An (online) open source license compatibility checker: fossa.com/resources/de...
#foss #license #legal
#foss #license #legal
Note to self: in #rustlang, you convert an Option in a Option<&String> with the method as_ref, and for the conversion Option to Option<&str>, use as_deref.
Damn, I have a hard time memorising these method names. Same for Option::ok_or.
Absolutely not intuitive to me.
Damn, I have a hard time memorising these method names. Same for Option::ok_or.
Absolutely not intuitive to me.
July 17, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Note to self: in #rustlang, you convert an Option in a Option<&String> with the method as_ref, and for the conversion Option to Option<&str>, use as_deref.
Damn, I have a hard time memorising these method names. Same for Option::ok_or.
Absolutely not intuitive to me.
Damn, I have a hard time memorising these method names. Same for Option::ok_or.
Absolutely not intuitive to me.
If you want to help bumblebees, this is a tree they love: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitex_a...
July 16, 2026 at 2:32 PM
If you want to help bumblebees, this is a tree they love: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitex_a...
If you hear someone say @microsoft.com loves #opensource, point them to this report: research.mozilla.org/browser-comp...
Over the Edge 2.0: Microsoft’s Design Tactics Still Undermine Browser Choice – Mozilla Research
Two years ago, Mozilla published Over the Edge: How Microsoft’s Design Tactics Compromise Free Browser Choice, a report by independent researchers Harry Brignull and Cennydd Bowles documenting how Mic...
research.mozilla.org
July 16, 2026 at 11:14 AM
If you hear someone say @microsoft.com loves #opensource, point them to this report: research.mozilla.org/browser-comp...
I'm a fan and user of #docker #swarm. Such a pity it didn't get traction. Most of us don't need google-scale tech and the #k8s complexity it brings... As swarm is just barely alive, this seemed promising: uncloud.run But: allowing all containers to contact all others?☹️Too easy to shoot in one's foot
Multi-node Docker Compose for production
Deploy and scale Docker Compose apps across cloud VMs and your own servers. A simpler alternative to Kubernetes, Swarm, Nomad, and Kamal.
uncloud.run
July 15, 2026 at 12:32 PM
I'm a fan and user of #docker #swarm. Such a pity it didn't get traction. Most of us don't need google-scale tech and the #k8s complexity it brings... As swarm is just barely alive, this seemed promising: uncloud.run But: allowing all containers to contact all others?☹️Too easy to shoot in one's foot
#LLMs are what allowed me to keep myowndb.com up to date. It is a #foss #fsharp project with 1500+ human-authored commits that lost my focus. I would have archived it. Now I plan to continue to #BuildInPublic . Disclaimer: the project has exhaustive tests and llms were used as assistive technology.
A tool for human managed databases
myowndb.com
July 15, 2026 at 11:26 AM
#LLMs are what allowed me to keep myowndb.com up to date. It is a #foss #fsharp project with 1500+ human-authored commits that lost my focus. I would have archived it. Now I plan to continue to #BuildInPublic . Disclaimer: the project has exhaustive tests and llms were used as assistive technology.
The #ascii representation of a #ssh key is based on an astonishingly simple #algorithm. Read the simple idea at www.jfurness.uk/the-drunken-... and the full #paper at dirk-loss.de/sshvis/drunk...
So simple I'll probably implement it for @asfaload.bsky.social for easy hash comparison when signing
So simple I'll probably implement it for @asfaload.bsky.social for easy hash comparison when signing
The Drunken Bishop Algorithm – Barely Functional Theories
www.jfurness.uk
July 10, 2026 at 12:50 PM
The #ascii representation of a #ssh key is based on an astonishingly simple #algorithm. Read the simple idea at www.jfurness.uk/the-drunken-... and the full #paper at dirk-loss.de/sshvis/drunk...
So simple I'll probably implement it for @asfaload.bsky.social for easy hash comparison when signing
So simple I'll probably implement it for @asfaload.bsky.social for easy hash comparison when signing
A sudo replacement in systemd: fosspost.org/systemd-want...
RIP Unix philosophy.
As an alternative, did anyone try Root As Role? github.com/LeChatP/Root...
#linux #security #foss
RIP Unix philosophy.
As an alternative, did anyone try Root As Role? github.com/LeChatP/Root...
#linux #security #foss
Systemd Wants To Expand To Include A Sudo Replacement
Systemd lead developer Lennart Poettering has posted on Mastodon about their upcoming v256 release of Systemd, which is expected to include a sudo replacement
fosspost.org
July 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM
A sudo replacement in systemd: fosspost.org/systemd-want...
RIP Unix philosophy.
As an alternative, did anyone try Root As Role? github.com/LeChatP/Root...
#linux #security #foss
RIP Unix philosophy.
As an alternative, did anyone try Root As Role? github.com/LeChatP/Root...
#linux #security #foss
Cool to see myowndb.com mentioned in @sergeytihon.com 's #fsharp weekly.
I deployed an updated version this morning, now using websharper 9. Next step is DotNet 10 then websharper 10.
I deployed an updated version this morning, now using websharper 9. Next step is DotNet 10 then websharper 10.
July 6, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Cool to see myowndb.com mentioned in @sergeytihon.com 's #fsharp weekly.
I deployed an updated version this morning, now using websharper 9. Next step is DotNet 10 then websharper 10.
I deployed an updated version this morning, now using websharper 9. Next step is DotNet 10 then websharper 10.
Good progress this weekend on myowndb.com upgrades and @asfaload.bsky.social documentation, incl a tutorial video! #foss #fsharp #rustlang #buildinpublic
A tool for human managed databases
myowndb.com
July 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Good progress this weekend on myowndb.com upgrades and @asfaload.bsky.social documentation, incl a tutorial video! #foss #fsharp #rustlang #buildinpublic
A new version of myowdb.com has been deployed. There's no new feature, but it's part of its upgrade to the latest versions of DotNet and websharper. #dotnet #fsharp #buildinpublic #foss
Code at gitlab.com/myowndb/myow...
Code at gitlab.com/myowndb/myow...
myowdb.com
July 3, 2026 at 1:08 PM
A new version of myowdb.com has been deployed. There's no new feature, but it's part of its upgrade to the latest versions of DotNet and websharper. #dotnet #fsharp #buildinpublic #foss
Code at gitlab.com/myowndb/myow...
Code at gitlab.com/myowndb/myow...
After Lima yesterday, another interesting #foss solution to easily run #vm and #container: smolmachines.com
It's also #crossplatform
It's also #crossplatform
smol machines — the same smol machine on your laptop, in the cloud, or self-hosted
smolmachines.com
July 3, 2026 at 10:44 AM
After Lima yesterday, another interesting #foss solution to easily run #vm and #container: smolmachines.com
It's also #crossplatform
It's also #crossplatform