tomas @tomas@fikaverse.club

in the last months i recoded the stuff i'm used the most in c.

Writing in c is a bit harder, but when you get it good most of the code is beautiful.

As there are less layer of abstraction the debugging feels a lot easier, and as debugging is what makes your life miserable this is not something to understimate.

Making the easier part of coding harder and the most frustrating easier will totally keep you in the flow, making it an INCREDIBLY NICE experience.

The S in IoT stands for security

The unrealized potential of federation

https://drewdevault.com/2020/09/20/The-potential-of-federation.html

Read the link above, it's worth it. Promise. Here it is again, just in case:
https://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm

"When you don't create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. Your tastes only narrow & exclude people. So create."

Please. Let me identify myself with my PGP key on mastodon. Then the system can automatically help my followers find me when I change instances.

please boost my tooooot!

#mastodon #dev #hassle

Has anyone bumped in to any concrete numbers over the environment impact of our usage of suboptimal software, eg js+web tech instead of native desktop apps, the power usage of crypto currencies, the cost of constantly brute forcing problems instead of elegant solutions?

Any data is much appreciated - it trying to write something intelligent about this.

just found techlore channel on privacytools.io peertube instance
https://tube.privacytools.io/video-channels/techlore_channel/videos

I wrote a blog post explaining why Privacy Browser will never monetize the default search engine.

https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser-will-never-monetize-the-default-search-engine/

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