Iain Hallam

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forum user sudokuwiki is looking for testers for their new two-pane editor. they uploaded a couple of screenshots and a video - it looks very promising.

https://forum.dokuwiki.org/d/25933-looking-for-testers-for-new-dual-pane-dokuwiki-editor

Looking for testers for new dual pane Dokuwiki editor - DokuWiki User Forum

Community Discussions, Questions and Answers for the OpenSource wiki software DokuWiki.

Eek. If you've used Google Maps or Firebase and shipped your key to your client (which, to be clear, Google promised was safe) AND you’ve enabled the Gemini API, you could be in trouble: https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/google-api-keys-werent-secrets-but-then-gemini-changed-the-rules
Google API Keys Weren't Secrets. But then Gemini Changed the Rules. ◆ Truffle Security Co.

Google spent over a decade telling developers that Google API keys (like those used in Maps, Firebase, etc.) are not secrets. But that's no longer true.

It was the kind of audacious idea that can make a fortune. Combine a widely loved concept with a just as widely loved item. What could go wrong?

Pre-opening sign-ups filled up in minutes.

In practice, though, they couldn't make the cat library work.

"They won't stay on the shelves."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

"The blood was only ever a means to an end," the vampire confessed in the interview.

"To what end?" the reporter asked.

"Blood carries vigor, life force, vital energy. That's what we feed on."

"So how do you get it, if not through blood?"

"These days, we make doom scrolling apps to drain it."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Heads up – our advice to customers looking to forward their mail reliably to Gmail has been to use the "Check mail from other accounts" feature. Google are removing that feature in Jan '26 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/16604719?hl=en
Learn about upcoming changes to Gmailify & POP in Gmail - Gmail Help

Gmail will start removing support for the following features: Gmailify: This feature allows you to get special features like spam protection or inbox organization applied to your third-party email

Fonts:

In your web projects, do you usually use web fonts, do you prefer system fonts, or do you leave it up to chance if fonts are available? (That is, you declare fonts a user may or may not have.)

(Please boost if you’re curious about a bigger picture.)

#fonts #webfonts #typography #performance

Web fonts 🌏
52.8%
System fonts 💻
43.1%
Chance 🎲
4.2%
Something else ⁉️
0%
Poll ended at .
@davidallengreen I was led to believe by previous statements of the Trump regime that once an aircraft has taken off it is totally impossible for it to be recalled and there is no way to stop it delivering whoever or whatever it is carrying to their destination.
After nearly drowning in an alphabet soup of anti-spam acronyms whilst trying to explain to a customer why email forwarding doesn't work, Kelduum decided to let off steam on our blog. https://www.mythic-beasts.com/blog/2025/01/29/the-death-of-email-forwarding/
The Death of Email Forwarding - Mythic Beasts

This week, I went over to Bluesky and asked people who'd left Mastodon why they left, and lots of people told me. I grabbed the replies and crunched them and wrote up a summary. I think it's really interesting and often kind of wrenching.

https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt

#meta