Mastodawn

@joeress many years ago when the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP) was incredibly popular, PHP was ridiculed as being poor at security, and an easy target for exploiting due to how database queries were handled in most "introduction to PHP" tutorials. At the time, I was fond of saying "show me a programming language, and I'll write an easily exploitable query with it", because it wasn't the language causing the problems.

the low barrier to entry afforded by LAMP, meant that just about *anyone* with an interest in coding could follow some tutorials and have a functioning web app (with exploitable database calls) in a matter of minutes/hours. Unless that interest in coding also includes a bit of study on what makes code 'secure', expect a shit ton of exploits.

AI has lowered that barrier to entry even more, and opened the flood gates of shit code.

Joe Ressington 1h ago

"Using dog shit as soap does not make your hands cleaner"

Joe Ressington 17h ago

OggCamp 17h ago

Exactly 4 weeks from this moment we'll all be tucked up in bed ready for a nice early Saturday morning start of OggCamp. Definitely not still in the bar talking nonsense or anything...

Joe Ressington 22h ago

The Late Night Linux Family 1d ago

We decided to give openSUSE a try. We had a great time. Honest.

https://linuxafterdark.net/linux-after-dark-episode-118/

#podcast #linux #opensource #opensuse

Joe Ressington 1d ago

"Coming up" has become a thing at the start of YouTube videos, podcasts, and even short vertical videos now. I don't like this development. At all.

Joe Ressington 1d ago

Bee Webb 1d ago

My day job is recruiting more #Python Developers (remote, but you must be in the UK).

We're a worker co-operative of ~20 people working on data infrastructure/standards for social good. E.g. locations of backbone fibre infrastructure, improving government decision making, and data about charitable grants.

https://opendataservices.coop/careers/python-developer/ open until 6pm BST 12th April.

#getfedihired #WorkerCoops #cooperative

Python Developer - Open Data Services

Joe Ressington 1d ago

2.5 Admins 1d ago

2.5 Admins 292: Trivyally Infected

The US government is drumming up fear about foreign routers, a pretty serious supply chain attack might be state-sponsored, and the safety of filesystems inside VMs.

https://2.5admins.com/2-5-admins-292/

#podcast #sysadmin

Joe Ressington 3d ago

The Late Night Linux Family 3d ago

We'll be recording an episode of Ask The Hosts at some point soon so reply to this with your questions. Remember they can be about anything except Linux and open source. We like the deep ones as well as the silly ones.

Show thread

Joe Ressington 3d ago

Thankfully I can still do the important things like listen to the podcasts I make at @latenightlinux which are marked explicit.

Joe Ressington 3d ago

Charlie O’Hara 3d ago

Hello nerds. Next month I’m going to be at @oggcamp in Manchester and I’ll be giving a talk on the main stage. If you want to learn something about Infrastructure as Code then come along, sit down, and listen intently.

You will be allowed to buy me a pint afterwards.

#OggCamp

https://talks.oggcamp.org/oggcamp-2026/talk/NPVEZ3/

Infrastructure as Code is Cool OggCamp 2026

What's more exciting than infrastructure? Not much. But what's more exciting than repeatable, reusable infrastructure based on code? Sweet FA, that's what. Which is why Charlie O'Hara will show you how to build and maintain your own local infrastructure using nothing but OSS tools and a git repo.