Chuck Durfee

@neontapir@ruby.social
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I'm based in the Denver, Colorado area. My interests include #scifi, #boardgames, #haiku, #ttrpg, #3dprinting #gardening. I work in #software, including as a #product and #engineering #manager. I coach teams and orgs on #agile, #kanban, and craft topics like #tdd and #ddd. I'm married with #dogs and 7 adult children. He/him. Hablo #español. Spreche #deutsch.
Bloghttps://neontapir.github.io/
BookWyrmneontapir@books.theunseen.city

18 Rules of Software Engineering.

#dev #developer #programmer #software #engineering

here's the final version of the "redirects cheat sheet" draft I posted a while back!

("The Secret Rules of the Terminal" is finished! 95 beta readers have read it! the copy editor is done! technical review is done! the illustrator has made the cover! It's going to be out on *****Tuesday June 24*****")

"#Meta’s tracking pixel was secretly communicating with Meta’s apps on #Android devices. This violates a fundamental security feature (“sandboxing”) of mobile operating systems that prevents apps from communicating with each other. Meta got around this restriction by exploiting localhost, a feature meant for developer testing. This allowed Meta to create a hidden channel between mobile browser apps and its own apps."

#Privacy #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp #Threads

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/protect-yourself-metas-latest-attack-privacy

Protect Yourself From Meta’s Latest Attack on Privacy

Researchers recently caught Meta using an egregious new tracking technique to spy on you. Exploiting a technical loophole, the company was able to have their apps snoop on users’ web browsing. This tracking technique stands out for its flagrant disregard of core security protections built into...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

What's the leading cause of dry skin?

Towels.

#dadJoke

Apologies if I saw that here on Mastodon some time so. Short term memory is the second thing to go. I don't recall the first.

Masayo Fukuda, contemporary master of kirie, or Japanese paper-cutting, crafting hyper detailed creatures from single sheets of paper #WomensArt 🇯🇵
Oh the humanity…
Dr. Demento Announces Retirement After 55-Year Radio Career

Radio personality Barret "Dr. Demento" Hansen announced his retirement this week, ending a 55-year career devoted to comedy and novelty music when his show

The Pittsburgh Reporter
Parenting.
Lissan al Gaib!