Philip Hofstetter

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Programming with passion since 1996. Was @pilif on Twitter, but deleted that account. He/Him. searchable
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Philip Hofstetter22h ago
Jan Lehnardt 1d ago
Happy Equinox to all fellow witches who celebrate.
Philip Hofstetter2d ago

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@chad/116253429864202933

why is path traversal still a thing in 2026?

Philip Hofstetter5d ago
from the @1password release notes. I wonder whom they want to increase the consistency of the design experience for? Certainly not the user.
Philip Hofstetter5d ago
@atpfm I was equally annoyed about the Apple Watch workout selection UI, but since I started to use voice commands, I was never bothered again. “Hey siri. Start an outdoor running workout” - works every time and seemingly reliable for me and for different workout types.
Philip HofstetterMar 11
John SundellMar 11

Super excited to bring back the Stacktrace podcast (again!), with monthly episodes starting... right now! 😀

https://stacktracepodcast.fm/episodes/205

205: “The 2026 edition” | Stacktrace

On this first episode of the 2026 season, John and Rambo discuss how they’re using AI agents when working on different projects, and how to approach learning new programming languages in 2026.

Stacktrace
Philip HofstetterMar 5
tanteMar 5

This case shows how Open Source will die. With anyone just being able to pipe existing code and tests through an LLM and claiming that to be "clean room" (which is hogwash) no licensing can protect your work from being accumulated and monetized by anyone. The commons are actively being shredded in front of our eyes.

https://github.com/chardet/chardet/pull/322

chardet 7.0: ground-up MIT-licensed rewrite by dan-blanchard · Pull Request #322 · chardet/chardet

Summary This PR is for a ground-up, MIT-licensed rewrite of chardet. It maintains API compatibility with chardet 5.x and 6.x, but with 27x improvements to detection speed, and highly accurate suppo...

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Philip HofstetterMar 5
troy_s Mar 4

This is damn brilliance. Capital A Art. Respect.

"Finally, liberation from open source license obligations.

Our proprietary AI robots independently recreate any open source project from scratch. The result? Legally distinct code with corporate-friendly licensing. No attribution. No copyleft. No problems."

https://malus.sh

MALUS - Clean Room as a Service | Liberation from Open Source Attribution

Philip HofstetterFeb 16
@caseyliss the unifi travel router seems to be in stock again...
Philip HofstetterFeb 12

RE: https://mastodon.social/@bigzaphod/116054366665013500

@rejected here's one for you if you haven't seen yet

Philip HofstetterJan 26

RE: https://mastodon.social/@simonbs/115960630948278960

if people were still searching for a reason to prefer ghostty over iTerm and Terminal.app, they can add "icon support in eza" to the list