Ryan Heldt

@rheldt
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Grizzled web developer in the heart of #cyclONEnation. Guitarist, effect pedal nerd, tech enthusiast, wannabe maker, weather geek, and fan of the Oxford comma.
Websitehttps://ryanheldt.com
COBOL developers talking about their retirement plan near fancy beaches πŸ˜ŽπŸ€“
I'm seeing a lot of bad digital security advice out there right now. I'm begging you, for the love of God, if you are trying to tighten up your digital security, please start with threat modeling: https://ssd.eff.org/module/your-security-plan
Your Security Plan

Trying to protect all your data from everything all the time is impractical and exhausting. But, have no fear! Security is a process, and through thoughtful planning, you can put together a plan that’s best for you. Security isn’t just about the tools you use or the software you download....

I love the implicit "answer this right or we'll drive a robot over a stranger someday" part of the whole prove-you're-a-human captcha experience.
An important reminder. πŸ‘Šβ€οΈπŸ™
#vim πŸ™ƒ
Dear #Church. I'm begging you. Learn from the mistakes of history. Stop trying to baptize political parties and declare #Christian candidates. It's embarrassing. Signed -A Tired Pastor
Unbelievable finish! 7-0! #CyclONEnation
The public could first download Netscape, the precursor to Firefox (and frankly every browser as we know them today), was released 30 years ago today according to @jwz https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/10/mosaic-netscape-0-9-was-released-30-years-ago-today/ what a time! #netscape #browser #retrocomputing
Mosaic Netscape 0.9 was released 30 years ago today

According to my notes, it went live shortly after midnight on Oct 13, 1994. We sat in the conference room in the dark and listened to different sound effects fired for each different platform that was downloaded. At some point late that night I wandered off and wrote the first version of the page that loaded when you pressed the "What's Cool" button in the toolbar. (A couple days later, Jim ...