Using zip bombs to protect your server

https://idiallo.com/blog/zipbomb-protection

#blog #web #selfhosting

Hello retro hardware people - a friend of mine has a recreation of the Camputers Lynx PCB but it has no marking on it - does anyone know who made it and are the gerbers available anywhere?

Cheers, and please share for reach #RetroComputing #Maker

Coding interviews should be replaced with code review interviews. You'll learn a lot more about the candidate than by asking them to regurgitate algorithms that they haven't seen in years.

Edited to add that I wrote a blog post expanding on this.

https://brassnet.biz/blog/live-coding-interviews-show-nothing-about-whether-a-candidate-is-qualified.html

Harper – an open-source, privacy-friendly alternative to Grammarly

https://writewithharper.com

#tools #opensource #foss

Plain Vanilla - an explainer for web development using only vanilla techniques. No tools, no frameworks — just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

https://plainvanillaweb.com/index.html

#webdev #html #css #javascript #programming

For the last few days, I've been looking for a whiteboard/mood board open source app for artists that could replace Miro or Milanote. Something that can handle huge whiteboards where I can arrange images as I please, zoom in and zoom out freely.

Turns out, #inkscape is actually pretty incredible for this. With images added to the page as "Embed" and "Blocky (optimise speed)", I can have dozens of ultra-high-res images that I can arrange as I please. I can add all my Download folder at once, click "Rearrange -> Unclump" and all the images are going to be neatly arranged on the whiteboard. It's quite convenient to add labels, colour-tag the images by grouping them with the coloured rectangles, and it's possible to add hand-written notes, too.

I recommend this as an aspiring #artist :D But really, you probably can use this as a local alternative to Pinterest boards, too.

I wonder if the SVG files Inkscape saves are easily diff-able; if yes, it should be even possible to do cooperative edits through Github.

I built this tool a year ago but I feel like Mastodon folks would like it

The "Weird Old Book Finder"

Type in a search query, and it'll find one randomly-chosen public-domain book that matches the query -- and present it for immediate reading: https://www.weirdoldbookfinder.net/

Why only one book? To prevent the paradox of choice! Just *start readin'*

Can't promise every book will be weird, but most are

A longer essay on how/why I developed it: https://debugger.medium.com/a-search-engine-that-finds-you-weird-old-books-3a74fbb5f3d4

This was a search for "mastodon"

A request for #audiobook fans: try https://libro.fm & consider quitting Audible.

Unlike Audible, with Libro you actually OWN your audiobooks and they don't embrace dark patterns like credits that expire or that disappear when you cancel. 🤮

Plus they support libraries & other good stuff.

Currently, the code SWITCH grants 3 audiobooks for the price of 1 for your first month. 📚

Also if you want to give me a free audiobook as you sign up, here's my referral link: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm240965