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Software Engineer, mainly of infra/sre/devops things.
Passionate about Privacy and Security.
Believer in and proponent of Open Source, Open Knowledge and openness in general.

D&D fan, curious about other RPGs, Dungeon Keeper by default.

Co-parent of two cats and a dog.

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Be the elephant you wish to see in the room.
this shit is why i do not ever configure network access on 'smart' appliances
One of my radical lefty extremist positions is the belief that when we realize something is bad for people or society we should stop subsidizing that thing immediately.

hello, last year an academic engineering reviewer said my developer open science project on identity threat and belonging was "too much psychology for a software audience" and now my ebook is a #1 seller in COMPUTERS

POST ARMY RISE

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It takes inhuman amounts of strength to remain soft after years of hardship

But if nothing else, you deserve it. They already took enough from you, don't let them take your kindness too

@tyrthecat if you already are familiar and comfortable with oauth2-proxy, then I guess next question is do you want to be WebAuthn/passkey only, in which case PocketID; if not, if you want prettier interface then Authelia, if managing via CLI then KaniDM.
Also, check out caddy, I believe it can be made to have in one place both web server, and via OIDC integration replace the oauth2-proxy.
If you are a British citizen or a UK resident, please sign this petition to stop the apartheid that our government is planning for me, others like me, and others who even vaguely look like they might be a bit like me. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/770527
Petition: Disapprove the draft Equality Act 2010 guidance laid on 21 May 2026

I want the House of Commons to disapprove the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations, 2026 laid on 21 May 2026.

Petitions - UK Parliament and UK Government

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116780494584602899

Guys! I felt for it... but this is fake!
#Bezos didn't make this statement. In fact the source also changed the content of the article numerous times!

You can still access it here: https://archive.ph/2kLSW

I checked the transcript of his panel here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho_ZmwgvDdM and he never made this statement.

Please boost this and help to fight #fakenews - Sorry that I also turned into a distributor of this!

@nixCraft please edit your post. Thx

The one bright spot of LLMs is that we've learned exactly how morally and creatively bankrupt this industry is, and how fast people are willing to throw away everything they said they cared about for decades - craft, understanding, efficiency, detail, all of it - just to cosplay competence and bandwagon their way to groupthink targets they don't even realize were made up to manipulate them.

Christ it's embarassing.

“The Psychology of Software Teams by Cat Hicks is a vital companion for any leader building a humane, high-performing organization. She skillfully dismantles the ‘Brains-in-Jars’ myth, proving that innovation is not a solitary act but the result of social learning. By introducing cognitive scaffolding and fostering thriving ecosystems, Hicks provides the missing link between organizational design and the individual human experience."

- Matthew Skelton, Team Topologies

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Dr. Cat Hicks

Leading the science of software success

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