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Re:Webbol: A minimal static web server written in COBOL on Friday October 03, 2025 @03:08PM (#45466598)
Love this!!! Any tips for learning cobol?
Re:The 2FA app that tells you when you get `314159` on Friday March 14, 2025 @01:20PM (#43364812)
Giving a random app your 2FA secrets? Raises eyebrow…
Re:JavaScript in SVGs on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @03:31PM (#39293894)
Sounds like an attack vector
Re:Will Cyber Security Be Replaced by AI? on Sunday September 17, 2023 @04:26PM (#37548979)
Betteridge’s Law in action ;-)
Re:The legend of the ten-times developer on Saturday November 12, 2022 @03:02AM (#33571100)
Really liked Jon talking about the importance of experience in development. I just wanted to add that it’s also important to consider experience on the system. Even the most talented developers will need time to find their feet if they’ve only worked with a system for a few months.

So don’t treat developers as replaceable resources! If you fire an experienced team because you found some cheaper bums on seats elsewhere, you’ll usually pay the price!

Of course nobody would exploit this by submitting a PR that just deleted the failing test…

Adding money to the mix or automating rewards is asking for abuse and would decrease the quality of the software.

Also, which open source project is awash with money that could afford to pay out?

I think this (monetisation/crypto) is a solution looking for a problem and open source isn’t it…

I feel a bit conned by the headline, it would be better to say "verifying CA certs in images"

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