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Solid phone privacy guide. Privacy matters. Keep yourself safe.

Solid phone privacy guide. Privacy matters. Keep yourself safe. 

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/01/23/activists-guide-securing-your-smartphone/

Debugging libmodem and the hunt for error -22.

Debugging libmodem and the hunt for error -22.

https://tweedegolf.nl/en/blog/145/the-hunt-for-error--22

Mac Classic II startup deep dive. 

https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/01/the-invalid-68030-instruction-that-accidentally-allowed-the-mac-classic-ii-to-successfully-boot-up/

Joel has great thoughts about the future of GitHub's UI.

Joel has great thoughts about the future of GitHub's UI.

https://hawksley.org/2025/01/08/past-present-future-of-UI-at-github.html

I love when people get what they deserve. Write your own scripts kiddies, or at least read them first.

I love when people get what they deserve. Write your own scripts kiddies, or at least read them first.


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-infects-18-000-script-kiddies-with-fake-malware-builder/

Awesome Desktop Client for AI models.

https://github.com/Bin-Huang/chatbox

hardware

Bryan created a highly-integrated open-source laptop from scratch. Definitely watch the video.

Bryan created a highly-integrated open-source laptop from scratch. Definitely watch the video.

https://www.byran.ee/posts/creation/

Tailwind 4.0 has finally shipped!

https://tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwindcss-v4

New Signal and Discord issue that leaks location information due to Cloudflare caching.

New Signal and Discord issue that leaks location information due to Cloudflare caching. 

https://gist.github.com/hackermondev/45a3cdfa52246f1d1201c1e8cdef6117

Plank Reloaded is ready! I've updated the simplest Linux dock with proper Cinnamon desktop support, modern battery integration, and some nice themes. Still keeping it stupidly simple.

github.com/zquestz/plank-reloaded

Be careful how you print your errors in Rust. Stack traces can lead to some unintended consequences.

Be careful how you print your errors in Rust. Stack traces can lead to some unintended consequences.

https://www.qovery.com/blog/rust-investigating-a-strange-out-of-memory-error/

Some may have nightmares about clippy, but I love the idea of cute pets on my computer. Enter VS Code pets!

Some may have nightmares about clippy, but I love the idea of cute pets on my computer. Enter VS Code pets!

https://github.com/tonybaloney/vscode-pets

A bit about the BCHD project and how we brought it back into consensus.

A bit about the BCHD project and how we brought it back into consensus.

https://thoughts.greyh.at/posts/bchd-returns/

The DevOps Engineer's Handbook.

https://octopus.com/devops/

Breakdown of Homomorphic Encryption, and how Apple uses it in iOS.

Breakdown of Homomorphic Encryption, and how Apple uses it in iOS.

https://boehs.org/node/homomorphic-encryption

Time to update rsync. A new release came out today fixing multiple security vulnerabilities.

Time to update rsync. A new release came out today fixing multiple security vulnerabilities.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rsync-3.4-Released

Bitcoin

James has been trying to recover that drive for a decade now. His journey has finally come to a close.

James has been trying to recover that drive for a decade now. His journey has finally come to a close.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/judge-ends-mans-11-year-quest-to-dig-up-landfill-and-recover-765m-in-bitcoin/

Quick Merkle Database (QMDB) just dropped. Definitely worth a look.

Introducing Quick Merkle Database (QMDB), a high-performance verifiable database optimized for blockchains.

• 2.28M state updates per second, 1M TPS (benchmarked transfers per second).

• Benchmarked with workloads up to 15B (10x Ethereum’s 2024 state) and proven capacity to… https://t.co/Nm9VRy1UBX

LayerZero

Quick Merkle Database (QMDB) just dropped. Definitely worth a look.

https://x.com/LayerZero_Core/status/1879195871042310159

Nix is amazing and also painful. This rant is thorough and fantastic.

Nix is amazing and also painful. This rant is thorough and fantastic.

https://www.dgt.is/blog/2025-01-10-nix-death-by-a-thousand-cuts/

Be careful with OAuth. Domains switch hands and emails can't be trusted forever.

Be careful with OAuth. Domains switch hands and emails can't be trusted forever.

https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/millions-at-risk-due-to-google-s-oauth-flaw

Josh Ellithorpe

@quest