A thought on JavaScript "proof of work" anti-scraper systems

In POSIX, you can theoretically use inode zero

The lack of a good command line way to sort IPv6 addresses

Classical "Single user computers" were a flawed or at least limited idea

Intel versus AMD is currently an emotional decision for me

The length of file names in early Unix

Let's Encrypt Drops "Client Authentication" (mTLS) from Its TLS Certificates

Mandatory short duration TLS certificates are probably coming soon

The order of files in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/ matters

Unix files have (at least) two sizes

The appeal of serving your web pages with a single process

How I install personal versions of programs on Unix

My pessimism about changes to error handling in Go (but they'll happen)

If you get the chance, always run more extra network fiber cabling

I don't think error handling is a solved problem in language design

Some notes on Grafana Loki's new "structured metadata"

The web browser as an enabler of minority platforms

The “happiness paradox” is a phenomenon wherein trying to make ourselves happier actually makes us less happy, as it can drain our ability to use self-control and willpower

Researchers discover ginger compound with potential to treat inflammatory bowel disease

JSON has become today's machine-readable output format on Unix

Clock Drawing Test

The practical (Unix) problems with .cache and its friends

Machine learning and nano-3D printing produce nano-architected materials

We got hit by an alarmingly well-prepared phish spammer

Thoughts on having SSH allow password authentication from the Internet

The history and use of /etc/glob in early Unixes

There are different sorts of WireGuard setups with different difficulties

I think Go union type proposals should start with their objectives

A gotcha with importing ZFS pools and NFS exports on Linux

Good union types in Go would probably need types without a zero value

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