Ohayō gozaimasu! Sunday assorted links: Forgejo – Beyond coding. We forge. Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job. 🔗

Forgejo – Beyond coding. We forge.

Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job.

--- Bitcoin Covenants: CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY (BIP 119) The first article in the Covenant series, examining the CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY (CTV) proposal from Jeremy Rubin. 🔗

Bitcoin Magazine

Bitcoin Covenants: CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY (BIP 119)

The first article in the Covenant series, examining the CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY (CTV) proposal from Jeremy Rubin.

Namaste! Saturday assorted links: Forgejo – Beyond coding. We forge. Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job. 🔗

Forgejo – Beyond coding. We forge.

Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job.

--- Bitcoin Covenants: CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY (BIP 119) The first article in the Covenant series, examining the CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY (CTV) proposal from Jeremy Rubin. 🔗

Bitcoin Magazine

Bitcoin Covenants: CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY (BIP 119)

The first article in the Covenant series, examining the CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY (CTV) proposal from Jeremy Rubin.

Добрае раніца! Friday assorted links: Mud, water and wood: The system that kept a 1604-year-old city afloat Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat for more than 1,600 years – using only wood. 🔗

Mud, water and wood: The system that kept a 1604-year-old city afloat

Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat for more than 1,600 yea...

--- Banned Books: Analysis of Censorship on Amazon.com - The Citizen Lab We analyze the system Amazon deploys on the US “amazon.com” storefront to restrict shipments of certain products to specific regions. We found 17,050 products that Amazon restricted from being shipped to at least one world region. - While many of the shipping restrictions are related to regulations involving WiFi, car seats, and other heavily regulated product categories, the most common product category restricted by Amazon in our study was books. 🔗

The Citizen Lab

Banned Books: Analysis of Censorship on Amazon.com - The Citizen Lab

We analyze the system Amazon deploys on the US “amazon.com” storefront to restrict shipments of certain products to specific regions. We found ...

Добрае раніца! Thursday assorted links: Make Bookmarklets | Make it easy A bookmarklet generator which is clean and easy to use. Create and test bookmarklets in your browser. Extend your browsing experience any way you see fit. 🔗

Make Bookmarklets

Make Bookmarklets | Make it easy

A bookmarklet generator which is clean and easy to use. Create and test bookmarklets in your browser. Extend your browsing experience any way you s...

--- Build Times - You should know this before choosing Next.js Picking the technology stack for a project is an important and consequential decision. In the enterprise space in particular, it often involves a multi-year commitment with long-lasting implication... 🔗

Build Times

You should know this before choosing Next.js

Picking the technology stack for a project is an important and consequential decision. In the enterprise space in particular, it often involves a m...

Guten Morgen! Wednesday assorted links: Why I recommend against Brave Brave is a Chromium-based browser that promises to deliver privacy with built-in ad-blocking and content-blocking protection. It also offers several quality-of-life features and services, like a VPN and Tor access. I mean, it's even listed on the reputable PrivacyTools website. Why am I telling you to steer clear of this browser, then? 🔗

Why I recommend against Brave

--- Mobile cyberattacks conducted by us intelligence agencies 🔗 📄.pdf --- Fastest DNS Speed Test - Find Optimal DNS Server | No Install Experience the only web-based DNS Speed Test. Find the fastest DNS server for your location without any installations or downloads. 🔗

Fastest DNS Speed Test - Find Optimal DNS Server | No Install

Experience the only web-based DNS Speed Test. Find the fastest DNS server for your location without any installations or downloads.

Добрае раніца! Tuesday assorted links: LN Things Part 5: HTLC Deep Dive | Elle Mouton 🔗

LN Things Part 5: HTLC Deep Dive

Day 7 of #7DaysOfBitcoin

--- Nostr Components - Docs ⋅ Storybook Nostr Components makes it easy to embed Nostr profiles, posts, and follow buttons in any website. Inspired by fiatjaf's Nostr Web Components, this project adds a beautiful UI, a Storybook component generator (for webmasters), and expands the usability of Nostr across the web. 🔗

storybook - Storybook

--- sequentialread/pow-bot-deterrent A proof-of-work based bot deterrent. Lightweight, self-hosted and copyleft licensed. 🔗

GitHub

GitHub - sequentialread/pow-bot-deterrent: A proof-of-work based bot deterrent. Lightweight, self-hosted and copyleft licensed.

A proof-of-work based bot deterrent. Lightweight, self-hosted and copyleft licensed. - sequentialread/pow-bot-deterrent

Dobrý ráno! Monday assorted links: Life Altering Postgresql Patterns There is a set of things that you can do when working with a Postgres database which I have found made my and my coworker's lives much more pleasant. Each one is by itself small, but in aggregate have a noticeable effect. 🔗

Life Altering Postgresql Patterns

Bună dimineața! Saturday assorted links: On the Prehistory of QWERTY In this paper we reveal the prehistory of QWERTY keyboard along the history of telegraph apparatus: Morse, Hughes-Phelps, and Teletype. The early keyboard of Type-Writer was derived from Hughes-Phelps Printing Telegraph, and it was developed for Morse receivers. 🔗 📄.pdf

Nǐ hǎo! Friday assorted links: GitHub - nafey/minimalytics Minimalytics is a standalone minimalist analytics tool built on SQLite. Designed for resource-constrained environments, it provides a lightweight solution for tracking and visualizing event data with a minimal footprint. 🔗

GitHub

GitHub - nafey/minimalytics: Standalone analytics app in a CLI

Standalone analytics app in a CLI . Contribute to nafey/minimalytics development by creating an account on GitHub.

--- Leaking Passwords (and more!) on macOS | Watch This Space This article discusses a vulnerability, CVE-2024-54471 🔗

Watch This Space

Leaking Passwords (and more!) on macOS | Watch This Space

A security research blog.