How to measure innersource across your organization
The innersource contribution percentage is the rate of contributions from people outside the team that originally authored the software. Let’s dive into what it can look like for your organization. ⌘ Read more

“Friendlier SQL with DuckDB”
I come into contact with SQL almost every day, be it at work (Oracle Database) or while developing my blog software (SQLite). I don’t find SQL as bad as some others might, but sometimes SQL could be better. ⌘ Read more

The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter April 2022
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of April 2022.

Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, especially throughout the current situation, please consider saying thanks or help these projects! Interested in supporting the Newsletter team? Read more at the bot … ⌘ Read more

Software security starts with the developer: Securing developer accounts with 2FA
GitHub will require all users who contribute code on GitHub.com to enable one or more forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023. ⌘ Read more

Best practices to keep your projects secure on GitHub
These days software is subject to an ever-changing threat landscape. Check out the many ways you can keep your projects secure on GitHub today. ⌘ Read more

“Os sistemas e serviços de Software Livre permitem a reutilização, reaproveitamento e interoperabilidade de dispositivos. O direito universal de escolher livremente sistemas operativos, software e serviços é crucial para uma sociedade digital mais sustentável.”
“Os sistemas e serviços de Software Livre permitem a reutilização, reaproveitamento e interoperabilidade de dispositivos. O direito universal de escolher livremente sistemas operativos, software e serviços é crucial para uma sociedade digital mais su … ⌘ Read more

5 simple things every developer can do to ship more secure code
From plug-and-play automations to protected branches, here are simple ways any developer can build more secure software on GitHub—all with a free account. ⌘ Read more

Your guide to GitHub InFocus: Improving the way software development teams work in 2022
We’re kicking off InFocus, a global virtual event focused on accelerating, securing, and improving the way software development teams work. ⌘ Read more

Reflecting on my work
I have been a full-time software developer for over a year now. I’ve since settled in well in the job, and I’m getting along better and better, even if the topics are sometimes still quite complex and difficult to understand, especially when it comes to “historically grown” things. ⌘ Read more

Richard Stallman - “The state of the Free Software movement” - April 13, 2022
Free Software founder has choice words for Ubuntu, Apple. Announces a manual for GNU C. ⌘ Read more

What’s new in GitHub Discussions: Organization Discussions, polls, and more
Today, we’re excited to bring you a few new features that will help you communicate, collaborate, and connect seamlessly with teams and communities about the software you’re building with the help of GitHub Discussions. ⌘ Read more

Salary Negotiation
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Validate all the things: improve your security with input validation!
If there’s one habit that can make software more secure, it’s probably input validation. Here’s how to apply OWASP Proactive Control C5 (Validate All Inputs) to your code. ⌘ Read more

Prosodical Thoughts: Prosody 0.12.0 released
ÄNTLIGEN! It’s finally here! After 3 years of development and through some chaotic times, Prosody 0.12.0 is released!

What’s the significance of this release? Like many software projects, Prosody follows a “branch” development/release model. We frequently make minor releases with bug fixes and improvements from our stable branch, while we implement more adventurous changes in our development branch, ready for the next major release.

Well, this is one of those adventurous … ⌘ Read more

LibreELEC dropped the RPi1 in August. There’s so little software left for the thing. All the more reason to devote mine to Gemini, I guess.

The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter February 2022
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of February 2022.

Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, especially throughout the current situation, please consider saying thanks or help these projects! Interested in supporting the Newsletter team? Read more a … ⌘ Read more

Documenting Microsoft’s funky attempts at porting software to UNIX
Listen now (15 min) | I was there for part of it. Trying to preserve that weird part of computing history. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Saving lives with Elixir
When you think about programming languages, you might not think about them literally changing people’s lives, but they do more often than you would expect. Elixir has empowered Linda Achieng and Sigu Mawa to build emergency software that is already saving lives in Kenya. What started with the death of a close friend, has expanded into an inspirational project, with Elixir being used to empower local com … ⌘ Read more

Announcing the 2022 MLH Fellowship Cohort, powered by GitHub
The MLH Fellowship, powered by GitHub, is a 12-week internship alternative for aspiring software engineers. Meet the 2022 cohort! ⌘ Read more

The Impacts of an Insecure Software Supply Chain
Today, software regularly integrates open-source code from third-party sources into applications. While this practice empowers developers to create more capable software in a shorter time frame, it brings with it the risk of introducing inadequately vetted code. How aware are we of the security of our open-source code? Most of us use pip or npm […]

The post [The Impacts of an Insecure Software Supply Chain](https://www.docker.com/blog/the-im … ⌘ Read more

Snikket: Server updates for ARM systems
We have a couple of important announcements relevant to people running the
Snikket server software on ARM devices, including Raspberry Pi. Systems using
ARM processors are increasingly popular for self-hosting due to their
increased efficiency, lower cost and minimal energy consumption.

The Snikket January 2022 server release was an
exciting release for us, but some users on ARM-based systems reported some
difficulties upgrading to … ⌘ Read more

Reducing security risk in open source software with GitHub Actions and OpenSSF Scorecards V4
We’re excited to announce the V4 release of the OpenSSF’s Scorecard project in partnership with Google. ⌘ Read more

The Open Source Software Security Summit: securing the world’s code together
My colleague Stormy Peters and I are proud to represent GitHub at the White House’s Open Source Software Security Summit to share how securing open source begins by empowering developers. ⌘ Read more

Securing the Software Supply Chain with Docker Business
Organizations are increasingly facing new challenges in trying to protect their software supply chain. This has become especially difficult as the workforce has transitioned to a more distributed model with organizations scaling and onboarding more developers on distributed teams. With the number of software supply-chain attacks increasing by 650% in 2021, coordinating all of these […]

The post [Securing the Software Su … ⌘ Read more

Now consumer “security” software is mining cryptocurrency! ⌘ Read more

Ask HN: most interesting, mildly impractical, well-written books on software? [[https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29306651]] #links

Erlang Solutions: Blockchain Tech Deep Dive 2/4 | Myths vs Realities
This is the second part of our ‘Making Sense of Blockchain’ blog post series – you can read part 1 on ‘6 Blockchain Principles’ here.

Join our FinTech mailing list for more great content and industry and events news, sign up here >> … ⌘ Read more

Docker Verified Publisher: Trusted Sources, Trusted Content
Six months since its launch at DockerCon, the Docker Verified Publisher program delivers on its promise to developers and partners alike The Docker Verified Publisher program means trusted content and trusted sources for the millions of Docker users. At the May 2021 DockerCon, Docker announced its Secure Software Supply Chain initiative, highlighting Docker Verified Publisher […]

The post [Docker Verified Publishe … ⌘ Read more

The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter November 2021
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter covering the month of November 2021 - the last release for this year! After our editorial break we will be back in February 2022!

Many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, especially throughout the current situation, please consider to say thanks or help these projects!

[Read this Ne … ⌘ Read more

Faster Multi-Platform Builds: Dockerfile Cross-Compilation Guide
There are some important changes happening in the software industry. With Apple moving all of their machines to their custom ARM-based silicon and AWS offering the best performance-per-cost ratio with their Graviton2 instances, one can no longer expect that all software only needs to run on x86 processors. If you work with containers there is some […]

The post [Faster Multi-Platform Builds: Dockerfile … ⌘ Read more

Sinclair Software & Manuals - Computerphile ⌘ Read more

@will@twtxt.net At work we are using KeePass with Multi Cert KeyProvider Plugin.

https://www.creative-webdesign.de/en/software/keepass-plugins/multi-cert-keyprovider

We leave master password empty. Each person needs an own certificate to access the database file.

Not using a master password makes it easy to add or remove people with access w/o changing (and sharing) a master password.

Docker at Devoxx France and the U.K.
As Docker is a full-remote company, we have employees scattered across the Americas and Europe. We’re building tools to help developers all over the world build software better. As developers, we know that to do this well, we need to be actively involved in the developer community so we encourage our engineers to speak at […]

The post Docker at Devoxx France and the U.K. appeared first on … ⌘ Read more

Connecting to Telnet BBSes the most awesome way: Via Telemate in DOSBox
Use the exact same software to dial BBSes at 28.8 in 1995… and to telnet to BBSes in 2021. ⌘ Read more

ROI of Docker Desktop vs. DIY: Considerations, Risks, and Benefits for Business
Docker simplifies application development and removes complexities for developers. This allows software teams to accelerate their productivity and spend more time on delivering value that’s core to their business. One of the ways we do this is by providing a magically simple developer experience with Docker Desktop.    We wrote about the magic behind the scenes […]

The po … ⌘ Read more

How to run Windows 3.1 software on Windows 10 & 11 (64bit) & Linux
Because… because… why not? ⌘ Read more

Graphcore Poplar SDK Container Images Now Available on Docker Hub
Graphcore’s Poplar® SDK is available for developers to access through Docker Hub, with Graphcore joining Docker’s Verified Publisher Program. Together with Docker, we’re distributing our software stack as container images, enabling developers to easily build, manage and deploy ML applications on Graphcore IPU systems. We continue to enhance the developer experience to make our hardware and software … ⌘ Read more

7 unique software collaboration features in GitHub Discussions
Here are a few ways our teams use GitHub Discussions internally to build community, simplify workflows, and get key insights into our work. ⌘ Read more

How much power and influence do Open Source foundations have?
… and how does that power impact us as users of Open Source software? ⌘ Read more

The two problems in software development. [COMIC] ⌘ Read more

Linus Torvalds interviews with Linux Journal Magazine: 1994 - 2019
Six interviews with Linus Torvalds that give a peek into the private life of the Linux creator, and provide a history of one of the most important software projects of the last quarter century. ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Yes, this may be enough to check.

I only know this “feature” from my revision control software where I get “abort: empty Commit message” or “Aborting commit due to empty commit message” when I do not change whatever is already in there. Can be quite some text about which files changed and so on.

Building the next phase of GitHub, together
This morning, I shared the following post with Hubbers in response to Nat’s announcement about his next adventure. I am thrilled to take on the role of CEO to build the next phase of GitHub for our global community of software developers. ⌘ Read more

Notary v2 Project Update
Supply chain security is something that has been increasingly important to all of us in the last few years. Almost as important as the global supply chains that are having problems distributing goods around the world! There have been many attacks via the supply chain. This is where some piece of software that you use […]

The post Notary v2 Project Update appeared first on Docker Blog. ⌘ Read more

Trump’s Group has 30 days to remedy the violation, or their rights in the software are permanently terminated. SF Conservancy

I am out of popcorn, but might need some for this. 😂

(Smart Home) Automation with Node-RED
Yesterday I expanded the memory in my home and code server to 16 GB and wondered what I could do with all the resources this server provides me. So I looked around a bit and came across an open source program called Node-RED. Especially in the context of Smart Home and Home Assistant, I’ve heard about it a few times, but never looked into this software in more detail. ⌘ Read more

Bookmark : Standing on the shoulders of programmers: the power of free and open-source software – Physics World ⌘ Read more

It looks like @movq@www.uninformativ.de isn’t too active these days. This little piece of software is pretty neat!

The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter September 2021
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter covering the month of September 2021.

Many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, especially throughout the current situation, please consider to say thanks or help these projects!

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SiliconANGLE News: ‘DevOps for Dummies’ author Emily Freeman introduces revolutionary model for modern software development
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