How GitHub Docs’ new search works
GitHub Docs recently changed its site-search to Elasticsearch. Here’s how it was implemented. ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Botz version 1.2.0 release
We have just released version 1.2.0 of the Botz framework for Openfire!
The Botz library adds to the already rich and extensible Openfire with the ability to create internal user bots.
In this release, a bug that prevented client sessions for bots from being created was fixed. Hat-tip to
Kris Iyer for working with us on a fix!
Download the latest version of the Botz framework from [its project page](https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/botz/ … ⌘ Read more
Multi-repository variant analysis: a powerful new way to perform security research across GitHub
Multi-repository variant analysis lets you scale security research across thousands of repositories, giving you a powerful tool to find and respond to newly discovered vulnerabilities. ⌘ Read more
Distributed Cloud-Native Graph Database with NebulaGraph Docker Extension
Let’s take a look at NebulaGraph and how this modern, open source database can help your organization store and query complex data relationships. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Creating a simple weather application with Phoenix LiveView
IntroductionIn this article we will discuss our experience building an online weather application in Elixir using Phoenix LiveView. We created a real-time weather application that allows users to see the past, current, and forecast temperature and precipitation data for any UK postcode. The goals of building this app were:
- to further familiarise ourselves with[Phoenix LiveView](https:/ … ⌘ Read more
Application security orchestration with GitHub Advanced Security
Learn how teams can leverage the power of GitHub Advanced Security’s code scanning and GitHub Actions to integrate the right security testing tools at the right time. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Galaxy 2023: your guide to building a more flexible and productive software development cycle
Join us virtually on March 28-31 for GitHub Galaxy, a global enterprise event focused on improving efficiency, security, and developer productivity. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.8 is now generally available
With updates to GitHub Actions, repositories, and GitHub Advanced Security, this new version of GitHub Enterprise Server is focused on bringing the best developer experience to companies. ⌘ Read more
File editing on GitHub Mobile keeps leveling up
Commit an update to a pull request, or start a new branch to squash a bug at any time, wherever you are using the GitHub Mobile apps. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Se explican las colas de Quorum de RabbitMQ: lo que necesita saber.
Este tipo de cola es importante cuando RabbitMQ se usa en una instalación de clúster. Descubre más en este blog.
Introducción a las Colas de Quorum
En RabbitMQ 3.8.0, una de las nuevas características más significativas fue la introducción de las Colas de Quorum. La Cola de Quorum es un nuevo tipo de cola que se espera que reemplace … ⌘ Read more
Unleash your potential with GitHub Octernships: a path to a thriving tech career
Empowering the next generation of students in tech with real-world industry experience. ⌘ Read more
How to automate your dev environment with dev containers and GitHub Codespaces
GitHub Codespaces enables you to start coding faster when coupled with dev containers. Learn how to automate a portion of your development environment by adding a dev container to an open source project using GitHub Codespaces. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, European Day of the Righteous https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/06/righteous.html #programming #project #devjournal
Release Radar · February 2023 Edition
Our community—along with ourselves—took a much needed break over the festive season. Now everyone is back into the full swing of work, and the open source community is showing us it’s all hands on deck. We had dozens of submissions for the February Release Radar—a testament to the amount of code being shipped by the […] ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: HTTP File Upload v1.2.2 released!
We’ve just released version 1.2.2 of the HTTP File Upload plugin for Openfire. This release includes Ukrainian language support, thanks to Yurii Savchuk (svais) and his son Vladislav Savchuk (Bruhmozavr), as well as a few updated translations for Portuguese, Russian and English.
Grab it from the plugins page in your Openfire Admin Console, or download manually from the HTTP File Upload archive page, [here](https://www.igniterealtime.o … ⌘ Read more
My cheap alternative to Ngrok
Since GoBlog has an Auto-HTTPS feature that can automatically retrieve HTTPS certificates via ACME from e.g. Let’s Encrypt, I need a public IP address with which I can reach my test instance of GoBlog via port 80 and 443. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Commenting Code https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/05/comments.html #rant #technology
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Golem, part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/04/golem-1.html #freeculture #bookclub
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 02/27 to 03/03 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/03/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
GitHub Security Lab audited DataHub: Here’s what they found
The GitHub Security Lab audited DataHub, an open source metadata platform, and discovered several vulnerabilities in the platform’s authentication and authorization modules. These vulnerabilities could have enabled an attacker to bypass authentication and gain access to sensitive data stored on the platform. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Desktop 3.2: Preview your pull request
GitHub Desktop helps you feel confident in your Git and GitHub workflows. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Pen Pals https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/02/pen-pals.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Why Python keeps growing, explained
A deep dive into why more people are using Python than ever, its key use cases, and why it’s still so popular 30-plus years after it was first released. ⌘ Read more
The obligatory photo. Not frozen anymore. 🌞 ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Translations everywhere!
Two months ago, we started using Transifex as a platform that can be easily used by anyone to provide projects for our projects, like Openfire and Spark.
It is great to see that new translations are pouring in! In the last few months, more than 20,000 translated words have been provided by our community!
[ keep WhatsApp installed: It seems to be becoming more common for companies to offer support through it if you don’t want to call a hotline. ~50% of my chats are support chats. 🤔 ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Getting started with RabbitMQ: A beginner’s guide for your business
RabbitMQ is one of the world’s most popular open-source message brokers. With its tens of thousands of users (and growing), its lightweight and easy-to-deploy nature makes it a worldwide success across small startups and large enterprises across the globe.
But how do you know if it’s best for your business?
Read on and get the rundown on the reliable messaging software that del … ⌘ Read more
GitHub Availability Report: February 2023
In February, we experienced three incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. This report also sheds light into a January incident that resulted in degraded performance for GitHub Packages and GitHub Pages and another January incident that impacted Git users. ⌘ Read more
JMP: Cheogram Android: Stickers
One feature people ask about from time to time is stickers. Now, “stickers” isn’t really a feature, nor is it even universally agreed what it means, but we’ve been working on some improvements to Cheogram Android (and the Cheogram service) to make some sticker workflows better, released today in 2.12.1-3. This post will mostly talk about those changes and the technical implications; if you just want to see a demo of som … ⌘ Read more
GitHub Actions Importer is now generally available
We’re excited to announce the general availability of GitHub Actions Importer. GitHub Actions Importer helps you plan, forecast, and automate migrations from Azure DevOps, CircleCI, GitLab, Jenkins, and Travis CI to GitHub Actions. This product is an extension of the official GitHub CLI and is available for free to any GitHub user starting today. Migrating […] ⌘ Read more
GitHub Actions: Introducing faster GitHub-hosted x64 macOS runners
Speed up your GitHub Actions jobs on macOS with all new, faster GitHub-hosted macOS runners for x64. ⌘ Read more
Debian XMPP Team: XMPP What’s new in Debian 12 bookworm
On Tue 13 July 2021 there was a
blog post
of new XMPP related software releases which have been uploaded to Debian 11 (bullseye).
Today, we will inform you about updates for the upcoming Debian release bookworm.
A lot of new releases have been provided by the upstream projects. There were lot of changes
to the XMPP clients like Dino, Gajim, … ⌘ Read more
How to build a consistent workflow for development and operations teams
Explore how using GitHub and HashiCorp together enables enterprises to develop and ship to their customers faster and more secure with consistent workflows and actions. ⌘ Read more
My February ‘23 in Review
And again a month is over, the shortest of the year. Here is my short monthly review. ⌘ Read more
10 things you didn’t know you could do with GitHub Codespaces
Unlock the full potential of GitHub Codespaces with these 10 tips and tricks! From generating AI images to running self-guided coding workshops, discover how to optimize your software development workflow with this powerful tool. ⌘ Read more
Secret scanning alerts are now available (and free) for all public repositories
Secret scanning alerts are now generally available for all public repositories. Admins can now turn on the alert experience with one click. ⌘ Read more
February Extensions: Easily Connect Local Containers to a Kubernetes Cluster and More
Find out what’s new this month in the Docker Extension Marketplace, including connecting local containers to a Kubernetes cluster and more! ⌘ Read more
Docker Desktop 4.17: New Functionality for a Better Development Experience
Read about the latest updates and functionality released with Docker Desktop 4.17, including Docker Scout and much more! ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Marathi Language Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/27/marathi.html #programming #project #devjournal
On my blog: Five Phases of AI Grief https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/26/ai-grief.html #rant #technology
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Life Blood, chapters 26 – 29 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/25/life-blood-9.html #freeculture #bookclub
Ignite Realtime Blog: inVerse Openfire plugin 10.1.2-1 released!
Earlier today, version 10.1.2 release 1 of the Openfire inVerse plugin was released. This plugin allows you to easily deploy the third-party Converse client in Openfire. In this release, the version of the client that is bundled in the plugin is updated to 10.1.2!
The updated plugin should become available for download in your Openfire admin console in the course of the next few hours. Alte … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 02/20 to 02/24 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/24/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
3 ways to meet compliance needs without slowing down agility
Learn how to enable developer productivity and collaboration while staying secure and compliant. Stay compliant without slowing down your business. From security to CI/CD, automate every step of your software workflow—so your developers can stay focused on what matters most: building. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Icarus Factor https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/23/icarus-factor.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Measuring government policy on open source with a new dataset
Policymakers around the world are developing policies that impact how software gets built and who gets to build it, see the latest now. ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: New: Openfire MUC Real-Time Block List plugin!
A new plugin has been made available for Openfire, our cross-platform real-time collaboration server based on the XMPP protocol. We have named this new plugin the MUC Real-Time Block List plugin.
This plugin can help you moderate your chat rooms, especially when your service is part of a larger network of federated XMPP domains. From experience, the XMPP community has learned that bad actors tend to spam a wid … ⌘ Read more
50% (24 out of 48) of the workouts of my first Freeletics “training journey” completed! 🤓💪 ⌘ Read more
mox Mail Server
I currently use Purelymail for email. It’s very cheap and does everything I need (“purely email”). I’m also happy that I’m free of all the headaches of having a good IP reputation and setting everything up so that my mail doesn’t end up in junk folders. ⌘ Read more
The code that wasn’t there: Reading memory on an Android device by accident
CVE-2022-25664, a vulnerability in the Qualcomm Adreno GPU, can be used to leak large amounts of information to a malicious Android application. Learn more about how the vulnerability can be used to leak information in both the user space and kernel space level of pages, and how the GitHub Security Lab used the kernel space information leak to construct a KASLR bypass. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Can’t Live with It, Can’t Live without It
I’d like to share some thoughts about Elixir’s with keyword. with is a wonderful tool, but in my experience it is a bit overused. To use it best, we must understand how it behaves in all cases. So, let’s briefly cover the basics, starting with pipes in Elixir.
But like all tools, you should think about when it is best used…
Pipes are at their best when you expect your function … ⌘ Read more
Responsible AI pair programming with GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot boosts developer productivity, but using it responsibly still requires good developer and DevSecOps practices. ⌘ Read more
Profanity: New Profanity Old System
Occasionally people visit our MUC asking how to run the latest profanity release on years old systems.
For some distributions people maintain a backports project, so you can get it from there if available.
Here we want to describe another methods, using containers, more specifically distrobox.
What’s Distrobox?It’s basically a tool that let’s you run another distribution on your system. It uses docker/podman to create containers that … ⌘ Read more
Update on the future stability of source code archives and hashes
A look at what happened on January 30, what measures we’re putting in place to prevent surprises, and how we’ll handle future changes. ⌘ Read more
Secure Your Kubernetes Clusters with the Kubescape Docker Extension
Find out how to use the Kubescape Docker Extension for Kubernetes cluster security right from Docker Desktop. ⌘ Read more
Prosodical Thoughts: Prosody 0.12.3 released
We are pleased to announce a new minor release from our stable branch.
This is a bugfix release for our stable 0.12 series. Most notably, it fixes a
regression for SQL users introduced in 0.12.2, and a separate long-standing
compatibility issue with archive stores on certain MySQL/MariaDB versions.
It also fixes an issue with websockets discovered by the Jitsi team, some
issues with our internal HTTP client API, and we’ve improved the accuracy of
‘prosodyctl check dns’ in … ⌘ Read more
New professional website
I’m always programming on my blogging software, so today I decided to do something different. With the help of ChatGPT, which wrote the basic HTML and CSS template, I created a new resume website, which is basically a copy of everything I put on my LinkedIn profile. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, World Day of Social Justice https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/20/social-justice.html #programming #project #devjournal
JMP: SMS Account Verification
Some apps and services (but not JMP!) require an SMS verification code in order to create a new account. (Note that this is different from using SMS for authentication; which is a bad idea since SMS can be easily intercepted, are not encrypted in transit, and are v … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Life Blood, chapters 23 – 25 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/18/life-blood-8.html #freeculture #bookclub
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 02/13 to 02/17 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/17/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
blog: short note about why you should code it yourself
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Time Squared https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/16/time-squared.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
ICYMI: CodeQL enhancements
Learn about CodeQL’s improved user experience and enhancements that let you scan new languages, detect new types of CWEs, and perform deeper analyses of your applications. ⌘ Read more
2022 Transparency Report
Looking back over a year’s worth of developer-first content moderation and, new in this report, making our data more accessible to researchers. ⌘ Read more
5 Developer Workstation Security Best Practices
Learn how Hardened Docker Desktop can help you follow the five most critical developer workstation security best practices. ⌘ Read more
JMP: Newsletter: JMP is 6! Leaving beta this year! And FOSSY 🙂️
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the latest edition of your pseudo-monthly JMP update!
In case it’s been a while since you checked out JMP, here’s a refresher: JMP lets you send and receive text and picture messages (and calls) through a real phone number right from your computer, tablet, phone, or anything else that has a Jabber client. Among other things, JMP has these features: Your phone number on every device; Multiple phone numbers, one … ⌘ Read more
Git security vulnerabilities announced
Git users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version, especially if they use `git apply` or `git clone` against untrusted patches or repositories. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Copilot now has a better AI model and new capabilities
We’re launching new improvements to GitHub Copilot to make it more powerful and more responsive for developers. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Copilot for Business is now available
GitHub Copilot is the world’s first at-scale AI developer tool and we’re now offering it to every developer, team, organization, and enterprise. ⌘ Read more
Microsoft Office and OneDrive for free?
I’m a bit of an indecisive (and frugal) person sometimes. ⌘ Read more
Nice, the number of GoBlog users is growing! 🤓 The next step is a growing number of GoBlog developers. It would be great to have more people giving advice on how to improve the code. 😅 Any senior Go devs out there? ⌘ Read more
Yout amicus: fighting for developers’ right to innovate
Our mission to accelerate human progress through developer collaboration requires us, from time to time, to fight against legal developments that would needlessly impair developers’ right to innovate. That’s why GitHub has filed an amicus brief in the appeal of Yout LLC v. Recording Industry of America, Inc. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, World Radio Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/13/radio.html #programming #project #devjournal
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Life Blood, chapters 20 – 22 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/11/life-blood-7.html #freeculture #bookclub
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 02/06 to 02/10 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/10/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
How I archive my favorite TV show to get rid of Amazon Prime
I’m a fan of the German TV series “Notruf Hafenkante”, which is shown on the public broadcaster ZDF and is also available on their website. New episodes are released weekly, and older episodes are also made available on a regular basis. After a few months, however, they are no longer available for free. At the moment I have to buy an extra subscription for a Prime Video Channel to be able to watch all the old episodes. But that makes me dependent on Amazon, and I d … ⌘ Read more
R to @mind_booster: Sobre o do PS, escrevi na semana passada sobre ele aqui:
https://tilde.pt/~marado/blog/o-voto-eletronico-e-a-memoria-selectiva.html
Sobre o do PS, escrevi na semana passada sobre ele aqui:
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Royale https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/09/royale.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Erlang Solutions: Elixir, 7 steps to start your journey
Read this post in Spanish.
Let’s talk about Elixir!
Elixir is a functional programming language created by José Valim to build concurrent and scalable systems. It is defined as:
“a dynamic, functional language for building scalable and maintainable applications”.
Its first version was released in 2012. Since then, n … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Elixir, 7 pasos para iniciar tu viaje
¡Hablemos de Elixir!
Elixir es un lenguaje de programación funcional creado por José Valim para construi sistemas concurrentes y escalables.
“a dynamic, functional language for building scalable and maintainable applications”.
Su primera versión fue liberada en 2012. Desde entonces, se le han agregado nuevas funcionalidades y mejoras hasta llegar a su [versión actual](https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2 … ⌘ Read more
Release Radar, Festive Edition · December 2022 – January 2023
Welcome to our special edition of the Release Radar 🎄. Between Christmas festivities, end of the year parties, Chinese New Year, or simply enjoying some time off, almost everyone has been celebrating – us too! Now we’re taking a moment to celebrate these awesome open source projects that shipped major version releases during December and […] ⌘ Read more
Frozen ❄️ ⌘ Read more
Dino: Dino 0.4 Release
Dino is a secure and open-source messaging application.
It uses the XMPP (Jabber) protocol for decentralized communication.
We aim to provide an intuitive and enjoyable user interface.
The 0.4 release adds support for message reactions and replies. We also switched from GTK3 to GTK4 and make use of libadwaita now.
Reactions and RepliesReactions give you a quick and light-weight way to respond to a message with an emoji.
They … ⌘ Read more
In reply to: Oatmeal - week notes
The worst kind of blogging is blogging about blogging, so, I’ll keep this blogging about blogging short!
I’ve made some minor updates to the design of the website that have improved it’s usability a wee bit, and are a step in the right direction toward upping my accessibility game. The major remaining accessibility issues are around color contrast and some structura … ⌘ Read more
The technology behind GitHub’s new code search
A look at what went into building the world’s largest public code search index. ⌘ Read more
How to mitigate OWASP vulnerabilities while staying in the flow
Explore how GitHub Advanced Security can help address several of the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Day against FGM https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/06/no-fgm.html #programming #project #devjournal
Yet another AI application
AI is currently finding its way more and more into various software. There is ChatGPT, which sometimes feels like an all-knowing human, DeepL uses artificial intelligence not only for its translator, but also for its new tool that improves written text, or Bunny.net provides an API to generate images “on the edge”. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Life Blood, chapters 17 – 19 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/04/life-blood-6.html #freeculture #bookclub
Ludum Dare 52 staff picks 🕹
We’ve got ten top games from the latest Ludum Dare game jam plus source code for you to check out. Pun intended. ⌘ Read more
Sam Whited: Places to Go
This is a love letter to many places, among them:
- Triple Step Studios,
- Smyrna, and Cobb County public libraries and parks,
- Sopo Bicycle Co-op and the Austin Yellow Bike Project,
- and AtlantaCritical Mass.
Dear comra … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 01/30 to 02/03 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/03/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
Europe’s chance to be a leader in the age of AI
Below are my prepared remarks delivered at the EU Open Source Policy Summit in Brussels on Feb 3rd. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Contagion https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/02/contagion.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
How the GitHub Docs team uses GitHub Projects
Explore how the GitHub Docs team uses GitHub Projects for content coordination, reviews, and publishing. ⌘ Read more
Enabling branch deployments through IssueOps with GitHub Actions
What if developers want to leverage branch deployments but don’t have a full ChatOps stack integrated with their repositories? We wanted to set out to find a way for all developers to be able to take advantage of branch deployments with ease, right from their GitHub repository, and so the branch-deploy Action was born! ⌘ Read more
Announcing the launch of the All In for Maintainers DEI Resource Hub
The DEI Resource Hub is a vetted collection of resources, tools, and best practices designed to help open source maintainers create and maintain inclusive and diverse open source communities. ⌘ Read more
Open source’s impact on the world’s 100 million developers
We’re taking a look at how open source software has evolved on GitHub, and how the role of a maintainer and contributor has changed alongside the massive growth in open source software. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Availability Report: January 2023
In January, we experienced two incidents, one that resulted in degraded performance for Packages and Pages and another that impacted Git users. ⌘ Read more