How to Use ChatGPT-4 for Free with Microsoft Edge
The Microsoft Edge browser offers perhaps one of the best and easiest ways for an average person to access and use ChatGPT-4 for free, without having to pay for ChatGPT-4 access through OpenAI. Best of all, Edge is available for just about every major platform, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, iPad, and Android. With the … Read More ⌘ Read more

Empower Your Development: Dive into Docker’s Comprehensive Learning Ecosystem
Find out about Docker’s multifaceted approach to developer education, including partnerships with platforms like Udemy and LinkedIn Learning, official docs and use-cases, and content created by Docker Captains and the developer community. ⌘ Read more

If Big Tech had their way The Lunduke Journal would be out of business already
How to Support The Lunduke Journal: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5460921/how-to-support-the-lunduke-journal They want us silenced: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5462508/the-lunduke-journal-cant-do-this-without-your-support Stories Mainstream Tech Media Won’t Talk About: ⌘ Read more

Elevating system resilience: leveraging LitmusChaos and Backstage integration
Project post by Namkyu Park, Maintainer of LitmusChaos (LinkedIn | GitHub) This blog post provides step-by-step instructions for injecting chaos using LitmusChaos and managing it with Backstage. Table of Contents Chaos Engineering, LitmusChaos, and Backstage As cloud-native technologies, including Kubernetes,… ⌘ Read more

[Updated] Free Mobile-Friendly Layout Wizard
Updated: The
Free Mobile-Friendly Layout Wizard
has been updated. It will now place the meta charset tag before the title in the head section (so that it will
be in the first 1 KB of your page even if you have a long title). In addition, if you select HTML5 as the output type,
the shorter meta charset tag will be used. ⌘ Read more

Snikket: Security notice: Snikket not affected by CVE-2024-3094
A security vulnerability was intentionally added to a widely used open-source
project known as ‘xz’. This project is packaged in many operating systems, and
a lot of software depends upon it. The vulnerability has been assigned the
identifier CVE-2024-3094.

Systems with the vulnerable package may allow an attacker to gain unauthorized
access to the system via SSH, if your system’s SSH server was linked to the
affected packages.

Thankfully, the vulne … ⌘ Read more

Telegram Premium allows you to convert voice messages to text. But Telegram Premium isn’t officially available in Germany. So why not develop your own solution? That’s exactly what I did this morning: I created a Telegram bot that takes the voice message and transcribes it using OpenAI’s Whisper API. The bot runs as a serverless container on Scaleway. The source code is published on my Gitea instance. ⌘ Read more

@sorenpeter@darch.dk a poem about me giving Odo a free bucket:

A glint in his eye, a sly, Ferengi grin,
Quark crossed the promenade, a curious thing within.
No jeweled trinket, no weapon so grand,
But a simple pail held tight in his hand.

Odo, the Constable, with a brow raised high,
“A bucket, Quark? What trickery do you try?”
The Ferengi huckster, with a salesman’s flair,
“A gift, my friend, a constable’s rare!”

“For those late-night spills, a morphing mishap,
This bucket, dear Odo, will catch every scrap.
And should a suspect turn to goop and flee,
This pail’s the answer, a guarantor, you see!”

Odo’s lips twitched, a hint of a smile,
At Quark’s twisted logic, his mercantile style.
“Perhaps,” he conceded, the bucket held tight,
“A useful addition, in the pursuit of right.”

So Quark made his sale, with a wink and a nod,
A bucket for Odo, a Ferengi oddity, odd.
But on Deep Space Nine, where chaos takes hold,
Even a pail can be worth more than gold.

About the account, thanks, but I already have way too many. :-D

Missed KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2024? Here’s everything you need to know
Over 12,000 people joined us in Paris for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2024 and while we talked about everything from artificial intelligence to sustainable computing, the biggest takeaway was the incredible power of community. The community made Kubernetes… ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: 5 Erlang and Elixir use cases in FinTech
Erlang, Elixir and other programming languages running on the BEAM virtual machine are powering some of the world’s biggest and most productive financial services systems.

In this post, we’ll be examining five (of many) use cases, showcasing the power and versatility of these languages and how they’re actively revolutionising the financial services sector.

For: Ultra-reliable transaction delivery

[Vo … ⌘ Read more

Renesas Releases Its First General-Purpose 32-Bit RISC-V MCU Series
Renesas Electronics launches the R9A02G021 series, the industry’s first general-purpose 32-bit MCU based on the RISC-V architecture with a in-house developed CPU core. This series provides embedded system designers with a versatile platform for creating power-efficient, cost-effective applications using the open-source ISA. The R9A02G021 MCUs feature a Renesas RISC-V instruction-set architecture (RV32I [MACB] … ⌘ Read more

How to use GitHub Copilot in your IDE: tips, tricks, and best practices
GitHub Copilot is a powerful AI assistant. Learn practical strategies to get the most out of GitHub Copilot to generate the most relevant and useful code suggestions in your editor.

The post How to use GitHub Copilot in your IDE: tips, tricks, and best practices appeared first on [The GitHub Bl … ⌘ Read more

How to Use the Apple Watch Keyboard: Typing on Apple Watch Directly, & with Dictation, or iPhone
The Apple Watch may be small and on your wrist, but believe it or not the Apple Watch also has a keyboard. Yes, even with the small screen, you can use a full size QWERTY keyboard on Apple Watch to type things out, whether it’s a quick response to a message, or an email. In … Read More ⌘ Read more

QNAP Launches TS-216G: A 2-Bay 2.5GbE NAS System for Efficient Management and Rapid Backup Solutions
This month, QNAP Systems, Inc. rolled out the TS-216G NAS, a dynamic 2-bay network attached storage (NAS) system, optimized for both individual and workgroup use. Featuring a 2.5GbE port and hot-swappable capability, it promises efficient data management and enhanced reliability. At the core of the TS-216G is a 64-bit Arm quad-core processor, co … ⌘ Read more

Use Both Dark & Light Mode Themes Per App on Mac with Gray
Mac users have the option of using either the Light theme or Dark mode theme of MacOS, or they can have the system theme change with the time of day automatically on a schedule. But what if you prefer one theme over the other for some apps, but not others? What if you want some … Read More ⌘ Read more

The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter February 2024
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of February 2024. Many thanks to all our readers and all Newsletter contributors!

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, please consider saying thanks or help these projects! Interested in supporting the Newslette … ⌘ Read more

Arduino Nano Matter: Integrated with BLE and Thread Connectivity
The Arduino Nano Matter, developed in collaboration with Silicon Labs, features the high-performance MGM240S Arm Cortex M33 MCU. Supporting Bluetooth Low Energy and Thread for 802.15.4 connectivity, it’s designed for ease of use with Matter-compatible devices, streamlining rapid prototyping through its user-friendly software. The Arduino Nano Matter is powered by a robust 78 MHz, 32-bit […] ⌘ Read more

How Secure are Personal Hotspot Connections from iPhone?
The Personal Hotspot feature on iPhone turns your iPhone cellular connection into a wi-fi hotspot that other nearby devices and computers can use to access the internet. It’s one of those really great features available for iPhone that allows you to work from just about anywhere that you have a cellular connection, and can also … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/03/23/how-secure-are-personal-hotspot-connections-from- … ⌘ Read more

(Updated) Milk-V Duo S: Dual-Core RISC-V SBC Open for Pre-Order Starting at $11.00
The Milk-V Duo S is another tiny Single Board Computer that combines the open-source RISC-V instruction set architecture with the widely used ARM architecture. This dual-core design offers flexibility and performance for embedded computing. Scheduled to ship in March 2024, this board has improved specifications and features compared to the Duo Classic, and it supports […] ⌘ Read more

How to Setup a Timer on Mac with Clock App
Timers have arrived on the Mac with the addition of the Clock app coming to modern versions of MacOS. This is exciting if you’ve long wanted to use a timer on your Mac, whether to set a timer for a project, for your own pomodoro or work, cooking something, how long a break should take, … Read More ⌘ Read more

in the matter of political voice in the US money is speech and therefore companies use their “free speech” to donate and gain access to politicians. Therefore companies are people. Thanks a lot “citizens united”

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained?ref=foreverwars.ghost.io

in the matter of political voice in the US money is speech and therefore companies use their “free speech” to donate and gain access to politicians. Therefore companies are people. Thanks a lot “citizens united”

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained?ref=foreverwars.ghost.io

Erlang Solutions: Guess Less with Erlang Doctor
BEAM languages, such as Erlang and Elixir, offer a powerful tracing mechanism, and Erlang Doctor is built on top of it. It stores function calls and messages in an ETS table, which lowers the impact on the traced system, and enables querying and analysis of the collected traces. Being simple, always available and easy to use, it encourages you to pragmatically investigate system logic rather than guess about the reason for its behaviour.

This blog pos … ⌘ Read more

Does ‘Find My’ Work Internationally? Using Find My iPhone/Mac/iPad Abroad
The “Find My” feature is a location tracking service available from Apple for most Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, and more. Find My is unique in that it can be used to share your location, keep track of your people’s locations like your friends, family, and loved ones who share their location, but … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/03/20/find-my-works-internationally-iphone-ip … ⌘ Read more

High-Torque Strain Wave Gear Actuator: Lynxmotion LSS-P-S1 for Advanced Robotics
The Lynxmotion’s Smart Servo PRO Standard Actuator (LSS-P-S1) is an innovative robotic actuator recently featured by RobotShop. This configurable servo motor is suited for both semi-professional and professional uses, including robot arms, animatronics, and research projects The company describes the Lynxmotion Smart Servos PRO series as a significant upgrade from the LSS hobby series … ⌘ Read more

Moon Landing Mission Profiles
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Due to OpenAI’s move to prepaid billing, I (finally) had to pay for using the OpenAI API. But this also allows me to finally use the gpt-4-turbo-preview model as I have reached tier 1. Now the AI-generated summaries on this blog will be created using this new model. 😄 ⌘ Read more

it is an addon in the download tool. Or you can use xcaddy to build it in.

it is an addon in the download tool. Or you can use xcaddy to build it in.

Why Did My iPhone Alarm Stop Automatically & Turn Itself Off?
If you use your iPhone as an alarm clock, as many iPhone owners do, you may have discovered that if the iPhone alarm is sounding and ringing continuously on it’s own, eventually the iPhone alarm turns itself off automatically. While this may be confusing if you’re used to old analog alarm clocks that will ring … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/03/18/why-did-my-iphone-alarm-stop-automatically-turn-itself … ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Guess Less with Erlang Doctor
BEAM languages, such as Erlang and Elixir, offer a powerful tracing mechanism, and Erlang Doctor is built on top of it. It stores function calls and messages in an ETS table, which lowers the impact on the traced system, and enables querying and analysis of the collected traces. Being simple, always available and easy to use, it encourages you to pragmatically investigate system logic rather than guess about the reason for its behaviour.

This blog pos … ⌘ Read more

How to Escape From the Iron Age?

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password is generated using caddy hash-password

password is generated using caddy hash-password

Use an iPad as an HDMI Display with Orion & a USB-C Capture Card
You can turn your iPad into a portable HDMI display with the help of a neat app named Orion, plus a USB-C Capture Card. How this works is really straight forward; you connect the USB-C Capture Card dongle to the iPad Pro USB-C port, then you connect your device to that dongle via HDMI, that … Read More ⌘ Read more

More basement:

I completely forgot that DVD-RAM was a thing once. Found my old disks and they still work. 🤯 The data on them is from 2008, so they’re not that old. Still impressive.

The disks are two-sided. On the photo, that particular side of the disk on the left appears to be completely unused. 🤔

And then I read on Wikipedia that DVD-RAMs aren’t produced anymore at all today. Huh.

(I refuse to tag this as “retrocomputing”. Read/write DVDs that you can use just like a harddisk, thanks to UDF, are still “new and fancy” in my book. 😂)

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What is fileproviderd on Mac & Why Does it Use High CPU?
A process named fileproviderd may be discovered by some Mac users, usually seen in Activity Monitor when someone has discovered that their Mac feels like it’s running slower than usual. There, fileproviverd may be using high amounts of CPU, and by using heavy system resources, the Mac slows down. What is fileproviderd? Fileproviderd is a … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/03/16/what-is-fileproviderd-on-mac-why-doe … ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de For syncing notes between computers and phones I’ve been very happy with Simple Text - w Dropbox sync for some year, but transitioned to Joplin around new year. Both sync via Dropbox and for Joplin there are also more free options. I guess you could even use something like Syncthing

No way, I can’t believe my friend said the trolls movie was better than shrek and no one here seems to care at all. When I let him use my Macbook to say that I was expecting people to get real mad

How to Find Universal Control Settings on MacOS Sonoma & Ventura?
Universal Control is one of the most useful features available for Mac users who have multiple Macs and iPads that they’d like to control with a single mouse and keyboard, it works really well and offers a great experience once it’s setup and working. But, like so many other recent changes to the Mac that … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/03/15/how-to-find-universal-control-settings-on-macos-son … ⌘ Read more

I’m this close to making an Android app for managing a shopping list.

I just accidentally deleted the wrong list in the app that I’m currently using, and now there’s no way to get it back. Recreating it is a major pain, because typing on a phone sucks ass. Fuck.

Maybe I should just go back to using pen and paper …

Use the Terminal cheat Tool to Generate CheatSheets for Commands
While there are some command line wizards out there who never need to look at references, search manual pages, defer to command lists, LLM queries, or web searches, the rest of us mere mortal commands line users can be helped by a really great tool called cheat. The cheat command is able to provide a … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/03/14/use-the-terminal-cheat-tool-to-generate-cheatsheets-for-comm … ⌘ Read more

@mckinley@twtxt.net for me:

• a wall mount 6U rack which has:
  
  • 1U patch panel
    
  • 1U switch
    
  • 2U UPS
    
  • 1U server, intel atom 4G ram, debian (used to be main. now just has prometheus)
    
• a mini ryzon 16 core 64G ram, fedora (new main)
  
  • multiple docker services hosted.
    
• synology nas with 4 2TB drives
  
• turris omnia WRT router -> fiber uplink
  

network is a mix of wireguard, zerotier.

• wireguard to my external vms hosted in various global regions.
  
  • this allows me ingress since my ISP has me behind CG-NAT
    
• zerotier is more for devices for transparent vpn into my network
  

i use ssh and remote desktop to get in and about. typically via zerotier vpn. I have one of my VMs with ssh on a backup port for break glass to get back into the network if needed.

everything has ipv6 though my ISP does not provide it. I have to tunnel it in from my VMs.

@mckinley@twtxt.net for me:

• a wall mount 6U rack which has:
  
  • 1U patch panel
    
  • 1U switch
    
  • 2U UPS
    
  • 1U server, intel atom 4G ram, debian (used to be main. now just has prometheus)
    
• a mini ryzon 16 core 64G ram, fedora (new main)
  
  • multiple docker services hosted.
    
• synology nas with 4 2TB drives
  
• turris omnia WRT router -> fiber uplink
  

network is a mix of wireguard, zerotier.

• wireguard to my external vms hosted in various global regions.
  
  • this allows me ingress since my ISP has me behind CG-NAT
    
• zerotier is more for devices for transparent vpn into my network
  

i use ssh and remote desktop to get in and about. typically via zerotier vpn. I have one of my VMs with ssh on a backup port for break glass to get back into the network if needed.

everything has ipv6 though my ISP does not provide it. I have to tunnel it in from my VMs.

QOTD: What do you host on your home server? How do you host it? Are you using containers? VMs? Did you install any management interface or do you just SSH in? What OS does it run?

Mine runs Arch (btw) and hosts a handful of things using Docker. Adguard Home, http://mckinley2nxomherwpsff5w37zrl6fqetvlfayk2qjnenifxmw5i4wyd.onion/, and some other things. NFS, Flexo, and Wireguard (peer and bounce server in my personal network) are outside Docker. I have a hotkey in my window manager that spawns a terminal on my server using SSH. It makes things very easy and I highly recommend it.

I am thinking about replacing Docker with Podman because the Common Wisdom seems to say it’s better. I don’t really know if it is or isn’t.

Also, how much of your personal infrastructure is on IPv6? I think all the software I use supports both, but I’ve mostly been using IPv4 because it’s easier to remember the addresses. I’ve been working for the last couple days on making it IPv6-only.

Linux Foundation says when they used to attack Microsoft… they were actually trying to kill Sun.
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6 Helpful Mac Keyboard Shortcut Tips
If you are a Mac user, you might be interested in some specific keyboard shortcuts tricks that can make your MacOS computing experience more efficient and maybe even be more productive too. Here are six useful Mac keyboard shortcut tips that will improve most people’s MacOS experience, usage, and workflow. 1: Use Spotlight Keystrokes to … Read More ⌘ Read more

Just hacked together this small webfinger endpoint to be used as a companion with timeline: .well-known/webfinger/index.php at main · sorenpeter/timeline

Fix WeatherWidget Using Heavy CPU & Slowing a Mac
WeatherWidget is a process you may encounter on a Mac when looking through Activity Monitor or a system stats app, a task that many advanced Mac users find themselves doing if they notice their Mac performance is slowing down. The reason, of course, is that Activity Monitor (or similar) will show you what processes are … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Remove “Promote with Blaze” from WordPress
WordPress is fantastic blogging software and an excellent content management system that is prolific on the web (and used by us for this site!), and Jetpack is a great set of tools offered by Automattic to further improve the WordPress experience. But the latest versions of Jetpack default to placing a “Promote with Blaze” option … Read More ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net It is the new “politically correct”. Something that was used to describe acting in a more civilized way with one another. Turned into a scapegoat for the other side to label, demonize, and attack.

@bender@twtxt.net It is the new “politically correct”. Something that was used to describe acting in a more civilized way with one another. Turned into a scapegoat for the other side to label, demonize, and attack.

The Great Tech Industry Survey of 2024
Are religious people more likely to use Tabs or Spaces? Are Rust programmers happier than C programmers? Do you know the answers to those questions? Do you *want to*? Help us find the answers. Take the survey: https://forms.gle/4rQboPtXcFkigZNQ8 More Information: ⌘ Read more

Finally broke down and installed Pipewire. Bare ALSA is only good if you only use one physical sound card ever. Don’t even try Bluetooth.

Hard and soft skills for developers coding in the age of AI
While AI revolutionizes software development, it still relies on developers to pilot its use. In this blog, we’ll cover the skills that developers need to have for navigating this new AI-powered coding frontier.

The post Hard and soft skills for developers coding in the age of AI appeared first on [The GitHub Blog](https:// … ⌘ Read more

Does ‘Find My’ Work Internationally? Using Find My iPhone/Mac/iPad Abroad
The “Find My” feature is a location tracking service available from Apple for most Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, and more. Find My is unique in that it can be used to share your location, keep track of your people’s locations like your friends, family, and loved ones who share their location, but … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/03/07/find-my-works-internationally-iphone-ip … ⌘ Read more

How GitHub uses merge queue to ship hundreds of changes every day
Here’s how merge queue transformed the way GitHub deploys changes to production at scale, so you can do the same for your organization.

The post How GitHub uses merge queue to ship hundreds of changes every day appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

My email is such a cluster of noise. The only time i actually use it is to find out I have to do my security training or something. All communication is slack now days.

My email is such a cluster of noise. The only time i actually use it is to find out I have to do my security training or something. All communication is slack now days.

MGW Diamond H is a Compact 4K HDMI Encoder with Dual GbE Ports
The MGW Diamond-H, recently launched by VITEC, is a compact 4K HDMI encoder designed to cater to the growing demands for high-quality, low-latency video streaming and IPTV distribution across various sectors including military, enterprise, broadcast, education, and sports. Featuring the capability to encode either 1x 4K60p or 4x HD using HEVC/H.264 from SDI/Composite sources, the […] ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, United States Constitution https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/03/04/us-constitution.html #programming #project #devjournal

yarnd does not do auto discovery via webfinger though.. i cant put @username and have it fetch the feed url from webfinger. to fully make feeds portable. would also need to be able to use that for hashing.

yarnd does not do auto discovery via webfinger though.. i cant put @username and have it fetch the feed url from webfinger. to fully make feeds portable. would also need to be able to use that for hashing.

See Who Sent You a Link in Safari on iPhone, Mac, iPad
The latest versions of Safari for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, support a handy feature that allows you to quickly identify who sent you a particular link or webpage that you have open in the browser. This ‘sent from’ link feature is useful if you engage in a lot of exchanging of URLs between friends, coworkers, … Read More ⌘ Read more

@shreyan@twtxt.net What do you mean when you say federation protocol?

• Either use webfinger for identity like mastodon etc. or use ATproto from Bluesky (or both?)

• We can use webmentions or create our own twt-mentions for notifying someones feed (WIP code at: https://github.com/sorenpeter/timeline/tree/webmention/views)

I’m not sure we need much else. I would not even bother with encryption since other platforms does that better, and for me twtxt/yarn/timeline is for making things public

Fix iPad Temperature Warning: iPad needs to cool down before you can use it
iPad may display a warning message on the screen if it gets too hot, becoming unusable until the iPad cools down again. This happens if the iPad is overheating, and there are various reasons this can happen. The specific message on screen is “Temperature – iPad needs to cool down before you can use it.” … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/02/29/fix-ipad-temperature-warning-ipad-ne … ⌘ Read more

Azure Container Registry and Docker Hub: Connecting the Dots with Seamless Authentication and Artifact Cache
See best practices for using public images and ensuring the security and reliability of your Docker containers. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Blockchain Tech Deep Dive | 6 Principles
Blockchain technology is transforming nearly every industry, whether banking,  government, fashion or logistics. The benefits of using blockchain are substantial. Businesses can lower transaction costs, free up capital, speed up processes, and enhance security and trust.

We’re mapping out the six key principles for blockchain integration success, so businesses can navigate the challenges and opportunities this disruptive tec … ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org its a hierarchy key value format. I designed it for the network peering tools i use.. I can grant access to different parts of the tree to other users.. kinda like directory permissions. a basic example of the format is:

@namespace
# multi
# line
# comment
root :value

# example space comment
@namespace.name space-tag 

# attribute comments
attribute attr-tag  :value for attribute

# attribute with multiple 
# lines of values
foo :bar
      :bin
      :baz

repeated :value1
repeated :value2

each @ starts the definition of a namespace kinda like [name] in ini format. It can have comments that show up before. then each attribute is key :value and can have their own # comment lines.
Values can be multi line.. and also repeated..

the namespaces and values can also have little meta data tags added to them.

the service can define webhooks/mqtt topics to be notified when the configs are updated. That way it can deploy the changes out when they are updated.

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org its a hierarchy key value format. I designed it for the network peering tools i use.. I can grant access to different parts of the tree to other users.. kinda like directory permissions. a basic example of the format is:

@namespace
# multi
# line
# comment
root :value

# example space comment
@namespace.name space-tag 

# attribute comments
attribute attr-tag  :value for attribute

# attribute with multiple 
# lines of values
foo :bar
      :bin
      :baz

repeated :value1
repeated :value2

each @ starts the definition of a namespace kinda like [name] in ini format. It can have comments that show up before. then each attribute is key :value and can have their own # comment lines.
Values can be multi line.. and also repeated..

the namespaces and values can also have little meta data tags added to them.

the service can define webhooks/mqtt topics to be notified when the configs are updated. That way it can deploy the changes out when they are updated.

Yeah, the lack of comments makes regular JSON not a good configuration format in my view. Also, putting all keys in quotes and the use of commas is annoying. The big upside is that’s in lots of standard libraries.

I think the appeal with YAML is that is has comments, is kind of easy to write and read and also provides unlimited nesting levels. But it has all its drawbacks, no question. Forbidding tabs, thousands of different string flavors, having so many boolean options (poor Norwegians) etc. I use it, but I don’t particularly enjoy it.

Among simple key value pairs, I like INI files, but with # for comments, not ;. I never used TOML, read up on it yesteray before writing this question, but it looks a bit weird and has some strange rules. I guess I have to give it a try one day.

And yes, as mentioned by several of you, it always depends on the complexity of the configuration at hand.

I’m developing something for the scouts at the moment with rather simple requirements on the config. Currently, there are just four settings. Even INI would be overkill with its section. I selected JSON for now, because that’s readily available with Go’s std lib. But I do not like it.

Btw. what’s your own config format, @xuu@txt.sour.is?

How we’re using GitHub Projects to standardize our workflows and stay aligned
Learn how we’re managing feature releases and establishing best practices within and across teams at GitHub using GitHub Projects.

The post How we’re using GitHub Projects to standardize our workflows and stay aligned appeared first on [The GitHub Blog](https://github.blog … ⌘ Read more

ProcessOne: ejabberd turns 20
ejabberd is a piece of software that was born 20 years ago. This is a long time, even at the scale of Internet. And yet, what ejabberd represents has not always been obvious. It took us a long time to realize what was so important about ejabberd. Why have we been developing it for 20 years? Why are we pushing it further even today? What makes it so special?

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ejabberd is a scalable messaging server. That sum … ⌘ Read more

ProcessOne: ejabberd 23.01

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Almost three months after the previous release, ejabberd 23.01 includes many bug fixes, several improvements and some new features.

A new module, mod_mqtt_bridge, can be used to replicate changes to MQTT topics between local and remote servers.

A more detailed explanation of those topics and other features:

Remember that support for Erlang/OTP 19.3 is discouraged, and will b … ⌘ Read more

ProcessOne: ejabberd 23.04
This new ejabberd 23.04 release includes many improvements and bug fixes, as well as some new features.

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• Many SQL database improvements
  
• mod_mam support for XEP-0425: Message Moderation
  
• Newmod_muc_rtbl, Real-Time Block List for MUC rooms
  
• Binaries useErlang/OTP 25.3, and changes in containers
  

A more detailed explanatio … ⌘ Read more

ProcessOne: Automatic schema update in ejabberd
ejabberd 23.10 has a new feature that is currently in beta testing:

Automatic relational schema creation and update.

Previously, if you were using ejabberd with an external relational database, you might have to manually apply some schema changes that come with new features when you upgrade to a new ejabberd release. ejabberd can now handle this schema upgrade automat … ⌘ Read more

Question of the day: What configuration file formats do you all like and use?

Karl Stefanovic backs US Super League
Broncos fan Karl Stefanovic has bought a stake in a proposed US Super League, with the group of investors looking to make rugby league a smash hit in America. ⌘ Read more

Democrats and Republicans putting forward their ‘weakest candidates’
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says the only Democrat who can lose to Donald Trump is Joe Biden, and the only Republican who can lose to Joe Biden is Donald Trump.

It is all but sealed that the 2024 US election will be a Trump-Biden rematch, as the former president continues to dominate the Republican primaries.

“Both parties have sort of gone out … ⌘ Read more

NRL star’s mad dash in Vegas mystery
The first Tuesday Teams of the NRL season is upon us, and there’s plenty to dive into with the footy action kicking off in Las Vegas this weekend. ⌘ Read more

‘Discrimination’: Independents call for ban on insurers using DNA ‘against’ people
Independent MP Kylea Tink has called for a ban on insurance companies from using DNA “against” people, which she says is “discrimination”.

Ms Tink, along with fellow independent David Pocock, have launched a push to try and ban life insurers from discriminating based on an individual’s DNA.

“This is actually a really important issue, an … ⌘ Read more

Mums strict newborn visitors rules
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Billboard Explains: Luísa Sonza’s Global Force On The Charts
Brazilian artists Luísa Sonza knows a thing or two about getting on the Billboard charts. And that’s why she’s this year as Women In Music Global Force honoree. Luísa first got her start in 2014, singing covers on YouTube and first entered the charts in 2020. This is Billboard Explains Luísa Sonza’s global force on the charts. Luísa has seven songs on the global excluding US … ⌘ Read more

My assistant book us seat on the plane that are meant for the crew
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Elijah Vue missing; mother, caregiver charged in Manitowoc County (FOX6)
A frantic search is underway for a US toddler after his mother sent him to a male friend’s home for “disciplinary action,” according to police. ⌘ Read more

‘Unforgivable’: Donald Trump won’t ‘protect’ Prince Harry
Former US president Donald Trump revealed if he is re-elected he will not protect Prince Harry from allegations he lied on his US visa application.

When applying for a visa, applicants must disclose their past drug use, and the Prince famously revealed in his book ‘Spare’ that he took drugs.

However, sources close to Harry claim he answered truthfully on his application, and there is no … ⌘ Read more

Boeing staff confused on safety reporting: US study
Boeing employees are confused and distrustful of changes to safety reporting systems implemented by the aerospace giant after fatal plane crashes in 2018 and 2019, according to a US report released Monday. ⌘ Read more

How DNA helps in cracking animal cruelty cases
Researchers at the University of Florida’s Veterinary Forensic Sciences Laboratory use some of the latest tools to find breakthroughs in animal cruelty investigations. ⌘ Read more

RP Funding Center’s new bag policy
The multipurpose entertainment complex in Lakeland says they’ll be enforcing rules consistently and not letting promoters decide if bag search and metal detectors are used. ⌘ Read more

‘Saltburn’ house owners beg TikTok-ers to stay away
The real-life owners of the mansion used in the film ‘Saltburn’ have hired security to keep the ‘plague’ of influencers and trespassers visiting the property away. ⌘ Read more

Kotoni Staggs’ emotional family reunion in vegas
It took Kotoni Staggs 21 years to meet his American father. Now the Brisbane Broncos star is using the NRL’s historic trip to Las Vegas to put together the final pieces in his fractured, and at times heart-wrenching, family puzzle. ⌘ Read more

St. Pete museum dedicated to glass works of art
It’s safe to say most of us probably take glass for granted. But it’s a remarkable medium that can be made into so many different art forms. FOX 13 photojournalist Mike Hughes shows us one museum dedicated to glass. ⌘ Read more

Mary Poppins age rating raised in the UK over discriminatory language
The 1964 Disney classic, Mary Poppins, is having its age rating raised to PG in the UK.

Reportedly, the move is due to its discriminatory language.

The change centres around the use of a colonial term used in the movie.

The term is a pejorative word, historically used to describe the Khoekhoe people of South Africa.

The British Board of Film Classificati … ⌘ Read more

‘Outsider’s wet dream’: Donald Trump embraces Javier Milei
The meeting of former US president Donald Trump and Argentina’s President Javier Milei is an “outsider’s wet dream”, says Sky News host Paul Murray.

The two greeted each other at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland on Saturday.

Milei could not contain his excitement while meeting the former US president for the first time.

During the encounter, Trump tol … ⌘ Read more

Man Confronts Former Mayor Bill de Blasio on New York Street
A man taking a selfie with former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on the Upper East Side of Manhattan used the opportunity to let the former mayor know he was less than happy with his performance in office. The footage, recorded by @paulie.b123 on February 20, shows de Blasio leaning in for a selfie on the side of a street. @paulie.b123 smiles into the camera and uses some … ⌘ Read more

Canadian cities ‘not gatekeepers,’ head of mayors’ group tells Poilievre
The president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities says his members are community builders and not gatekeepers, a term Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has commonly used to attack municipal bureaucrats. Scott Pearce made the comment at a news conference the federation held in Ottawa ahead of the spring budget, as the group calls for more federal in … ⌘ Read more

How a clever craft distillery used grapes and rocks to win World’s Best Botanical Vodka
Forget potatoes or the Russians, Australian “underdogs” have taken out the 2024 title of World’s Best Botanical Vodka using grapes and ancient volcanic rocks. ⌘ Read more

Odysseus sends back its first images of the moon
The Odysseus private moon lander has sent back its first images from the lunar surface.

Reportedly, it is the furthest south any vehicle has successfully landed on the moon and established communication to date.

The uncrewed spacecraft endured an intense landing approach on Friday last week.

It came after a navigation system error meant its flight controllers had to be used on untested work to safe … ⌘ Read more

US airman dead after setting himself on fire
Officials have identified the US airman who died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy on Sunday as a 25-year-old from Texas. The person was reportedly livestreaming at the time of the incident. This is the second time someone set themselves on fire outside an Israeli facility in the U.S. since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. ⌘ Read more

Sensory Safari at Central Florida Zoo: A sneak peek
The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens joins Good Day Orlando Xtra to introduce us to Willy, a gopher tortoise, as well as talk about their upcoming Sensory Safari event, which is geared towards children, ages 5-12. It features hands-on learning and interactive experiences. ⌘ Read more