PHP #Foundation welcomes #Elizabeth #Barron, clearly hoping her executive powers will magically fix #spaghetti #code 🍝✨. Maybe she'll summon #PHP 7.5 to finally do its own dishes, but hey, at least they'll have someone else to blame now 🙈.
https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/02/27/welcoming-elizabeth-barron-new-executive-director/ #PHP7.5 #softwaredevelopment #humor #HackerNews #ngated
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Telemetry: Helpful Tool or Digital Surveillance?
The word #telemetry sounds technical and harmless. Many people have never heard it before. But in simple words, telemetry means this: "Your device sends small pieces of information back to the company that made the software." That can be useful. But it can also be dangerous.
Today, large technology companies — often called Big Tech — collect huge amounts of data. They track clicks, searches, locations, and habits. Often this happens quietly in the background. For many people, telemetry feels like mass surveillance with a friendly name.
But the truth is more complicated.
Why Telemetry Is Not Always Bad
Imagine a city without traffic data. City planners would not know where traffic jams happen. They would not know where to build new roads. Telemetry can work in a similar way. If software developers know which features people actually use, they can improve those features. They can fix problems faster. They can remove tools that nobody needs.
The problem is not the measurement itself. The problem is how it is done.
When Data Becomes a Business Model
Many big corporations collect data aggressively. Users often do not fully understand what they agree to. The data is stored on large servers and sometimes sold or used for targeted advertising. In this system, the user is no longer the customer. The user becomes the product. This creates distrust. People feel observed. And when people feel observed, they behave differently.
The British writer George Orwell described this fear in his famous novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. In that story, constant surveillance changes how people think and act. It creates self-censorship and fear. Many citizens today worry that digital life is slowly moving in that direction. Some even point to countries like China, where digital monitoring by the state is widespread. Whether one agrees with this comparison or not, it shows how strong the concern has become.
A Different Approach: Ethical Telemetry
There is another path. In the world of free and open-source software — often called FLOSS — communities build software together. They value transparency and freedom. Instead of rejecting telemetry completely, this community could ask a smarter question: "How can we collect useful data without violating privacy?"
For example: "Can we measure which Linux systems are used in daily work — without tracking individuals?" Can we find out which text editor or file manager is most popular — without collecting personal details? Can statistics be truly anonymous? These questions matter.
Right now, many discussions are based on guesses. For example, the website DistroWatch publishes popularity rankings of Linux systems. Some critics claim these rankings may not reflect real usage. Without reliable and transparent data, it is hard to know the truth.
The Real Issue: Trust
The debate about telemetry is really a debate about trust. People do not reject data collection because they hate technology. They reject it because they feel powerless. If companies force data collection, hide it in long legal texts, and use it mainly for profit,
trust disappears. But if data collection is: voluntary, clearly explained, anonymous, open to public review, and stored securely then telemetry can serve the public instead of exploiting it.
A Choice About the Future
Technology is not the enemy. It is a tool. Fire can warm a home or burn it down. The difference lies in how it is controlled. Society now stands at a crossroads. We can allow a future where every click is tracked and monetized or we can demand clear rules, transparency, and ethical standards. The question is not whether telemetry exists. It already does. The real question is: "Who controls it — and for whose benefit?"
If citizens, developers, and policymakers work together, telemetry could become a tool for improvement instead of surveillance. The future of digital freedom depends on the answer.
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Because we rely heavily on cloud to host our #code, it’s easy to think of them as the absolute source of truth.
But structurally? Git doesn't care about the cloud ☁️🚫
Every time you clone a #Git repo, you are downloading a full-fledged, 100% complete backup of the entire project history.
#SmartGit embraces this local-first power, giving you full control over your repo whether you have a Wi-Fi or not.
Have you ever had to keep working entirely offline during a server outage? 🌍💻
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/116160201522801183
Exactly 6 years after my "Unfortunately, `clip-path: path()` is Still a No-Go" post got published https://css-tricks.com/unfortunately-clip-path-path-is-still-a-no-go/
#CSS #cssClipPath #coding #frontend #web #dev #webDev #webDevelopment #code
⌨️ Codebreakers. Part of a Second World War British Intelligence facility, where highly-skilled codebreakers worked day and night to decrypt German military transmissions.
This site is not "abandoned", part of the site is a world-famous museum. These photos are from a sneaky visit to one of the non-public areas, several years ago.
#History #WW2 #EnigmaCode #Heritage #Code #Codebreaker #Explore #Photography
The @Mastodon code is in GitHub. Neither GitHub nor Microsoft are in Mastodon, and they have nothing to do with Fediverse. @Codeberg is in Mastodon. Shouldn't Mastodon code be in a Codeberg repository?
#Mastodon #GitHub #Codeberg #Fediverse #code #repository #repositories
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Anthropic launches Claude Code Security for AI-Powered Vulnerability Scanning.
Artificial intelligence [AI] company Anthropic has begun to roll out a new security feature for Claude Code that can scan a user's software codebase for vulnerabilities and suggest patches.
⁉️The capability, called Claude Code Security, is currently available in a limited research preview to Enterprise and Team customers.⁉️
https://claude.com/solutions/claude-code-security
#anthropic #claude #code #security #DevSecOps #media #secure #programming #developer #tech #ai #llm #vibecoding #news
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👾The final results are displayed to the analyst in the Claude Code Security dashboard, where teams can review the code and the suggested patches and approve them. Anthropic also emphasized that the system's decision-making is driven by a human-in-the-loop [HITL] approach.👾
⁉️"Because these issues often involve nuances that are difficult to assess from source code alone, Claude also provides a confidence rating for each finding," Anthropic said. "Nothing is applied without human approval: Claude Code Security identifies problems and suggests solutions, but developers always make the call."⁉️](/proxy/post_attachment/306960/d422c3558c.jpeg "[ImageSource: Anthropic]
👾The final results are displayed to the analyst in the Claude Code Security dashboard, where teams can review the code and the suggested patches and approve them. Anthropic also emphasized that the system's decision-making is driven by a human-in-the-loop [HITL] approach.👾
⁉️\"Because these issues often involve nuances that are difficult to assess from source code alone, Claude also provides a confidence rating for each finding,\" Anthropic said. \"Nothing is applied without human approval: Claude Code Security identifies problems and suggests solutions, but developers always make the call.\"⁉️")
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👾With AI agents increasingly capable of detecting security vulnerabilities that have otherwise escaped human notice, the tech upstart said the same capabilities could be used by adversaries to uncover exploitable weaknesses more quickly than before. Claude Code Security, it added, is designed to counter this kind of AI-enabled attack by giving defenders an advantage and improving the security baseline.👾
⁉️Anthropic claimed that Claude Code Security goes beyond static analysis and scanning for known patterns by reasoning the codebase like a human security researcher, as well as understanding how various components interact, tracing data flows throughout the application, and flagging vulnerabilities that may be missed by rule-based tools.⁉️
Each of the identified vulnerabilities is then subjected to what it says is a "multi-stage verification process" where the results are re-analyzed to filter out false positives. The vulnerabilities are also assigned a severity rating to help teams focus on the most important ones.](/proxy/post_attachment/306961/94e5ef6cf4.jpeg "[ImageSource: Anthropic]
👾With AI agents increasingly capable of detecting security vulnerabilities that have otherwise escaped human notice, the tech upstart said the same capabilities could be used by adversaries to uncover exploitable weaknesses more quickly than before. Claude Code Security, it added, is designed to counter this kind of AI-enabled attack by giving defenders an advantage and improving the security baseline.👾
⁉️Anthropic claimed that Claude Code Security goes beyond static analysis and scanning for known patterns by reasoning the codebase like a human security researcher, as well as understanding how various components interact, tracing data flows throughout the application, and flagging vulnerabilities that may be missed by rule-based tools.⁉️
Each of the identified vulnerabilities is then subjected to what it says is a \"multi-stage verification process\" where the results are re-analyzed to filter out false positives. The vulnerabilities are also assigned a severity rating to help teams focus on the most important ones.")
Seems like no-code #programming is popular these days. I guess I'm not cool, I'm doing the exact opposite in my game. Everything is code, mostly GLSL with some C to get things going. It's an all-code engine or something.
It's not for everyone but I love to screw around with the game with my fancy level editor called vim. Anything is possible with #code ! 😎
As I wrote in my last post I am working on the combination of music with art.
Before posting a real animated audio track, I have some creations for you which were rendered during different experiments.
Here's a spiral of an audio waveform with some variables set. Soon I'll post another render from this code base.
#art #music #waves #audio #mastoart #fediart #noai #code #artwork #minimalism #creativecoding #random #arts #artistsonmastodon #musique #visualization #visual #illustration #generativeart #arts #arte #musik #musica #tunetuesday
Edited 21d ago
We can spend hours in meetings debating architecture, mapping out user journeys & writing endless specification docs.
But until it's written, it's just theory.
#Git revolutionized software development & gave us the safety net to "show the #code" fearlessly. It allows us to branch off, build a prototype, and prove a concept without breaking the main project.
How often do your team's debates end with someone saying, "Let's just build a quick branch & see what happens"? 👇
Currently I am working on the conection of art with music. I restarted to record and mix but also learn to combine code and synths and work with FFT and more.
So, I'm sorry that I need some time to have results I can post.
Do you listen to sound of short videos? And do you click on play to watch posted videos? Or do you have a client playing sound/videos automatically?
I am just curious if anyone would listen or if I should continue to work on non-music art to post here.
#art #music #sound #mastoart #fediart #noai #code #artwork #minimalism #creativecoding #random #arts #artistsonmastodon #ardour #p5js #blender #3d #song #generativeart #animation
There are many #introductions but this #intro is mine.
I'm a professional technical #generalist. I write #code, read code, research, discover problems, and develop solutions.
Been in some form of the computer industry starting in 1995. It's what pays the bills: Career trajectory was #dialup ISP #helpdesk ➡️ Corporate IT ➡️ firewall/IDS analyst ➡️ CERT/SOC #Technical #Leader ➡️ Cisco Talos Technical Lead.
For fun/enrichment/growth: I dabble in making #DJ mixes, #woodworking, #3dprinting /CAD, #circuit design, #music production, studying #Japanese language & culture, a little bit of a #coffee snob learning #latte art, I love to cook, and I make a bangin margherita #pizza.
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It looks like but it's no poisson distribution.
Here I developed a remesh algorithm at first in two dimensions:
Random points are moved more and more in the middle of their neighbours to avoid bulks of points (vertices) and create a base mesh that can be implemented in 3D to remesh sculpted objects.
Currently I also work on a 3D example which has not reached the state to post it.
Which remesher do you use if you work in 3D? And what could be a nice feature to implement in my algorithm?
#art #remesh #b3d #blender3d #zbrush #mastoart #fediart #noai #code #artwork #minimalism #creativecoding #random #arts #artistsonmastodon #3d #algorithm #p5js #plugin #triangle #vertices
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I also a little bit changed the codebase of Birdy 🐦, and cut it on about 50 lines. Because now he use abstract classes for definition the mini-games logic.
👉 https://codeberg.org/xolatgames/Birdy-wants-crisps/src/branch/main/Birdy-wants-crisps/main.cpp#L268
#cpp #cplusplus #2d #game #games #gamedev #adventure #minigames #sdl #sdl2 #linux #opensource #codeberg #inkscape #tiled #TiledMapEditor #codelite #development #Birdy #code
Hi, Mastodon 🦣 - could you help me out?
If you can test in actual Safari, is this on-scroll demo glitchy there too like it is for me in Epiphany?
https://cdpn.io/pen/debug/JoKqRjZ
If you cannot test in actual Safari, boosts appreciated.
Thank you! 🙏
PS - Yes, I know it doesn't work in Firefox, it's because of this bug some rando filed a couple of years ago... https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1927325
#CSS #cssScrollAnimation #code #coding #web #dev #webDev #webDevelopment #frontend #cssAnimation #cssTransforms
When you discover an interesting tool, and it turns out there's no executable GUI, but to get it running you need to shell a terminal, pip a git, hub a stub, sudo a judo, brew a stew, python a cobra and unix a linux… 🤡
#unix #linux #tools #software #app #apps #code #scripting #coding #GUI #tech #technology #FOSS #OpenSource #git #github
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When watching comics I was always faszinated of the dithering.
Here I coded a dithering selection depending on a noise pattern but open for using with every other pattern.
Now I think about improving it and using it for the shading of 3D models. That could look interesting and be combined with toon shaders.
#dithering #dither #pattern #noise #art #mastoart #fediart #noai #code #artwork #minimalism #creativecoding #random #arts #artistsonmastodon #generativeart #genuary #bw #comic #toon #shader #p5js #shadow
"Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says"
"#Git must evolve"
Dude, your site has to evolve. I had to turn on the 56K Modem to read this article.
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1057561/bddc1e61152fadf6/
#Linux #FOSS #OSS #OpenSource #LinusTorvals #JoeBrockmeier #Versioning #VersionControl #Programming #Coding #Code #SoftwareDevelopment