Web Review, Week 2024-06
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2024-06.
We’ve been waiting 20 years for this - The History of the Web
Tags: tech, web, blog, culture
Excellent piece about the resurgence of old trends on the web.
https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/weve-been-waiting-20-years-for-this/
The European regulators listened to the Open Source communities! - Voices of Open Source
Tags: tech, foss, law
Looks like good progress has been made. A few more adjustments would be welcome before it gets ratified.
https://blog.opensource.org/the-european-regulators-listened-to-the-open-source-communities/
Google workers complain bosses are ‘inept’ and ‘glassy-eyed’
Tags: tech, google, transparency, management
Things don’t look great in this giant… it’s astonishing how much eroding vision and transparency can hurt an organization.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/google-workers-company-culture-pichai-18653877.php
Netflix: Piracy is Difficult to Compete Against and Growing Rapidly * TorrentFreak
Tags: tech, streaming, video, business
Unsurprising trend… this was a market where there was no chance to have a single dominant platform due to the existing studio behemoths. So now we’re in the streaming wars, people can’t afford to pay for every silos… and they turn to piracy again. Could have been all avoided if we went the “global license” route instead of dumping money on platforms.
https://torrentfreak.com/netflix-piracy-is-difficult-to-compete-against-and-growing-rapidly-240204/
Stract search engine
Tags: tech, search, web
A new search engine trying to grow. The approach seems interesting, we’ll see where it goes.
Browsers Are Weird Right Now – Tyler Sticka
Tags: tech, web, browser
A bit opinionated and sarcastic maybe… still it feels right, the web browsers landscape is in a sad state.
https://tylersticka.com/journal/browsers-are-weird-right-now/
Over the Edge: The Use of Design Tactics to Undermine Browser Choice
Tags: tech, microsoft, browser, vendor-lockin
Not unexpected of course, but at least it makes it clear that Microsoft is actively trying to prevent users from using the browser they want.
Microsoft is seeking a software architect to port Microsoft 365 to Rust | TechSpot
Tags: tech, microsoft, rust
If they really commit to it, this means Microsoft will really invest big in Rust. Let’s wait and see…
Blog - How I Also Hacked my Car
Tags: tech, automotive, security
The infotainment systems on car are not as locked down as one might think. Another proof of it.
https://goncalomb.com/blog/2024/01/30/f57cf19b-how-i-also-hacked-my-car
Rust Won’t Save Us: An Analysis of 2023’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities – Horizon3.ai
Tags: tech, security, memory, rust
Indeed, not all security issues are due to memory related problems. It’s 20% of the security issues. This is of course massive, but there’s still 80% of the security issues coming from wrong authentication, appliances and so on.
https://www.horizon3.ai/analysis-of-2023s-known-exploited-vulnerabilities/
OPML is underrated
Tags: tech, blog, rss, opml
Definitely true. This is a good way to share your feeds with friends or to setup a blogroll.
https://kmaasrud.com/blog/opml-is-underrated.html
s/bash/zsh/g
Tags: tech, zsh, shell
Indeed, use zsh more. It’s good… or at least better.
https://www.arp242.net/why-zsh.html
VirtualBox KVM public release — Cyberus Technology
Tags: tech, linux, virtualization
This is an interesting VirtualBox fork for Linux. Using KVM as backend should bring interesting benefits.
https://cyberus-technology.de/articles/vbox-kvm-public-release
When “letting it crash” is not enough
Tags: tech, erlang, safety, crash, resilience
It’s here to sell something. That said it does a good job explaining the Erlang model and its “let it crash” approach to failures. Also highlights the obvious limitations.
https://flawless.dev/essays/when-letting-it-crash-is-not-enough/
Cool Things You Can Do with SELECT - Edward Loveall
Tags: tech, sql, databases
Indeed, a very underappreciated keyword in SQL. It can do much more than what it’s often used for.
https://blog.edwardloveall.com/cool-things-you-can-do-with-select
Postgres is Enough · GitHub
Tags: tech, databases, postgresql
Nice index pointing to resources to do many things with Postgres.
https://gist.github.com/cpursley/c8fb81fe8a7e5df038158bdfe0f06dbb
<model-viewer>
Tags: tech, web, 3d, webcomponents
Looks like a really convenient web component to display 3D models on web pages.
Method of Differences
Tags: tech, mathematics, history
Interesting explanation of the method of differences to easily compute polynomials.
https://ztoz.blog/posts/method-differences/
How to hire low experience, high potential people
Tags: hr, interviews
Good ideas and questions to interview candidates. I don’t think I would use everything though. Also I think some of what’s proposed here would work for candidates at any level of experience.
https://worktopia.substack.com/p/how-to-hire-low-experience-high-potential
Bye for now!