LibreCheck software announcement. CW-ed because of length.
I have been working on some a program I call LibreCheck for a little while now. LibreCheck is free (libre) and open source software for logging people in places like day cares and Sunday-school at churches. It will be flexible enough to be used for many different situations such as conferences as well. The fact that it is free software means that you may change the code to make it work the way you want it to.
Goals
LibreCheck’s main technical goals are reliability, simplicity, and flexibility. Other software is complicated in design, which often leads to many bugs and general instability. They also generally set to work in certain settings, and since they are often proprietary, are not easily extensible to work in different situations. LibreCheck also is meant to be simple to use for the end user. It will be easy to install, easy to start, and easy to run.
Technologies
Right now I am building it in JavaScript and PHP, but nothing is finalized yet for the final public version. I may completely rebuild it before I make a public version. It is being set up where is does not really matter how it is built now. I can replace the proverbial ax head and the handle separately or together, and the program will work the same way.
Team
I am mostly working on this first version on my own, but also with a friend who is not on Mastodon. @zath is learning basic programming currently, and likely will help in the future. He will build the first version of our website.
Roadmap
I plan to finish a basic functional alpha version by the end of 2018. A more complete beta version will be developed in the following months. After a stable and complete enough beta is ready, it will be tested in production for a while and improved before the public beta is released.
- Alpha: end of 2018
- Private beta: end of January 2019
- Public beta: March (?)
Also on diaspora*: https://diasp.org/posts/6d64d6d0e62101362867047d7b62795e
Facebook and other tech companies have shown, time and again, that they will act in the interest of profits rather than defend the privacy of their customers. We must uphold and strengthen privacy laws across the country. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/12/facebooks-latest-scandal-shows-we-need-stronger-privacy-laws
US Ballistic Missile Systems Have No Antivirus, No Data Encryption, and No 2FA, DOD Report Finds
http://bit.ly/2SP4l98
So my desktop has 32 CPUs and 64 gigs of memory, and 2x nvme 960 pro in RAID 1 configuration. Not to mention 4x Vega 64 water cooled frontier edition graphics card (for OpenCL work).
I'm not even sure I can call this thing a Desktop Computer anymore, its more like a low-end supercomputer. No matter what I throw at it it responds instantly. What a fucking beast!
The only thing I have against #qoto is that it uses an older version of Mastodon, and the source code isn't displayed anywhere I could find.
@fatboy
People is okay with no such thing as "privacy" and they are willing to give away for their privacy and liberty for temporary glitters...
While the people who advocates for privacy are made as "Outcasts"....
If Tor disappeared, what would happen?
Not only would millions lose access, but the diverse ecosystem of privacy, security, and anti-censorship applications that rely on the Tor network would cease to function.
An entire ecosystem relies on Tor. https://blog.torproject.org/strength-numbers-entire-ecosystem-relies-tor
Hi all, I'm a software engineer, and I'm happy to join the Fediverse! I do a good bit of DevOps work; FOSS makes my life easier. #introduction #programming #foss
@zath just started working on a new website. https://memesforeurope.com
I just had a lot of fun teasing an extreme conservative on diaspora* with a friend. https://diasp.org/posts/10726955 Read it, and try not to laugh. :-)
Day 25 of #nanowrimo
If you're feeling stuck, try to mix it up. Throw in something unexpected. You never know what could happen.
I am a follower of #Jesus #Christ.
Get out of here racists, white supremacists, and every other advocate of evil. Jesus taught us to love one another, not wish them dead!
I accept most followers, so don't be afraid to request to follow. :-)