dbread @dbread@qoto.org

Ya know, VSCode is a successor of Atom?
And the development of Atom was suspended in 2022.

"This is a tough goodbye. It’s worth reflecting that Atom has served as the foundation for the Electron framework, which paved the way for the creation of thousands of apps, including Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Slack, and our very own GitHub Desktop. "

#software #devlife

How to load your config?

There is, on the one hand, the basic approach of having an .env file in your environment, where stuff like db connection keys are loaded.
On the other hand of the complexity line is having a config server that provides your config vars through an api.

Both ends are not the solution I am seeking, so is there a possible middle way for dev/test/prod environments to load?

#ask #devlife #software #development #engineering #devops #nodejs #ops

Do you really believe the idea of the "Forever Mouse" has been gone forever.

#planned #obsolescence #abo #model #software #update

hu made this
https://european-alternatives.eu/categories
#software #alternatives #dsgvo

#lastpass

However...

Our results indicate that the perceived positive influence of TypeScript for avoiding bugs in comparison to JavaScript may be more complicated than assumed. While using TS seems to have benefits, it does not automatically lead to less and easier to fix bugs. However...

https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.11115

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Good morning sweeties
#outofthetunnel #software #development

Security by obscurity. We learned about that during study. Burnt into the brain. Don't hide shit, someone will find it on the internet. Then came public key cryptography. 😍

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography

#Security #meme #software #design

Need a license for your weekend project? I found this intriguing

https://firstdonoharm.dev/adopters/

Who authored the Hippocratic License 3.0 (HL3)?

The Organization for Ethical Source worked with our partner organization, Corporate Accountability Lab (CAL), to create HL3.

What projects have adopted the Hippocratic License?

You can view a list of featured adopters here.
The Hippocratic License has been adopted by hundreds of projects including:

Animate.css
Animus
cachish
DCAN
DimeNet
FODA Card Game
format_parser
Functional Programming for Mortals with Cats in Scala (book)
ghost_adapter
Gryphon
Honeycomb Serilog Sink
Initiative Solidaires
Launchlet
leisure
libhoney-kotlin
NLPIA-bot Chatbot
Pangolin
python-install
postgres-mitm
rack-read_only
react-leaflet
suo
TidyBlocks
VCR
WeTransfer
zip_tricks

#software #license #model #opensource #data #humanrights #ethical #standards #community #hippocratic #gpl #gnu #future