Everything you should know about certificates and PKI but are too afraid to ask
Recommended read: Everything you should know about certificates and PKI but are too afraid to ask https://smallstep.com/blog/everything-pki/
This content type is full of IndieWeb post types, which are all content types which allow me to take greater ownership of my own data. These are likely unrelated to my blog posts. You can find a better breakdown by actual post kind below:
Everything you should know about certificates and PKI but are too afraid to ask
Recommended read: Everything you should know about certificates and PKI but are too afraid to ask https://smallstep.com/blog/everything-pki/
If so I've definitely been doing my Christmases wrong! Can't even think when the last time I saw it was
Recommended read: How tracking pixels work https://jvns.ca/blog/how-tracking-pixels-work/
API Practices If You Hate Your Customers
Recommended read: API Practices If You Hate Your Customers https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3375635
Out of interest where are you moving to?
Because GitHub is willing to work with ICE https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/13/github-faces-more-resignations-in-light-of-ice-contract/ but at least GitLab are being up front about their politics?
Although yes I agree they're not amazing
All my code hosting is on https://gitlab.com/jamietanna
Static site hosting is on https://netlify.com and VPS hosting is on https://hetzner.cloud
Although some things that I contribute back to are on https://github.com
r/AskReddit - What free things online should everyone take advantage of?
Recommended read: r/AskReddit - What free things online should everyone take advantage of? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ecscwk/what_free_things_online_should_everyone_take/
Between and I took 16388 steps.
How to tweet with accessibility in mind
Recommended read: How to tweet with accessibility in mind https://amberley.blog/2019-05-21-accessible-tweeting/
Dear Americans: Be Very, Very Afraid Of The EU's New Copyright Rules
Those of us in the EU are pretty worried about it, so I can imagine it's not going to be fun for folks whose countries haven't even had a say in it!
Recommended read: Dear Americans: Be Very, Very Afraid Of The EU's New Copyright Rules https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191220/16454343611/dear-americans-be-very-very-afraid-eus-new-copyright-rules.shtml
Cash withdrawals in the European Economic Area are now free!
Recommended read: Cash withdrawals in the European Economic Area are now free! https://monzo.com/blog/cash-withdrawals-in-the-european-economic-area-eea-are-now-free/
Working for Microsoft cost me $200 million
An interesting look at why you'd want to work for a startup, not a tech giant - although not everyone will have the same experience.
Recommended read: Working for Microsoft cost me $200 million https://blog.garrytan.com/working-for-microsoft-cost-me-200-dollars-million
I found Christmas the loneliest time of year. Then I started working at Crisis
Recommended read: I found Christmas the loneliest time of year. Then I started working at Crisis https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/24/christmas-loneliest-crisis-charity
I guess, that's a fair point. Would still be good if we can improve the usability of password managers for not-as-technical folks
Should workers be allowed to nap at work?
Recommended read: Should workers be allowed to nap at work? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50396297
I work on Open Banking APIs for a UK credit card provider.
A large reason I see that the data isn't made directly available to the customer is because if the customer were to accidentally leak / lose their own data, the provider (HSBC, Barclays etc) would be liable, not you. That means lots of hefty fines.
You'd also likely be touching some PCI data, so you'd need to be cleared / set up to handle that safely (or having some way to filter it before you received it).
Also, it requires a fair bit of extra setup and the use of certificate-based authentication (MTLS + signing request objects) means that as it currently sits you'd be need one of those, which aren't cheap as they're all EV certs.
Its a shame, because the customer should get their data. But you may be able to work with intermediaries that may provide an interface for that data, who can do the hard work for you, ie https://www.openwrks.com/
What You Probably Didn’t Know About Sudo
Very interesting to see that there's even more to the command than expected - and some great new features coming soon.
Recommended read: What You Probably Didn’t Know About Sudo https://aster.cloud/2019/12/17/what-you-probably-didnt-know-about-sudo/
SemVer is an intent - not a promise
Some interesting points in here that reinforce my thoughts about the difficulties of knowing what the right version number should be - although I hugely push for and use SemVer.
Recommended read: SemVer is an intent - not a promise https://damieng.com/blog/2019/12/19/semver-is-an-intent-not-a-promise