jonquest | 1 month ago | on: The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe
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jonquest | 5 months ago | on: Shai-Hulud malware attack: Tinycolor and over 40 NPM packages compromised
The massive amount of transitive dependencies is exactly the problem with regard to auditing them. There are successful businesses built solely around auditing project dependencies and alerting teams of security issues, and they make money at all because of the labor required to maintain this machine.
It’s not even a judgement call at this point. It’s more aligned with buckling your seatbelt, pointing your car off the road, closing your eyes, flooring it and hoping for a happy ending.
jonquest | 6 months ago | on: NPM debug and chalk packages compromised
I’m not complaining, I’m pointing out facts. If the facts offend you, that’s your problem. Ignore them if you wish.
jonquest | 6 months ago | on: NPM debug and chalk packages compromised
Yes, the XZ attack affected Fedora nightly and Debian testing and unstable. Yes, it got caught before it made it into a stable distribution (this time).
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/understanding-red-hats-respon...
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/msg00...
jonquest | 2 years ago | on: Postgres Language Server
Sequel Ace is the forked and actively developed version of Sequel Pro. I don't think the owners of Sequel Pro ever announced it was abandoned, but the GitHub repo's lack of what appears to be any real development activity certainly suggests it is.
jonquest | 2 years ago | on: SUSE is forking RHEL
It doesn't matter if it's _more_ stable. It is stable, it's backed by commercial support from the same company that produces it and there is a financial incentive for that same commercial entity to make good on their promises of support and stability.
This isn't a knock at Debian in any way and has nothing to do about whether or not it's more stable (in terms of uptime) or not.
jonquest | 2 years ago | on: How to build a website without frameworks and tons of libraries
Simple static sites are great ideas. Writing HTML/CSS and not relying on a WYSIWYG back-end editor is an awesome way to work, especially if you're using a templating engine to generate the static content as mentioned here. However, in my experience the people paying to have websites built or your in-house marketing team maintaining and updating the company website, making sure the SEO is up-to-snuff, etc. can't do these things. They don't want to learn how to do these things. The unfortunate truth is that more times than not they require Wordpress or something like it to do their job.
jonquest | 2 years ago | on: Why Did Microsoft Build VSCode? Turns Out, GitHub Copilot
The C# support in VSCode is kinda piss poor unless it's changed significantly in recent months. Last time I used it to try to work on a small project I ended up abandoning it and using Visual Studio proper. I wanted it to work out, but it just didn't work good.
jonquest | 4 years ago | on: Sublime Text 4
For one off things, it's easy enough to just use something like WinSCP or ssh + vim. Having to count on a remote environment having all of the X client software installed to do X forwarding and sublime text to boot is going to leave a lot of people disappointed. If subl supported remote editing out of the box the presence of any extra software beyond, say SSH, becomes something no one needs to care about. Bonus, your local install is already configured and setup exactly the way you like it.
jonquest | 5 years ago | on: Apple CEO Impressed by Remote Work, Sees Permanent Changes
Don't worry, that "Those damn kids need to slow down!" mentality will hit you long before you realize you turned into an old fart causing traffic jams during rush hour.
jonquest | 5 years ago | on: Dream Vendor "Canna_Bars" Sentenced to Prison
I challenge to do a google image search for faces of meth and come back and say that again with a straight face. That stuff is a poison that destroys both mind and body. If you think self control is enough to keep that stuff from rotting your face, making your hair fall out and keep yourself from going crazy you are foolish. Comparing it to ADHD medications is plain and simple stupid. If you think meth is the drug you need to focus you already need professional help because there are lots of stimulants out there, even illegal, that have nowhere near the side effects and consequences of meth.
jonquest | 5 years ago | on: Vue.js 3
That's cool- but unless you're targeting greenfield browsers only you aren't going to use the syntax in that documentation without a build step or using the babel transpiler directly in the browser which, while cool from a POC standpoint, isn't a good solution. At that point you might as well just add build tools and use JSX or whatever the framework you're trying to use intended or otherwise is well documented.
jonquest | 5 years ago | on: Bootstrap Icons
Believe FA5 has (optional) css shims for version 4, even the free version. Not sure about the upcoming version 6.
jonquest | 5 years ago | on: Bootstrap Icons
I'm sure that as this is developed it will get easier, but looking over the docs at the various ways to use these makes, for example, Font Awesome look like a walk in the park. The font based icon solutions using just CSS classes is fantastic not to mention it respects font sizing, colors, etc. The SVG Font Awesome components for the various front end frameworks are typically a breeze to drop in and start using as well. As it stands, going strictly off the docs regarding usage, this looks like more of a chore to use and fit in with text flow and styling.
jonquest | 5 years ago | on: Self Hosting Email Server
I was a mail administrator for around 10 years in a fairly small business and I can’t imagine why anyone would want to host their own email. My old employer contacted me because a system I had built finally died and they wanted to build a new one. Once I got over the shock that they had still been using it I suggested going with a hosted solution. I mean they’re relatively cheap for good service and avoids a world of hurt for the inexperienced mail admin. At first they insisted they wanted to keep it in house so I went over what all they needed to build a new system. About a week and several “how do I” emails later I get one more: “we decided to go with a hosted solution.” I was happy. They are happy even if they don’t know they are. It’s more of a commitment than I think some folks often realize.
jonquest | 5 years ago | on: Many Covid Patients Have Terrifying Hallucinations and Delirium
It seems sensational because the media has purposely done so just like this NYT headline. It’s almost as sensational as saying “people are going to die over it.” Of course they are. They already have.
jonquest | 5 years ago | on: Many Covid Patients Have Terrifying Hallucinations and Delirium
A ton of attention initially was given to safety (I mean large swaths of the country shut down and there’s plenty of business that still hasn’t reopened) however the sensationalist media is obviously sensational and people know it. Now instead of safety people, regular Joes, are thumbing their noses refusing to wear masks and otherwise just doing whatever because it looks like a big sham precisely because of the sensationalism.
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There's probably a lot more I'm not thinking of right now. Point is, if you're an iOS, macOS, and iCloud user you give up a lot of quality of life bits going to another platform. There are times I want to go back to Linux, but when I think about the stuff I'm going to loose I talk myself out of it. macOS isn't the greatest, but it's not the worst either and Apple's products and services just tie in very well with each other. I get annoyed by things like the shitty support for non-apple peripherals, needing 3rd party apps to make them work decent, crappy scaling except on the most expensive monitors and no decent font smoothing when running at native resolutions. But... I stick with it because I either like or love the tight integration and added quality of life that comes with it.