Add an LLM policy for rust-lang/rust

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The Rise of the Bullshittery

Disclaimer: This is an opinion piece and it is the result of years of watching the same pattern play out in different industries, and sort of running out of patience. If you are one of the people doing honest, careful work in a field that no longer rewards it, this post is for you. However, if you are one of the people I am about to describe, then you probably already know who you are and you might want to keep on reading nevertheless. The tl;dr is at the bottom.

A few weeks ago, I found myself in one of the rare situations in which I was mindlessly...

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MicroPython & ESP32: Making a Real-Time IoT Radiation Monitor

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I Do Not Recommend Bitwarden

Almost four years ago I published a guide on how to run your own LastPass on hardened OpenBSD, in which I explained how to set up an OpenBSD instance, either as a cloud instance or as a Raspberry Pi bare metal installation, that would host Vaultwarden as a backend for the Bitwarden client applications. After having used a similar approach for myself for several years now, I came to the conclusion that I do not recommend the use of Bitwarden any longer. Let me explain.

Wikipedia describes Bitwarden as _a freemium open-source password management service that is used to store sensitive information […] owned and developed...

I can't cancel GitHub Copilot

Back when Copilot first came out, I immediately disliked it. But I decided to give it a fair shake and tried to evaulate it in good faith. I wasn’t interested in paying for it, but they had a form for FOSS community members to apply for a free subscription, so I filled it out and gave it a shot. Once approved I spent 15 minutes (successfully) convincing it to write a Python script that printed out the lyrics to “All Star” verbatim, and haven’t touched it since.

Since then, like clockwork I get an email every month informing me that my...

Privacy Setup for Android 16 with GrapheneOS

GrapheneOS is a free and open-source mobile operating system, built on top of the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) but with a strong focus on privacy and security. It’s developed independently, with no ties to Google or any hardware vendor, and it’s the operating system I’ve been recommending (and using on my own devices) for years, both on the phone side and on the tablet side.

Compared to the Android you get out of the box on a new Samsung Galaxy, nothing phone or even Google Pixel, GrapheneOS is a fundamentally different thing. Where stock Android ships deeply integrated with Google’s services, that constantly sync contacts, calendars, search history,...

Addressing the harassment

Kiwi Farms is a web forum that facilitates the discussion and harassment of online figures and communities. Their targets are often subject to organized group trolling and stalking, as well as doxing and real-life harassment. Kiwi Farms has been tied to the suicides of three people who were victims of harassment by the website.

– Wikipedia: Kiwi Farms

About three years ago, a thread on Kiwi Farms was opened about me. In the years since, it has grown to about 1,200 posts full of bigots responding to anything and everything I do online with scorn, slurs, and overt bigotry. The thread is...

Rewrote my blog with Zine

15 years ago, on December 11th, 2010, at the bold age of 17, I wrote my first blog post on the wonders of the Windows Phone 7 on Blogspot. I started blogging as a kid at the behest of a family friend at Microsoft, who promised she’d make sure I would become the youngest Microsoft MVP if I started blogging. That never came to pass, though, because as I entered adulthood and started to grow independent of my Microsoft-friendly family I quickly began down the path to the free and open source software community.

Early blog posts covered intriguing topics such...

Getting Started with Phaser 4: Vite + TypeScript Setup, using the official Create Game App

Phaser 4 has arrived, bringing a fresh foundation for modern web game development. Learn to set up a brand new project using the official Create Game App, powered by Vite and TypeScript, and walk through the essential structure to get your first game up and running quickly.