Author: syl
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Worthwhile Reading: Protecting GitHub Repos From Malicious Clones
I’ve been on a bit of a mission lately. I’ve undertaken to learn to use some of the tools that I initially paid only minor attention to, as they were introduced to solve certain problems (sometimes long) after I (or in some cases, colleagues and I) solved the same using custom in-house tools. See also…
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Embracing Innovation: Why Open Source Software Is a Game-Changer
The landscape of enterprise software is buzzing with possibilities, andopen source solutions are real contenders. With a rich history anchored incollaboration and creativity, open source software isn’t just for techhobbyists: it’s a powerful toolkit for organizations of any size, fromambitious startups to global enterprises. Rediscovering Community and Creativity Remember the thrill of joining user groups,…
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Fun With Find
I was deploying a second copy of an application on a system the other day, for ongoing development purposes, and I kept running into issues that seemed like I must have had some file permissions wrong. The installations are (purposely) not identical, but rather close except for a few extensions in each case. None of…
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A little personal insight
I’m normally not an early adopter of new technologies. I tend to think of this as a good thing, but every once in a while, I’m inclined to wonder about that. If I phrase it as “I’m not into fads,” or “I don’t jump on bandwagons,” certainly these sound like good things, but “I’m not…