Programming’s Sacred Cows: How Best Practices Became the Industry’s Most Dangerous Religion
https://medium.com/mr-plan-publication/programmings-sacred-cows-how-best-practices-became-the-industry-s-most-dangerous-religion-07287854a719?sk=2711479194b308869a2d43776e6aa97a
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Programming’s Sacred Cows: How Best Practices Became the Industry’s Most Dangerous Religion
Why your obsession with “doing it right” might be killing innovation and crushing your soul
Popular GitHub Action `tj-actions/changed-files` has been compromised with a payload that appears to attempt to dump secrets
https://semgrep.dev/blog/2025/popular-github-action-tj-actionschanged-files-is-compromised/
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Semgrep
🚨 Popular GitHub Action tj-actions/changed-files is compromised
Popular GitHub Action tj-actions/changed-files has been compromised with a payload that appears to attempt to dump secrets, impacting thousands of CI pipelines.
Getting back to the EU: from Google Cloud to Self-Hosted EU Infrastructure
https://pgaleone.eu/cloud/2025/03/15/getting-back-to-the-eu-from-google-cloud-to-self-hosted-vps/
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P. Galeone's blog
Getting back to the EU: from Google Cloud to Self-Hosted EU Infrastructure
A detailed walkthrough of migrating a web service from Google Cloud to OVH, covering PostgreSQL database migration, CI/CD pipeline setup on Github Actions, and significant cost savings by migrating from Cloud to a self hosted solution. This migration represents…
LLM crawlers continue to DDoS SourceHut
https://status.sr.ht/issues/2025-03-17-git.sr.ht-llms/
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status.sr.ht
LLM crawlers continue to DDoS SourceHut | sr.ht status
We have deployed Anubis to git.sr.ht.
After some internal discussions we have ultimately decided that the best course
of action to protect git.sr.ht from LLM crawlers is to deploy Anubis. This
software presents some users with a proof-of-work challenge which…
After some internal discussions we have ultimately decided that the best course
of action to protect git.sr.ht from LLM crawlers is to deploy Anubis. This
software presents some users with a proof-of-work challenge which…
Why 'Vibe Coding' Makes Me Want to Throw Up?
https://www.kushcreates.com/blogs/why-vibe-coding-makes-me-want-to-throw-up
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Kush Creates
Why 'Vibe Coding' Makes Me Want to Throw Up | Kush Creates Blogs
When 'Accept All' becomes your debugging strategy and you don't understand your own code and that's 'Vibe Coding.' Here's why developers should be worried about this trend.
Software Development Has Too Much Software
https://smustafa.blog/2025/03/19/software-development-has-too-much-software-in-it/
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Shaffan's Blog
Software Development Has Too Much Software In It
Hello, friends! I’ve been thinking back on my career recently, which I’ve had plenty of time to do, considering that I am exploring creative outlets like blogging, and that I’m cu…
Why I'm No Longer Talking to Architects About Microservices
https://blog.container-solutions.com/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-architects-about-microservices
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Container-Solutions
Why I'm No Longer Talking to Architects About Microservices
I'm done talking about microservices: the term is confusing, discussions are abstract, and without organisational change, microservices are pointless
Decrypting Encrypted files from Akira Ransomware (Linux/ESXI variant 2024) using a bunch of GPUs -- "I recently helped a company recover their data from the Akira ransomware without paying the ransom. I’m sharing how I did it, along with the full source code."
https://tinyhack.com/2025/03/13/decrypting-encrypted-files-from-akira-ransomware-linux-esxi-variant-2024-using-a-bunch-of-gpus/
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https://tinyhack.com/2025/03/13/decrypting-encrypted-files-from-akira-ransomware-linux-esxi-variant-2024-using-a-bunch-of-gpus/
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Tinyhack.com
Decrypting Encrypted files from Akira Ransomware (Linux/ESXI variant 2024) using a bunch of GPUs
I recently helped a company recover their data from the Akira ransomware without paying the ransom. I'm sharing how I did it, along with the full source code.
The code is here: https://github.com/yohanes/akira-bruteforce
To clarify, multiple ransomware…
The code is here: https://github.com/yohanes/akira-bruteforce
To clarify, multiple ransomware…
95% AI-written code? What do we think of the Y Combinator CEO’s recent claims...
https://leaddev.com/hiring/95-ai-written-code-unpacking-the-y-combinator-ceos-developer-jobs-bombshell
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LeadDev
95% AI-written code? Unpacking the Y Combinator CEO’s developer jobs bombshell
Garry Tan says YC startups are launching with 95% AI-written code. What does this mean for the shape and size of engineering teams?
Vibe Coding is a Dangerous Fantasy
https://nmn.gl/blog/vibe-coding-fantasy
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N’s Blog
Vibe Coding is a Dangerous Fantasy
Last week, X exploded when a “vibe coder” announced his SaaS was under attack. His business, built entirely with AI assistance and “zero hand-written code,” was experiencing bypassed subscriptions, maxed-out API keys, and database corruption. His follow-up…
Harvard study: Open source has an economic value of 8.8 trillion dollars
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Harvard-study-Open-source-has-an-economic-value-of-8-8-trillion-dollars-10322643.html
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iX Magazin
Harvard study: Open source has an economic value of 8.8 trillion dollars
Open source software is worth trillions to the economy. However, researchers warn that companies contribute too little to the development of open source tools.
Understanding Faults and Fault Tolerance in Distributed Systems
https://newsletter.scalablethread.com/p/understanding-faults-and-fault-tolerance
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Scalablethread
Understanding Faults and Fault Tolerance in Distributed Systems
How Things Can Break in Distributed Systems
Next.js Middleware Exploit: Deep Dive into CVE-2025-29927 Authorization Bypass - ZeroPath Blog
https://zeropath.com/blog/nextjs-middleware-cve-2025-29927-auth-bypass
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Zeropath
Next.js Middleware Exploit: CVE-2025-29927 Authorization Bypass - ZeroPath Blog
Explore the critical CVE-2025-29927 vulnerability in Next.js middleware, enabling attackers to bypass authorization checks and gain unauthorized access.