I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice and received the GPLv3 license
Dealing with open source software, I regularly encounter many kinds of licenses — MIT, Apache, BSD, GPL being the most prominent — and I’ve taken time out to read them.…
My ebook reading setup
I used to have a simple life — I’d buy books off Amazon, and read them on a Kindle. But over the past few years, my reading habits changed drastically.…
‘Zero Trust’ security is a poor choice of words
There is a growing focus on Zero Trust security models across businesses, and with this changing landscape will come a new set of security paradigms and processes that end users…
Tool to find Steam trading card sets in common with another user
On Steam, I like to trade with other users to complete my card sets, and craft badges. A common way to find users offering trades is on the Steam Trading…
Repurposing Caps Lock into something useful
Does there exist a key more useless, more banal in its existence than Caps Lock? For most typical computer usage and software development there is no reason to use it,…
In praise of opinionated frameworks
It might appear that the tech industry tends to gravitate towards tools, languages and frameworks that are highly flexible by design. Said technologies will capture attention through numerous blog posts,…
A simple and effective Bash prompt for developers
In Bash I use a very basic prompt which is simple and effective.