Some things I found interesting from 2024-08-18 to 2024-08-25

Internet Discoveries between 18 August and 25 August

• TomWright/dasel
• You must use global Git ignore!
• Lenticular Clock
• Who needs GitHub Copilot when you can roll your own AI code assistant at home
• Pragtical
• Build your own AI-powered robot: Hugging Face’s LeRobot tutorial is a game-changer
• OpenCTI: Open-source cyber threat intelligence platform
• Zen Browser
• will-moss/isaiah

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• Aerc: a Well-Crafted Tui for Email
• Local Networks Go Global When Domain Names Collide
• Celebrating an important step forward for Open Source AI
• The Open Source AI Definition – draft v. 0.0.9
• Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel
• Proton VPN Finally Adds WireGuard Support for Linux Users
• OpenSSH Backdoors
• chartdb/chartdb

Interesting details

TomWright/dasel - Dasel (short for data-selector) allows you to query and modify data structures using selector strings. Comparable to jq / yq, but supports JSON, YAML, TOML, XML and CSV with zero runtime dependencies.

You must use global Git ignore! - You can create a “.gitignore” file in the root of your repository’s (repo) to tell git which files and directories to ignore when you use git commands and make a git commit. This allows us to share the git ignore rules with other developers on the project who clone the repo. That is why the “.

Lenticular Clock - After making my Moire Clock a got interested in a very similar effect: lenticular animations. You probably have seen this effect before, e.g. on post cards. I remember having a ruler in primary school with a picture of dinosaurs on it that changed depending on the viewing angle.

Who needs GitHub Copilot when you can roll your own AI code assistant at home - Hands-on Code assistants have gained considerable attention as an early use case for generative AI – especially following the launch of Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot.

Pragtical - 30 MB of RAM, 5 MB of disk space. Pragtical runs on many devices without performance issues. Syntax highlighting, mulitple cursors, command palette and many more. LSP and other features are available as plugins.

Build your own AI-powered robot: Hugging Face’s LeRobot tutorial is a game-changer - Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More

OpenCTI: Open-source cyber threat intelligence platform - OpenCTI is an open-source platform designed to help organizations manage their cyber threat intelligence (CTI) data and observables. The platform structures its data using a knowledge schema built on the STIX2 standards.

Zen Browser - Beautifully designed, privacy-focused, and packed with features. We care about your experience, not your data. View multiple tabs at once. Divide your screen into multiple views and browse multiple websites at the same time.

will-moss/isaiah - Isaiah is a self-hostable service that enables you to manage all your Docker resources on a remote server. It is an attempt at recreating the lazydocker command-line application from scratch, while making it available as a web application without compromising on the features.

Aerc: a Well-Crafted Tui for Email - Aerc is a TUI email client. It had its first release ~4 years ago. This makes it a “baby” compared to most of its “competitors” (Pine was released in 1992, Mutt in 1995).

Local Networks Go Global When Domain Names Collide - The proliferation of new top-level domains (TLDs) has exacerbated a well-known security weakness: Many organizations set up their internal Microsoft authentication systems years ago using domain names in TLDs that didn’t exist at the time.

Celebrating an important step forward for Open Source AI - TL;DR: Mozilla is excited about today’s new definition of open source AI, and we endorse it as an important step forward. This past year has been marked by more and more people recognizing the societal benefits of open source AI.

The Open Source AI Definition – draft v. 0.0.9 - See Checklist v. 0.0.9 See FAQs v. 0.0.9 Leave comments for this text Open Source has demonstrated that massive benefits accrue to everyone after removing the barriers to learning, using, sharing and improving software systems.

Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel - With an operating system as old as Windows, what Microsoft decides to remove is often just as (if not more) newsworthy as what it is trying to add.

Proton VPN Finally Adds WireGuard Support for Linux Users - Nowadays, if you value your privacy, then using a VPN is a must if you want to prevent Big Tech, governments, and ISPs from snooping about in your business. Those organizations have an insatiable need for user data, and they won’t be stopping anytime soon.

OpenSSH Backdoors - Imagine this: an OpenSSH backdoor is discovered, maintainers rush to push out a fixed release package, security researchers trade technical details on mailing lists to analyze the backdoor code.

chartdb/chartdb - Open-source database diagrams editor No installations • No Database password required. ChartDB is a powerful, web-based database diagramming editor. Instantly visualize your database schema with a single “Smart Query.

All this was saved to my GetPocket over the week