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Toot of the Week

Piracy websites should adopt Midjourney's arguments on copyright: "Look bro, it's just too hard to figure out what license governs each and every file and who its author is." — @siguza@infosec.exchange

Software

• A Love Letter to Tinkerable Software (trevoragilbert.com)

  Trevor explains the benefits of tinkerable, or at least tinker-neutral software.

• Why I'm skeptical of low-code (nick.scialli.me)

  Nick Scialli lists four reasons why they’re skeptical of low-code software.

• How my link blog works (justinmiller.io)

  Justin Miller explains their link blog setup.

IndieWeb

• 2024: The Year of the Personal Website (matthiasott.com)

  Matthias Ott summarises personal websites 2023.

• Where have all the websites gone? (fromjason.xyz)

  Jason compares the early-2000’s curated web to todays algorithm-driven web.

Cutting Room Floor

• MacOS ricing (igorbedesqui.com)

  Igor Bedesqui explains how he customized his macOS setup.

• Attack of the week: Airdrop tracing (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)

  Matthew Green explains the Chinese AirDrop attack and the political impact of fixing it.

• Why Would I Buy This Useless, Evil Thing? (aftermath.site)

  Chris Person, who resents the idea of LLMs, about the rabbit r1 keynote.

• What If Money Expired? (noemamag.com)

  Jacob Baynham about the history of money and the rational idea of Silvio Gesell.