Memcached vs. Redis – More Different Than You Would Expect

From how they use memory to how they expire items, the differences are not as subtle as you would expect.

https://engineering.kablamo.com.au/posts/2021/memcached-vs-redis-whats-the-difference/

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#redis #memcached #overview

Hacking YouTube with a MP4

Keyboard Warrior, Breaking software is just finding unintended features, right?

https://realkeyboardwarrior.github.io/security/2021/10/11/hacking-youtube.html

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#youtube #security #web #mp4

Making the whole web better, one canvas at a time

One can have an entire career on the web and never write a single canvas.getContext('2d'), so "Why should I care about this new OffscreenCanvas thing?" is a decent question for many.

https://bkardell.com/blog/OffscreenCanvas.html

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#canvas #web #webdev

Getting to the bottom of web map performance

Raster maps, vector maps, gaming like it's 1993.

https://bdon.org/blog/web-map-performance/

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#geo #web #overview

Highschool student hacks entire districts IoT network for Rickroll senior prank

This is the story of how I created a botnet of IPTVs to rickroll 10,000+ students for my senior prank.

https://whitehoodhacker.net/posts/2021-10-04-the-big-rick

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#meme #security #iot

SHA-1 'Fully and Practically Broken' by New Collision

A chosen prefix collision in SHA-1 has demonstrated a new issue with the venerable hash function developed by the NSA.

https://duo.com/decipher/sha-1-fully-and-practically-broken-by-new-collision

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#sha1 #cryptography #security

Algebraic data types: things I wish someone had explained about FP

Algebraic data types and algebraic data structures sound similar. It’s like they ought to be the same thing. But they’re not.

https://jrsinclair.com/articles/2019/algebraic/

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#fp #data #learn

Sending Emails to Myself

In April, I wrote operatornotify.py, a module which allows my programs to notify me of important information or errors. I was immediately very proud of it.

https://voussoir.net/writing/emailing_myself

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#python #tools #misc

Mechanical sympathy for QR codes: making NSW check-in better

QR codes are now critical infrastructure here in NSW, Australia. Let's learn how to make them better.

https://huonw.github.io/blog/2021/10/nsw-covid-qr/

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#qrcode #optimization #misc

The Problem with Macros

So we’re supposed to be writing a game, right? But in order to make progress, we have to fix a bug.

https://ianthehenry.com/posts/janet-game/the-problem-with-macros/

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#macros #metaprogramming #overview

GTFOBins

GTFOBins is a curated list of Unix binaries that can be used to bypass local security restrictions in misconfigured systems.

https://gtfobins.github.io/

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#security #extra

How apt renders its fancy progress bar?

It uses good ol' VT100 instructions.

https://mdk.fr/blog/how-apt-does-its-fancy-progress-bar.html

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#apt #learn #misc

Draw to search

Find images from movies based on what you draw

https://huggingface.co/spaces/osanseviero/draw_to_search

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#ai #ml #tools #misc

Using ASCII waveforms to test real-time audio code

I draw sound wave ASCII art in Q2Q’s source code. These ASCII art waveforms ensure that the real-time audio engine at the heart of Q2Q stays bug-free.

https://goq2q.net/blog/tech/using-ascii-waveforms-to-test-real-time-audio-code

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#audio #ascii #extra

Fast character case conversion

...or how to compress sparse arrays.

https://github.com/apankrat/notes/tree/master/fast-case-conversion

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#algorithm #optimization #misc

Every search bar looks like a URL bar to users

Computers would be so much better if they never had to deal with users, amirite?!!? I remember, years ago, working on a mobile web service which had a URl bar – so users could tap in bbc.co.u…

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/10/every-search-bar-looks-like-a-url-bar-to-users/

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#uri #ui #ux #extra

What is CSS preprocessor?

Nowadays, we often craft our styles by using preprocessors syntax. They provides a CSS-like syntax with enhanced features to save our time when building the web.

https://makzan.net/mobile-web-design/what-is-css-preprocessor/

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#css #scss #webdev #learn

Dependency Confusion: How I hacked into Apple, Microsoft and dozens of other companies

Easiest bug bounty money I ever made. No knowledge of hacking was required.

https://medium.com/@alex.birsan/dependency-confusion-4a5d60fec610

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#security #npm #bugbounty

That day my noscript killed 10,000 phones in South America

The story about what happens if your automated tests go wrong.

https://new.pythonforengineers.com/blog/the-day-i/

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#bug #tests #misc

CSS Is Finally Getting If/Else Statements

When I started coding CSS in 2011 I could never have suspected how much the language would change. I still remember making a PHP noscript that generated a PNG to round corners.

https://kentondejong.medium.com/css-is-finally-getting-if-else-statements-3fabcec72a1f

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#web #design #css

Bypass Paywalls

Bypass Paywalls is a web browser extension to help bypass paywalls for selected sites.

https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/blob/master/README.md

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#extra #privacy #misc