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The Vicious Circle: Beyond the Political Theatre

Watching a Prime Minister resign in a flurry of headlines is a classic British distraction. While the news cycle fixates on who’s moving into Number 10, the laws they actually… 

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The Exit Strategy: Life After the Social Media Ban

I’ve spent the morning staring at the news, and I’m honestly just exhausted by it. The UK government is basically banking on us being too comfortable to move. They’re betting… 

Atomic Arch: The AUR Infostealer Incident

We use the AUR for the convenience of native builds without the restrictive containers or overhead of Flatpaks and Snaps. However, that integration comes with a significant security trade-off: we’re… 

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The End of an Eighteen Year Honeymoon

Mitchell Hashimoto is moving Ghostty off GitHub. For a developer who has been on the platform since 2008 declaring it no longer a place for serious work is a massive… 

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The Browser Sync Privacy Rabbit Hole

It started at 5am. I was up before the rest of the family, so I did what any sensible person with poor sleep habits and a mild obsession with privacy…