People or organisations often think about software security as only defined by the software itself. As long as the software has the right features I’m ok, right?
Continue reading “Software security — process, operations and software — in that order”Trying Gutenberg
I’ve worked with content management systems like Drupal and WordPress for about 12 years. I’ve been registered on drupal.org for over 10 years. It’s been very interesting to see how the technology and its user experience has evolved time. In this post I’m giving Gutenberg a short ride.
Continue reading “Trying Gutenberg”Some articles I read this week
I haven’t had the mental capacity this week to think of my own topic for a blog post. So here’s a short list of interesting things and articles I found in the past few days.
What does a financial bubble look like?
There’s been a lot of conflicting talk in the news recently about “a strong economy” vs “are we in a financial bubble”. I believe the latter is true, and here’s why. Continue reading “What does a financial bubble look like?”
Blockchain vs. Bullshit
A friend just asked me where to find more information about Bitcoin and blockchain technology. Here are the links I sent to this person.
Count colours, not calories
I recently had a fun conversation with someone about calories, in food specifically. It’s pretty common to count calories, or at least to acknowledge those numbers that grocery stores now put on the front of packages (instead of hidden on the back). They must be very important, right?
“Never meet with strangers from the Internet”
When I grew up I was told by my parents to “never meet with strangers from the Internet” and “never get into a stranger’s car”. These weren’t just silly rules that my parents set out for me, but rational perception that society at large lived by. But today, I break these rules on a weekly basis when getting Uber rides.
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What’s happened to cryptocurrencies?
Over the past ~1.5 years I’ve been blogging on and off about cryptocurrencies, blockchains and other related topics. The most popular pieces of content on my blog have been my entire series about How to Build Dapps on Ethereum series and a post about fungibility, dating back to the spring of 2017. A lot has happened since then in the Wild West of crypto. So here’s a brief run-down.
Where do you go to find inspiration?
Inspiration is such an important thing to me. That, together with love and passion is what gets me up in the morning and what makes me try to achieve what I want to achieve.
Bitcoin mining for green energy
Criticising Bitcoin’s energy consumption is easy, because it’s obvious. It’s the easy way out of a complicated topic that has much wider implications than initially obvious. This blog post is a long-form reply to a recent Twitter thread.