1Password Leaks Your Data
Seriously.
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1password
1Password is About to Lose a Lot of Customers
Almost 2 years ago I wrote a post calling out AgileBits on the fact that 1Password was leaking metadata. I pointed out that while they aren’t leaking passwor...
Britain
The Search for a British Mechanical Keyboard
Oh, and I wanted it to be backlit. And have dedicated media keys. And cherry blue switches.
Enterprise
Star Trek Poster Commission
Despite moving into this flat 4 months ago, I still have a lot of work to do to make it a home. Part of this has been making sure we have some nice decoratio...
IRC
Scroll up and down in irssi in a screen session on OS X
So turns out that not everyone has a page down or page up key and can’t scroll in certain situations. The fix for this is simple.
Linux
What is systemd and Why Should I Care?
While systemd has been around for a few years, it is gaining more and more attention as more Linux distributions switch to it. Lots of developers are extreme...
NASA
SpaceX Will Ruin Government Agencies
This morning I watched the video for the launch of the Dragon V2 capsule (which can be found here). The thing which struck me about this vide...
OS
What is systemd and Why Should I Care?
While systemd has been around for a few years, it is gaining more and more attention as more Linux distributions switch to it. Lots of developers are extreme...
OS X
Scroll up and down in irssi in a screen session on OS X
So turns out that not everyone has a page down or page up key and can’t scroll in certain situations. The fix for this is simple.
Objective-C
How do I know if it is an NSObject?
While I spend most of my time trying to write Swift code these days, there is at least one thing Swift can’t do: Interop with C++. For most of you, that isn’...
Poster
Star Trek Poster Commission
Despite moving into this flat 4 months ago, I still have a lot of work to do to make it a home. Part of this has been making sure we have some nice decoratio...
Programming
How do I know if it is an NSObject?
While I spend most of my time trying to write Swift code these days, there is at least one thing Swift can’t do: Interop with C++. For most of you, that isn’...
SSH
Scroll up and down in irssi in a screen session on OS X
So turns out that not everyone has a page down or page up key and can’t scroll in certain situations. The fix for this is simple.
Star Trek
Star Trek Poster Commission
Despite moving into this flat 4 months ago, I still have a lot of work to do to make it a home. Part of this has been making sure we have some nice decoratio...
UK
The Search for a British Mechanical Keyboard
Oh, and I wanted it to be backlit. And have dedicated media keys. And cherry blue switches.
advertising
Let Me Give You Money!
How many times a day do you see ads on web pages? How about in software? Advertising is becoming more and more pervasive in our lives and it’s not appealing ...
api
Debugging Python HTTP(S) Requests
Debugging Python HTTP Requests
azure
Debugging Timer Triggers in Azure Functions
It’s relatively easy to figure out that VS Code is a great editor for developing and debugging Azure Functions. You’ll have also no doubt figured out that fo...
build
What is the Purpose of a Lock File for Package Managers?
Whatever language and package manager you use, be it Ruby Gems, CocoaPods, NPM, Cargo, etc. there’s a good chance that if you have a file specifying your dep...
Xcode Build Tokens
Recently, I was working with a larger iOS project than I usually do. This project involved creating a library and using it in other applications as well as ...
ci
What is the Purpose of a Lock File for Package Managers?
Whatever language and package manager you use, be it Ruby Gems, CocoaPods, NPM, Cargo, etc. there’s a good chance that if you have a file specifying your dep...
decorators
Type validation in Python using decorators
So in Python you generally do test driven development to make sure that you don’t get weird type errors. Sometimes, however, it’s good to be alerted immediat...
deserialize
Python Devs: Asking for Forgiveness Is Not Better than Asking for Permission
I recently started working on a Python wrapper to an API which returns JSON. There were a few existing implementations already, but none behaved quite like I...
development
The Joel Test for 2017
Back in 2013, I took a course on “Software Architecture, Process, and Management”. One of the topics which came up was: How do you rate a development team? I...
encryption
The Need for a Password Security Group
Recently I have become increasingly exposed to companies with bad password security practices. These range from Virgin Media, who require that your password ...
Should I redirect HTTP to HTTPS?
No. I’ve seen a lot of things about this all saying that it’s a fantastic idea. Yes there are complaints about worse performance due to the complexity, cost...
favicon
Doing Favicons Correctly
Most web developers know of the existence of favicons. Once these were extremely popular, but now with recent changes in browsers such as Chrome, which make ...
fiddler
Debugging Python HTTP(S) Requests
Debugging Python HTTP Requests
Easy Request Response Rules in Fiddler
Fiddler as a tool has gotten more and more advanced over time. With it’s powerful scripting capabilities, there isn’t much you can’t do with it when dealing ...
functions
Debugging Timer Triggers in Azure Functions
It’s relatively easy to figure out that VS Code is a great editor for developing and debugging Azure Functions. You’ll have also no doubt figured out that fo...
git
Stop Suggesting Git Aliases
Sometimes it feels like every second day there is a post on Hacker News or Reddit about great new git aliases that you totally need today, and if you don’t y...
Managing Multiple SSH Keys and Accounts for Github and Bitbucket
This is an error that gets me every time and I always forget what the solution is. The easiest way for me to remember how to solve it is to write about it.
government
SpaceX Will Ruin Government Agencies
This morning I watched the video for the launch of the Dragon V2 capsule (which can be found here). The thing which struck me about this vide...
hashing
Why You Shouldn’t Hash on the Client
Every so often I see posts on Stack Exchange, or Hacker News where someone has figured out that their passwords are being sent to the server and the server c...
hsts
Should I redirect HTTP to HTTPS?
No. I’ve seen a lot of things about this all saying that it’s a fantastic idea. Yes there are complaints about worse performance due to the complexity, cost...
html
Doing Favicons Correctly
Most web developers know of the existence of favicons. Once these were extremely popular, but now with recent changes in browsers such as Chrome, which make ...
http
Debugging Python HTTP(S) Requests
Debugging Python HTTP Requests
Easy Request Response Rules in Fiddler
Fiddler as a tool has gotten more and more advanced over time. With it’s powerful scripting capabilities, there isn’t much you can’t do with it when dealing ...
Doing Favicons Correctly
Most web developers know of the existence of favicons. Once these were extremely popular, but now with recent changes in browsers such as Chrome, which make ...
Should I redirect HTTP to HTTPS?
No. I’ve seen a lot of things about this all saying that it’s a fantastic idea. Yes there are complaints about worse performance due to the complexity, cost...
https
Should I redirect HTTP to HTTPS?
No. I’ve seen a lot of things about this all saying that it’s a fantastic idea. Yes there are complaints about worse performance due to the complexity, cost...
iOS
How do I know if it is an NSObject?
While I spend most of my time trying to write Swift code these days, there is at least one thing Swift can’t do: Interop with C++. For most of you, that isn’...
image
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About PNGs
For many years I have believed that PNG is the greatest image file format for lossless images that ever existed. I had a rough idea how it worked. There were...
internet
Doing Favicons Correctly
Most web developers know of the existence of favicons. Once these were extremely popular, but now with recent changes in browsers such as Chrome, which make ...
ios
The tools that power Outlook
I’ve been responsible for the developer tooling for Outlook iOS for 6 years now. Back when I started, we had just a single Bash script that covered everythin...
irssi
Scroll up and down in irssi in a screen session on OS X
So turns out that not everyone has a page down or page up key and can’t scroll in certain situations. The fix for this is simple.
javascript
Websites Which Block Right-Click
We have all been there where we go to a website and try and right click on something just to be greeted with an ugly popup stating that right click has been ...
joel test
The Joel Test for 2017
Back in 2013, I took a course on “Software Architecture, Process, and Management”. One of the topics which came up was: How do you rate a development team? I...
keyboard
The Search for a British Mechanical Keyboard
Oh, and I wanted it to be backlit. And have dedicated media keys. And cherry blue switches.
keys
Managing Multiple SSH Keys and Accounts for Github and Bitbucket
This is an error that gets me every time and I always forget what the solution is. The easiest way for me to remember how to solve it is to write about it.
latex
Adding space in LaTeX maths expressions
So this is a simple one which is used everywhere. Essentially I was trying to express some run times in LaTeX using the following:
os x
Xcode Build Tokens
Recently, I was working with a larger iOS project than I usually do. This project involved creating a library and using it in other applications as well as ...
outlook
The tools that power Outlook
I’ve been responsible for the developer tooling for Outlook iOS for 6 years now. Back when I started, we had just a single Bash script that covered everythin...
password
The Need for a Password Security Group
Recently I have become increasingly exposed to companies with bad password security practices. These range from Virgin Media, who require that your password ...
password managers
1Password is About to Lose a Lot of Customers
Almost 2 years ago I wrote a post calling out AgileBits on the fact that 1Password was leaking metadata. I pointed out that while they aren’t leaking passwor...
1Password Leaks Your Data
Seriously.
passwords
Why You Shouldn’t Hash on the Client
Every so often I see posts on Stack Exchange, or Hacker News where someone has figured out that their passwords are being sent to the server and the server c...
1Password Leaks Your Data
Seriously.
payment
Let Me Give You Money!
How many times a day do you see ads on web pages? How about in software? Advertising is becoming more and more pervasive in our lives and it’s not appealing ...
png
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About PNGs
For many years I have believed that PNG is the greatest image file format for lossless images that ever existed. I had a rough idea how it worked. There were...
programming
What is the Purpose of a Lock File for Package Managers?
Whatever language and package manager you use, be it Ruby Gems, CocoaPods, NPM, Cargo, etc. there’s a good chance that if you have a file specifying your dep...
Python Devs: Asking for Forgiveness Is Not Better than Asking for Permission
I recently started working on a Python wrapper to an API which returns JSON. There were a few existing implementations already, but none behaved quite like I...
Xcode Build Tokens
Recently, I was working with a larger iOS project than I usually do. This project involved creating a library and using it in other applications as well as ...
putty
Getting colours to work correctly with Vim and Putty
So turns out that Putty has some issues paying attention to what Vim tells it to display. After a brief look around I found this snippet of code on the Vim w...
python
Debugging Python HTTP(S) Requests
Debugging Python HTTP Requests
The tools that power Outlook
I’ve been responsible for the developer tooling for Outlook iOS for 6 years now. Back when I started, we had just a single Bash script that covered everythin...
Python Devs: Asking for Forgiveness Is Not Better than Asking for Permission
I recently started working on a Python wrapper to an API which returns JSON. There were a few existing implementations already, but none behaved quite like I...
Type validation in Python using decorators
So in Python you generally do test driven development to make sure that you don’t get weird type errors. Sometimes, however, it’s good to be alerted immediat...
screen
Scroll up and down in irssi in a screen session on OS X
So turns out that not everyone has a page down or page up key and can’t scroll in certain situations. The fix for this is simple.
security
1Password is About to Lose a Lot of Customers
Almost 2 years ago I wrote a post calling out AgileBits on the fact that 1Password was leaking metadata. I pointed out that while they aren’t leaking passwor...
Why You Shouldn’t Hash on the Client
Every so often I see posts on Stack Exchange, or Hacker News where someone has figured out that their passwords are being sent to the server and the server c...
Managing Multiple SSH Keys and Accounts for Github and Bitbucket
This is an error that gets me every time and I always forget what the solution is. The easiest way for me to remember how to solve it is to write about it.
1Password Leaks Your Data
Seriously.
The Need for a Password Security Group
Recently I have become increasingly exposed to companies with bad password security practices. These range from Virgin Media, who require that your password ...
Should I redirect HTTP to HTTPS?
No. I’ve seen a lot of things about this all saying that it’s a fantastic idea. Yes there are complaints about worse performance due to the complexity, cost...
software
The Joel Test for 2017
Back in 2013, I took a course on “Software Architecture, Process, and Management”. One of the topics which came up was: How do you rate a development team? I...
1Password Leaks Your Data
Seriously.
Let Me Give You Money!
How many times a day do you see ads on web pages? How about in software? Advertising is becoming more and more pervasive in our lives and it’s not appealing ...
space
SpaceX Will Ruin Government Agencies
This morning I watched the video for the launch of the Dragon V2 capsule (which can be found here). The thing which struck me about this vide...
spacex
SpaceX Will Ruin Government Agencies
This morning I watched the video for the launch of the Dragon V2 capsule (which can be found here). The thing which struck me about this vide...
ssh
Managing Multiple SSH Keys and Accounts for Github and Bitbucket
This is an error that gets me every time and I always forget what the solution is. The easiest way for me to remember how to solve it is to write about it.
Getting colours to work correctly with Vim and Putty
So turns out that Putty has some issues paying attention to what Vim tells it to display. After a brief look around I found this snippet of code on the Vim w...
ssl
Should I redirect HTTP to HTTPS?
No. I’ve seen a lot of things about this all saying that it’s a fantastic idea. Yes there are complaints about worse performance due to the complexity, cost...
types
Type validation in Python using decorators
So in Python you generally do test driven development to make sure that you don’t get weird type errors. Sometimes, however, it’s good to be alerted immediat...
unix
What is systemd and Why Should I Care?
While systemd has been around for a few years, it is gaining more and more attention as more Linux distributions switch to it. Lots of developers are extreme...
vim
Getting colours to work correctly with Vim and Putty
So turns out that Putty has some issues paying attention to what Vim tells it to display. After a brief look around I found this snippet of code on the Vim w...
we
Websites Which Block Right-Click
We have all been there where we go to a website and try and right click on something just to be greeted with an ugly popup stating that right click has been ...
web
Debugging Python HTTP(S) Requests
Debugging Python HTTP Requests
Easy Request Response Rules in Fiddler
Fiddler as a tool has gotten more and more advanced over time. With it’s powerful scripting capabilities, there isn’t much you can’t do with it when dealing ...
Websites Which Block Right-Click
We have all been there where we go to a website and try and right click on something just to be greeted with an ugly popup stating that right click has been ...
web development
Websites Which Block Right-Click
We have all been there where we go to a website and try and right click on something just to be greeted with an ugly popup stating that right click has been ...
xcode
Xcode Build Tokens
Recently, I was working with a larger iOS project than I usually do. This project involved creating a library and using it in other applications as well as ...