Dries Buytaert: How Drupal continues to evolve towards an API-first platform
It's been 12 months since my last progress report on Drupal core's API-first initiative. Over the past year, we've made a lot of important progress, so I wanted to provide another update.Two and a half...
View ArticleWouter Verhelst: PKCS#11 v2.20
By way of experiment, I've just enabled the PKCS#11 v2.20 implementation in the eID packages for Linux, but for now only in the packages in the "continuous" repository. In the past, enabling this has...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: Exploring Cape Cod
This past weekend Vanessa and I took our much-anticipated annual weekend trip to Cape Cod. It's always a highlight for us. We set out to explore a new part of the Cape as we've extensively explored the...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: Watching former colleagues take it to the next level
One of the hallmarks of a great company is that they hire well, and make it a priority to train and challenge their employees to become better. Great companies are a breeding ground for talent. As...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: Failure often paves the way for success
Success and failure are not polar opposites: you often need to endure failure to enjoy success. In Google's 2004 Founders' IPO Letter, Larry Page wrote:We will not shy away from high-risk, high-reward...
View ArticleXavier Mertens: Another Cryptominer Delivered Through Altered JQuery.js File
A few days ago, I published a diary on the SANS Internet Storm Center website about a Javascript file that was altered to deliver a cryptominer into the victim’s browser. Since my first finding, I’m...
View ArticleXavier Mertens: [SANS ISC] Windows Batch File Deobfuscation
I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Windows Batch File Deobfuscation“:Last Thursday, Brad published a diary about a new ongoing campaign delivering the Emotet malware. I found another...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: Microsoft sends strong message about GitHub's independence
On the heels of Microsoft acquiring GitHub for $7.5 billion, Google has partnered with Microsoft to provide a continuous integration and delivery platform for GitHub. While I predicted Microsoft would...
View ArticleKristof Willen: Oneplus 5T
I'll take back anything I said about the Xiaomi Mi Mix. Well, at least about the slippery part : 5 months after my purchase, I placed the mobile phone onto a pile of papers on my desk. Five minutes...
View ArticleKristof Willen: M365
No, this isn't a post about Microsoft, judging by the title. I'm talking about the Xiaomi M365 electric step. I've been looking lately to use my car way less, partially due to the fact that parking...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: Building digital backpacks for Syrian refugees
I recently heard a heart-warming story from the University of California, Davis. Last month, UC Davis used Drupal to launch Article 26 Backpack, a platform that helps Syrian Refugees document and share...
View ArticlePhilip Van Hoof: Scheiding der machten
Dien Francken, heeft die als staatsecretaris niet de eed gezworen op onze Belgische grondwet?Want beweren dat zijn hypothetische aannamens boven een beslissing van het gerecht staan, gaat tegen één van...
View ArticleXavier Mertens: [SANS ISC] Exploiting the Power of Curl
I published the following diary on isc.sans.org: “Exploiting the Power of Curl“:Didier explained in a recent diary that it is possible to analyze malicious documents with standard Linux tools. I’m...
View ArticleJeroen De Dauw: Clean Architecture: UseCase tests
When creating an application that follows The Clean Architecture you end up with a number of UseCases that hold your application logic. In this blog post I outline a testing pattern for effectively...
View ArticleDries Buytaert: Acquia a leader in 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web...
Today, Acquia was named a leader in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management. Acquia has now been recognized as a leader for five years in a row.Acquia recognized as a leader, next to...
View ArticleFrank Goossens: Music from Our Tube; Prisencolinensinainciusol plus ultra
So it’s probably the crazy nineties and you have Adriano Celentano in a live show joined by the young Manu Chao (then the “leader” of Mano Negra) and they perform a weird mix of...
View ArticlePhilip Van Hoof: Doing It Right examples on autotools, qmake, cmake and meson
AboutI finished my earlier work on build environment examples. Illustrating how to do versioning on shared object files right with autotools, qmake, cmake and meson. You can find it here.The DIR...
View ArticleLionel Dricot: Campagne Ulule : les aventures d’Aristide, le lapin cosmonaute
Le problème d’Aristide, c’est qu’il passe un peu trop de temps sur Internet. Et que passer du temps sur Internet, ça donne des idées. Du genre des idées d’aller dans l’espace, d’explorer les planètes...
View ArticleFrank Goossens: How to LYTE-n up your WooCommerce video’s
So you have a WooCommerce shop which uses YouTube video’s to showcase your products but those same video’s are slowing your site down as YouTube embeds typically do? WP YouTube Lyte can go a long way...
View ArticleFOSDEM organizers: Call for participation
We now invite proposals for main track presentations, developer rooms, stands and lightning talks. FOSDEM offers open source and free software developers a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate....
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