With the EOL (end of life) of Node 4.0 and the introduction of Node 10 coming in April, it’s time to look at that perennial Node problem: what to do about the Buffer constructors.
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Update: Ars Technica has produced the best write up on what’s happening with Meltdown and Spectre. Earlier: Two days ago, the tech world ran into a wall. Probably the best summation of the event is the following tweet: https://twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski/status/948969633683558401 Yes, this is about the CPU bug. The CPU bug. The bug that demonstrates that sometimes […]
Earlier today I was stunned to read about the accusations of sexual harassment against Robert Scoble. We aren’t friends, but we have friends in common and we have interacted remotely in the past. I had no idea, no clue, that Scoble had harassed women. There are some people you might suspect of doing so, and some […]
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Moving to HTTP/2
I upgraded my server to Ubuntu 16.04, converted my websites over to HTTPs, and locked them in using HSTS. It would be a shame to stop here without making one last change: upgrading to the HTTP/2 protocol. The web has been spinning along on HTTP 1.1 since 1997. It’s been a good and faithful servant. […]
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Brought to you by HTTPS
As you can see when you access this page, I’ve made the move to HTTPS. I detail the experience at my new technology-only site, Shelley’s Toy Box. I upgraded my server before I made the move, and eliminated all the cruft. I also moved my DNS records over to my name registrar, rather than manage […]