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2024-05-22

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hackers.town: 2024-05-22 Wed 08:53

I am no #Infosec afficianado, but did I read that right? The llama_cpp_python folks not using the safety features that already exist in jinja2?

The gap between the upper 50 and the lower 50 percentile on security is painful.

“We just don’t know how this break-in happened or how to prevent it happening again!”

Me: (closes and locks front door)

“WITCHCRAFT!”

hackers.town: 2024-05-22 Wed 10:36

When I look up recent material on unit and integration testing for #Javascript or #Typescript I mostly see a lot about Jest.

Folks who don’t like Jest, what do you use instead? Just trying to build a mental map of the landscape.

hackers.town: 2024-05-22 Wed 12:15

Packing up for the move and finally finding all those rolls of doggy bags I’d lost over the last three years.

hackers.town: 2024-05-22 Wed 16:44

We made very good progress in move prep today, and our bodies are done for a bit.

hackers.town: 2024-05-22 Wed 17:02

A lovely spring afternoon, the sun’s rays streaming in through the window, lighting up dazzling garden flowers outside and —

Me: “This is too much light. I’m gonna close the curtains.”

Yeah I’m gonna do great in the desert.

Though IIRC my instincts are even more appropriate to that environment.

hackers.town: 2024-05-22 Wed 20:37

Made my code easier to read and 20% faster.

No, nothing fancy. I was using a couple list comprehensions from the same list. Went with a single loop through the list instead.