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An API token is more secure than a password by virtue of it not needing to be typed in by a human. Phishing, writing down passwords, and the fact that API tokens can have restricted scopes all make them more secure.

Expiration on its own doesn’t make it more secure, but it can if it’s in the context of loading the token onto a system that you might lose track of/not have access to in the future.

Individual API tokens can also be revoked without revoking all of them, unlike a password where changing it means you have to re-login everywhere.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Lmk if you have questions, though.

matrix-nio

Hey, I maintain a highly popular (if niche) FOSS library. Where the fuck is my big tech paycheck where they bribe me into integrating with their product?

/s Silly take IMO, relies on cherry-picking popular FOSS projects where you can see “the influence” of big tech, AND then No True Scotsman your way into saying that they’re not allowed to participate in the development/influence of FOSS because… checks notes they’re the ones funding the project/putting money in front of otherwise unpaid volunteers?

If you end up coming up with a better scheme for things that has the actual practical effect of compensating devs appropriately (yes, that means at current market rates or better) for their work, then please let us know so we can switch to doing that immediately. I will literally do anything you suggest if it would achieve that end.

Depending on whether this code is in a hotpath (and considering how “elementary” it is, I figure that’s a possibility), this could very well be a significant speed improvement.

Though I’d say that only excuses it if it’s truly an elementary function (and not one line as part of a larger function), as otherwise it’s unreadable garbage. But on its own it:

• has a clear purpose
• (presumably) isn’t reimplementing functionality
• is easily tested
• can be modified with no side effects (besides breaking your calendar, but that’s beside the point)

Unfortunately if you let Junior play in legacy code once, it’ll learn some nasty habits and make more of it from scratch, usually when you’re trying to sleep.

You don’t need a blockchain

I kinda want to set this up now, ngl

@kevincox does anyone other than me even still have motherboard speakers?

@Coldus12 I got wireguard hosted on my openwrt router. Straightforward and no fuss.

@chandz05 I’d totally add in Organizr to create a single page solution to access all of your various services. Beats bookmarks any day of the week

Great to see ever-mounting proof that end-to-end encryption works! This is why I’m on Matrix.

Other people have already commented on how federated social media often requires certain data just for implementations to work and make sense, and there’s not much more to add to that.

If you want private, end-to-end-encrypted, decentralized communication, the best modern solution to that is #matrix.