The 3 - Issue #3

I’ve found this article fascinating not only due to its subject but because it outlines how brittle our software truly is. My key takeaway is the extent to which trust plays such a crucial role in software and how destructive it might turn when violated.

I’d want to expand on the article and write what I hope will be the next steps in terms of dependencies and usage of libraries written by other people. But first, I hope that package managers will draw inspiration from the Blockchain world. Recent years have created novel projects such as IPFS, which can be very helpful since the package manager and its data will be more decentralized.

The second step, I think, will be giving more fine-grained control to the running code. Instead of trusting the authors of libraries (which is a chain of trust since each library might depend on other libraries and so on), we should be able to observe what capabilities the running process will ask for. Our project should be able to specify what capabilities are allowed.

Luckily the field seems to be undergoing a disruption thanks to new features upcoming to WebAssembly. If you’re interested in more info, look no further than this exhaustive article by Link Clark: Building a secure by default, composable future for WebAssembly.

This knowledge site of GitLab is a real treasure trove. It documents everything related to Remote work - meetings, avoiding burnout, managing your time, work-life balance, knowledge management, communication, onboarding, and many more.

Whether you’re working remotely, wants to start working remotely, or are just interested in this topic, you definitely should bookmark this resource. I’m sure I’ll use it as a reference for the future and come back many times learning about different angles of working remotely.

In my blog, I’ve authored an article titled Top 8 Productivity Tips for Any Developer. Under the principle of Instant local Search, I’ve mentioned the fantastic tool named Dash.

Dash is offline documentation on steroids for programmers, and it can serve as a huge time saver while programming. Unfortunately, the tool is targeted only at macOS users. If you’re a Linux or Windows user, you might find Zeal suitable for you. I’ve created a short recording of using Dash and hope you’ll find it helpful. The recording.