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Latest from my blog
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Google Authenticator enables device-transfers, no back up/export options
() Two-factor authentication requires users to commit to storing a secret code indefinitely. Popular apps lack tools to back up and data transfer those secrets.
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P2P apps’ connection amnesia makes them less fault-tolerant
() Peer-to-peer apps forget the IP addresses it communicated with in the last session and rely on peer-discovery all the time. Caching can make them more robust.
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Make native lazy-loading images load more eagerly
() A tutorial on how to load native lazy-loading images earlier in Safari and Firefox. Speed up page loading while keeping visitors from seeing loading images.
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Everything you need to know about Night mode in Samsung Internet
() Night mode in Samsung browser explained. How it breaks page contrast and accessibility, pastelify SVG colors, and why web developers can’t do anything about it.
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Four P2P distribution tools for Git repositories compared
() Comparing how P2P protocols like BitTorrent, Dat, and IPFS can help you distribute your Git repositories without depending on a central server.
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How I recovered a lost email from my email client’s memory
() A bug caused 30 minutes of work on an email to disappear. However, I was able to recover it by poking around in the process memory using gdb/gcore. Here’s how.
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