Chris Ellis @intrbiz@bergamot.social
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PostgreSQL, Linux, Java, and more. Lover of computers, electronics and Open Source. European. Lib Dem. Lead Technical Strategist nexteam.co.uk
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Next week, I'll be speaking at 🇬🇧 @postgresuk about #PostgreSQL Row-Level Security on Tuesday 9th Sept. Don't miss this great event in London, CU there! 🐘🔥
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🚀 The program for PGConf.EU 2025 is live!
Featuring big names in PostgreSQL and rising stars you won’t want to miss. 🌟
See you in Riga, 21–24 Oct! 🇱🇻
👉 https://www.postgresql.eu/events/pgconfeu2025/schedule/
#PostgreSQL #PGConfEU2025 #opensource #ITlatvia #Latviaevents
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Bahah. Somebody has also FOI'd Ofcom too asking them for their own assessment into how safe it was to tweet links to their own website, which then (with hyperlinks) subsequently links to the 34 porn sites they are investigating. Which do not have age verification.
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ofcoms_compliance_with_the_onlin
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DocumentDB has a new home now!
https://news.itsfoss.com/documentdb-moves-to-linux-foundation/
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The PostgreSQL User Group NL team is organizing a PGDay Lowlands Warmup Meetup on Thursday, September 11.
Whether you are attending PGDay Lowlands or not (but really you should), this meetup is open to the entire community and is a great opportunity to meet some of the speakers and other attendees.
Join for talks by Chris Ellis, showcasing some Postgres features that make developers’ lives easier, and Stefan Fercot from Data Egret, who will dive into the inner workings of PgBouncer: https://www.meetup.com/postgresql-user-group-nl/events/310728717/
@Lightfighter @GossiTheDog haha, yup, me too. Too much expectancy that software will magically solve all your problems.
@raiderrobert switch is a strong term. I have a couple of preferred languages. I often find myself using more than one on many projects. And have worked on projects where the main language is not my preference. I've often been criticised as 'writing X as if it was Y', often something I take as a positive. I tend to think that most people ascribe to an ecosystem and not a language.
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i reverse-engineered the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5! check it out at https://github.com/schlae/cm5-reveng
@tubetime damn, that is cool. Mighty impressive work, love it. Kudos!
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"i use linux as my operating system," i state proudly to the unkempt, bearded man. he swivels around in his desk chair with a devilish gleam in his eyes, ready to mansplain with extreme precision.
"actually," he says with a grin, "linux is just the kernel. you use GNU+linux."
i don't miss a beat and reply with a smirk, "i use alpine, a distro that doesn't include the GNU coreutils, or any other GNU code. it's linux, but it's not GNU+linux."
the smile quickly drops from the man's face. his body begins convulsing and he foams at the mouth as he drop to the floor with a sickly thud. as he writhes around he screams "I-IT WAS COMPILED WITH GCC! THAT MEANS IT'S STILL GNU!"
coolly, i reply "if windows was compiled with gcc, would that make it GNU?" i interrupt his response with "and work is being made on the kernel to make it more compiler-agnostic. even if you were correct, you won't be for long."
with a sickly wheeze, the last of the man's life is ejected from his body. he lies on the floor, cold and limp. i've womansplained him to death.
@GossiTheDog I agree with your analysis on the shift happening within our industry. However I think a lot of the cyber security industry has been selling their tech as snake oil for a long time. Often I've felt companies own marketing departments are doing their own tech a disservice by the way it was pitched. The AI hype train seems a continuation of this.
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@GossiTheDog I keep telling managers that the premium they will pay for expertise is only going to go *up.*
@neil I read the same article and had the same reaction. It started off seeming very sensible, then a massive: "ehh what!?!".
Just makes me think of what happened to Alan Turing. I'm not sure this is something any state should be doing.
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At PGDay Lowlands, we know that great content doesn’t happen by accident — it takes preparation and practice. That’s why we’re offering all confirmed speakers a free, one-hour public speaking training on August 28.
In addition, the brave participants of our conference debates will gather virtually on August 26th for a preparatory session. This will be an opportunity to get to know each other, exchange ideas, and sharpen their proverbial knives before stepping onto the stage.
We’re deeply invested in supporting our speakers and debaters as a team — because when they succeed, the whole community benefits. We can’t wait to share their work with all of you: https://2025.pgday.nl/
@sil ahh, interesting nuance
@sil I don't think that is the case. That is controlled by CORS headers.
I definitely have apps setting a bearer token with fetch.
@sil so why can't you make a fetch request with credentials false and adding and authorization header with your authorisation. Presumably your app is authenticating your user and has the resulting authorisation token.
@sil why do you need to pass Cookies that you don't have access too?
@sil why can't you just set whatever authentication headers or cookies you need on the fetch request? Rather than relying on the browser to do that for you.
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PostgreSQL, Linux, Java, and more. Lover of computers, electronics and Open Source. European. Lib Dem. Lead Technical Strategist nexteam.co.uk
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