Chris Ellis @intrbiz@bergamot.social

“While legal experts expect the EU to challenge Apple's insincere compliance with the DMA, developers should take this opportunity to rethink their native app serfdom. They should push web apps to their limits and then demand further platform improvement.”

“The web doesn't require commission payments, technology fees based on usage, or permission from platform rentseekers. The web can set the iPhone free, even if Apple won't.”

https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/27/apple_europe_ios_analysis/

What browser do you use? Curious what the stats look like on fedi. Boosts for visibility appreciated.

Puppeteer now supports Firefox using the new WebDriver BiDi protocol! This allows writing automation scripts that work across both Chrome and Firefox. Over half of Puppeteer's test suite already passes when using WebDriver BiDi with Firefox. This paves the way for more seamless cross-browser testing. Exciting times ahead as WebDriver BiDi becomes the default protocol for Puppeteer.

https://developer.chrome.com/blog/puppeteer-webdriver-bidi-2023?hl=en

It's sad to see Firefox is about to lose the battle.

PGConf.EU 2023 Review

#PostgreSQL #Conference #Prague #PGConfEU

https://andreas.scherbaum.la/post/2023-12-22_pgconf.eu-2023-review/

#PGConfEU was an amazing #conference — I got to host a panel with awesome #PostgreSQL experts, and a crazy signing event for our book (PostgreSQL 16 Administration Cookbook — https://www.packtpub.com/product/postgresql-16-administration-cookbook/9781835460580 — 15% off in Dec). I am thrilled, and beyond humbled, to be able to do these things. Thank you all 🙏 #Postgres #Community

Special thanks to Sabine Schatzer, @clairegiordano and @floord for their great photos.

#opensource #database

Borrowed from a friend. #cats #catsofmastodon #caturday

Right now @l_avrot & @karenhjex are on stage at #pgconfeu demonstrating creativity on steroids (!!!!) to shine a light on the challenges women face navigating a male-dominated tech world, including in Postgres… The talk is “Trying to be Barbie in Ken's Mojo Dojo Casa House” & I applaud Lætitia’s & Karen’s courage in giving this talk #Barbie #PostgreSQL #database #diversity #womenintech

Today the a-ma-zing @l_avrot presented at #pgconfeu about “Learning advanced SQL the weird (and hard) way”, about how she’s been using SQL-only (#PostgreSQL flavor) to solve #AdventOfCode puzzles. What fun. #Postgres #SQL #databases

The design on the screens for the #PGConfEU #PostgreSQL #Conference looks really nice!

The big one is in the conference area, the small one in the elevator.

Thanks to Chris Ellis @intrbiz for the work!

Not only Chris did this wonderful elephant with lights (everybody wants one here)
He also talks about IoT with PostgreSQL at #pgconfeu
Moving, storing.... Interesting way to address the topic from the "end device".

Google announced that starting in June 2024, ad blockers such as uBlock Origin #uBO will be disabled in Chrome 127 and later with the rollout of Manifest V3 (#Mv3).

The new #Chrome manifest will prevent using custom filters and stops on demand updates of blocklist. Only #Google authorized updates to browser extension will be allowed in the future, which mean an automatic win for Google in their battle to stop YouTube #AdBlockers .

#ManifestV3 is deceitful and threatening to your privacy, and now is a good time to switch to #Firefox (@mozilla) and/or #TorBrowser (@torproject) if you haven't done so already!

EFF (@eff) on Google’s Manifest V3:

⚠️⁠https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening
⚠️⁠https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-still-hurts-privacy-security-innovation

Chrome Manifest V3 Transition Timeline (2023-11-16)

🚩⁠https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3/

EDIT for clarification: MV3 in Chrome will still allow some ad blocking extensions, but will severely limit their blocking ability and even restricts pre-set filters to 50 MAX.

New entry in #PostgreSQL Event Calendar:

👫 FOSDEM PGDay 2024

Date: 2024-02-02
Location: Brussels, Belgium

ICS file: https://ics.postgresql.life/15083o5iim1rdchlcj24gf1opk.ics

That's 500 tickets sold! We still have plenty of seats left, but don't wait too long if you want to be sure you get one!

https://2023.pgconf.eu/registration/

Training sessions are also selling fast! 2 sessions sold out, and 1 almost!

https://2023.pgconf.eu/training/

#postgres #postgresql #pgconfeu

I am not monetizing my SQL-writing abilities properly

Two years since the new version of google icons and the struggle is still real

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