miniblog.

OpenBSD replacing sudo with doas, as a simpler, easier to reason about alternative: https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/doas The motivation resonates with me too: I only ever use sudo for personal usage, not managing complex groups of users with different permissions.

Filecoin is solving a real consumer problem (needing backup storage but having empty local capacity,) using blockchain protocols! https://filecoin.io/blog/filecoin-proof-system/ Blockchain problems can sometimes be replaced with simpler tech, but this seems like a great match.

Sometimes it's nice to have super ambitious side projects, but sometimes it's nice to tinker with simpler features. Today, I'm mostly writing CSS :)