miniblog.

My $2/month VPS has stopped and can't even boot, so I've switched provider. It seems like most server providers don't want to offer <$5 machines, and I imagine it's hard to make money at the low end. Several providers require a one-off setup fee too.

Go has an os.Root API that allows you to enforce all paths are subdirectories of a given root. It fixes users accessing foo/../../../etc/passwd and similar. Seems like a really nice solution for a relatively common problem.

I'm impressed and slightly surprised that I can browse the web even when my local library's wifi blocks detectportal.firefox.com ("Download sites are banned"). It seems that Firefox only requires the website to be redirected when there's a captive portal.