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Infosec, Unix, IP (networking, not lawyering), Free and Open Source software. Has folded a fitted bedsheet, at least once. <a href="https://masto.hackers.town/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NZ</a> Ōtepoti/Dunedin

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Post #3926422
Source code is fundamentally language for a human to talk. To get a computer to understand it takes a whole bunch of important extra steps. Having agentic LLM fill the source code up with slop to the stage that humans cannot understand it any more might "work", but it's changing the purpose of the source code without explicitly negotiating that as a feature. Once you have large-scale LLM generated code, you're unmaintainable by humans any more.
Post #3679627
Here's an interesting talk on Neighbourhood-First networks; not just a technical topic, but also a human process. The idea of groups of independent small servers contributing in an eventually-consistent network over multiple transports, providing services to a geographically-local area, seems very powerful. It's adjacent to #veilid of course, but lives much higher up in the network and human layers of the stack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCbzHfKjTDs
Post #3461531
When you use a #tag on a post, what are you hoping to happen? Go on, boost this poll, humans!
Post #2344180
TP-Link fireware is a gift that keeps on giving. https://mrbruh.com/tplink/ TL;DR an undocumented command in the CLI calls out to a TFTP server and trusts whatever is provided because really, why wouldn&#39;t you? Now, of course you need to be authenticated in order to get to the CLI like this; but you gain more control over the machine by exploiting it.
Post #876464
This is your last opportunity to grab the latest Hackers Town Tshirt. Go to https://www.customink.com/fundraising/always-be-n00bin and pick up @prahou&#39;s design for The Fool, reminding you to Always Be N00bin&#39;. This isn&#39;t only for people who use the Hackers.Town fediverse server (although that&#39;s where the money will be going, to our hosting expenses), it&#39;s for anyone who understands what we&#39;re talking about!
Post #836115
Some journalism in #nz is still critical, important, and detailed. https://thespinoff.co.nz/kai/27-03-2026/all-170-chip-flavours-in-new-zealand-ranked-from-worst-to-best
Post #643051
Hey #hackerstown ... (and non-hackerstown peeps too, you&#39;re all welcome) It&#39;s fundraising time for our instance, we&#39;re not charging users for the service but we do like to be able to pay for it :-) This time around we have a fantastic design from @prahou&#39;s Analog Nowhere, The Fool to remind you to Always Be N00bin&#39; - new experiences and new perspectives help us all hack better. https://www.customink.com/fundraising/always-be-n00bin