Brian Conway @blocknonip@mastodon.sdf.org

resflash 6.4.0 released, premade images available: https://www.freelists.org/post/resflash/resflash-640-released-premade-images-available #OpenBSD

(Addendum: https://www.freelists.org/post/resflash/resflash-640-released-premade-images-available,1)

People Who Claim to Work 75-Hour Weeks Usually Only Work About 50 Hours: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/people-who-claim-to-work-75-hour-weeks-are-lying.html

How I investigated memory leaks in Go using pprof on a large codebase: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-i-investigated-memory-leaks-in-go-using-pprof-on-a-large-codebase-4bec4325e192 #golang #notme

Packets-per-second limits in EC2: https://stressgrid.com/blog/pps_limits_in_ec2/

A 'Blockchain Bandit' Is Guessing Private Keys and Scoring Millions: https://www.wired.com/story/blockchain-bandit-ethereum-weak-private-keys/

#OpenBSD 6.5 released: https://www.openbsd.org/65.html

Micro-promotions and mentorship: the big impact of small actions in an engineering culture - https://circleci.com/blog/micro-promotions-and-mentorship-the-big-impact-of-small-actions-in-an-engineering-culture/

More people speaking out against VPN snake oil. Finally.

https://drewdevault.com/2019/04/19/Your-VPN-is-a-serious-choice.html

#tor

How I investigated memory leaks in Go using pprof on a large codebase: https://idk.dev/how-i-investigated-memory-leaks-in-go-using-pprof-on-a-large-codebase/ #golang #notme

Init Is Bad and You Should Feel Bad: https://npf.io/2019/04/init-is-bad-and-you-should-feel-bad/ #golang

Why you should manage secrets outside version control, and how to do it: https://datree.io/blog/secrets-management-git-version-control/

Here's something I'd never done before: Set up static DHCP.

For my car.

When Postgres blocks: 7 tips for dealing with locks - https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2018/02/22/seven-tips-for-dealing-with-postgres-locks/ #PostgreSQL

In the 1960s, 128 kilobytes weighed 610 pounds: http://www.righto.com/2019/04/a-look-at-ibm-s360-core-memory-in-1960s.html

Jailbreaking Subaru StarLink: https://github.com/sgayou/subaru-starlink-research/blob/master/doc/README.md

The Problem with SSH Agent Forwarding: https://defn.io/2019/04/12/ssh-forwarding/

For all my contacts in the #Austin area, we're doing a bunch of hiring for on-site roles at Meshify:

- Backend Engineer - Senior level, #Golang and lots of other great technologies
- #IoT hardware and software engineer - Mid level, embedded Linux, C, shell
- Fullstack Engineer - Junior-Mid level, services and support focused

Contact me!

3 #Golang Channel Red Flags: https://hackmongo.com/post/three-golang-channel-red-flags/

Replicating the Success of #REST in Event-Driven Architecture: https://medium.com/asyncapi/replicating-the-success-of-rest-in-event-driven-architecture-c805f83ad2c2 #EDA