Stories by zdw

Programming in Five Easy Pieces

The Time I Stole $10k from Bell Labs

Problems with AI-based monitoring startups (2018)

PfSense Is Closed Source

Examining a technology sample kit: IBM components from 1948 to 1986

SonicWall says it was hacked using zero-days in its own products

AXPbox Alpha Emulator

NixOS Review: Pros and Cons

Can we talk about client-side certificates? (2020)

Old Compilers and Old Bugs

Rust in Production: 1Password

Container networking is simple (2020)

When costs are nonlinear, keep it small

Tracking down a segfault that suddenly started happening

Why the Service Mesh Should Fade Out of Sight

Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit

Our Dumb Security Questionnaire

Route 53, Amazon’s Premier Database

The terminal, the console and the shell – what are they?

XTerm: It's Better Than You Thought