Simplifying the xz backdoor

Step by step I simplify the beginning of the xz backdoor so there's no doubt of what it does.

xz backdoor and autotools insanity

I argue autotools' convoluted nature is what enabled the xz backdoor in the first place. The truth is nobody needs to use autotools, and I show why.

The stupidity and arrogance of GNOME developers

For years developers of one component of GNOME argued that my fix for a regression they introduced in 2019 was not valid. Only to implement pretty much the same fix years later.

git-fc 0.1: a new fork of git for users

Announcing git-fc 0.1: a new fork git for users. Same as git 2.40.0, except with more features.

My ban from the Git project: the defense I was denied

On 2023-05-13 I was notified of my permanent ban of the Git project by the The Git Project Leadership Committee. I already explained in another post that the Git PLC did not do any due diligence regarding my ban, did not do any effort to notify me of any issue, and used lies to attempt …

Authoritarianism in the Git project

My recent ban shows how Codes of Conduct easily turn a community authoritarian.

One decade later, GNOME still sucks

It has been more than a decade of GNOME 3's initial release and GNOME still sucks. Two of my most popular posts have been about GNOME 3 (#3 and #5), and in 2023 people still keep referencing them. GNOME 3 is still discussed today as a major blunder, similar to what happened with New Coke, …

Fixing Ruby gems installation part 2

This is a continuation of my previous post due to the fact that Ruby gems installation is still not fixed. It's been more than twelve years now since the first bug report. The big update since part 1 is that the whole sudo functionality of bundler has been removed. It is curious that happened just …

GNOME’s horrid coding practices

I stopped using GNOME more than a decade ago, yet my desktop environment of choice--Xfce--keeps using GNOME libraries, and every time I notice a sudden problem, every time it's GNOME's fault. But because I'm a developer, I can track down the problems and fix them myself, though why is it that GNOME developers keep making …

Fixing Ruby gems installation once and for all

ruby bundle by default installs gems into system directories calling sudo without asking the user, let's fix that.