Microsoft: Node.js Increasingly Used for Malware Delivery and Data Theft

https://cyberinsider.com/microsoft-node-js-increasingly-used-for-malware-delivery-and-data-theft/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://cyberinsider.com/microsoft-node-js-increasingly-used-for-malware-delivery-and-data-theft/

Mastodon Exit Interview

https://v.cx/2025/04/mastodon-exit-interview

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://v.cx/2025/04/mastodon-exit-interview

A pleasant location to work on my nonsense website.

It has been another productive evening, toiling in the #Django mines.

#Development #Introductions
The CSS shape() function · It brings responsive shapes to modern CSS https://ilo.im/163c8b

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#ModernCSS #Shapes #CssCalc #CssUnits #Design #VisualDesign #WebDesign #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

Built a Node.js API to bypass Cloudflare

https://github.com/iamyegor/unflare

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/iamyegor/unflare

Fix N+1 Queries Without Eager Loading Using a SQL Subquery

https://www.writesoftwarewell.com/fix-n-plus-1-queries-with-sql-subqueries-in-rails/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.writesoftwarewell.com/fix-n-plus-1-queries-with-sql-subqueries-in-rails/

️ New Article: An HTML Web Component library https://ift.tt/KdbWn64 #WebDev #FrontEndDeveloper #100DaysOfCode #CodeNewbie

HTMLSelectElement: willValidate property
Widely available (from Dec 2018)

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLSelectElement/willValidate

The willValidate read-only property of the HTMLSelectElement interface indicates whether the <select> element is a candidate for constraint validation. It is false if any conditions bar it from constraint validation, such as when its disabled property is true.

I'm currently learning React and I have to say, so far I'm really enjoying it! The ability to write reusable components with HTML-like markup and easily populate them with data is just incredibly useful and timesaving! I'll be learning about state management next. I like that React lets you write mostly normal JS and HTML and plays nicely with various other libraries and frameworks. It's a very developer-friendly technology I would say!

I understand that there are problems React can cause for websites such as slower page load times and pages not being visible to bots, etc. These are largely addressed by Next.js or a similar framework. React is not a framework so I wouldn't expect it to do everything by itself.

I get it, for a small website you might not need to use a tool like React. But by using tools like this you can make bigger, more complex websites with the same amount of time and energy, and I think that's really cool!

In case you are interested, here's course I am following, I highly recommend it: https://youtu.be/x4rFhThSX04

New Blog Post: In which I argue RSS apps should have timeline UI.

The screenshot timing couldn't have been better. Got it just the "Trans women are women" post from @adactio went by.

https://www.alanwsmith.com/en/2v/oh/gs/sj/

Just wrote a new blog post, "Adding base64 placeholder background images to eleventy-img"

In which I add base64-encoded placeholder background images to <img> tags on my Eleventy site, automagically, to reduce Layout Shift and make the site feel super snappy

https://blog.chobble.com/blog/25-04-16-adding-base64-image-backgrounds-to-eleventy-img/

This is how I roll when I need to mark models as "completed", or anything else:

1. Allow the marking to be idempotent
2. If not idempotent, throw exceptions on duplicated calls
3. Save is opt-out, to avoid more than one update query.

#Development #Techniques
Web performance tips for 2025 · Tiny lessons for turbo-charged websites https://ilo.im/163c1p

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#WebPerf #Website #WebVitals #CrUX #Browser #WebDev #Frontend

Deployed my first Flask app :)

http://bookguessr.com

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/http://bookguessr.com

#Markdown Plugin for Code.Movie

Blog post: https://code.movie/blog/code.movie-markdown-plugin.html
Package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@codemovie/code-movie-marked-plugin

On the schedule for today:

First year #chemistry is taking a molarity and dilutions quiz. Then, we'll do some pre-lab work for their microscale titration tomorrow.

Second year chemistry is finishing up a pH data collection lab. They diluted acetic acid and ammonia, collected pH, and are now graphing the molar relationships.

#Webdev finished their technical proposals for an update to a school website and are now starting their coding for proofs of concept.

#teaching

Temporal.PlainDateTime.prototype.until()
Limited availability

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Temporal/PlainDateTime/until

The until() method of Temporal.PlainDateTime instances returns a new Temporal.Duration object representing the duration from this date-time to another date-time (in a form convertible by Temporal.PlainDateTime.from()). The duration is positive if the other date-time is after this date-time, and n…

So it's official: TLS certificate lifetimes will reduce from the current max of 398 days to:
* 200 days in March 2026
* 100 days in March 2027
* 47 days in March 2029

For web servers/proxies etc. it's reasonably simple, at least for smaller orgs but for e.g. network kit it might be more of a challenge. Having a timeframe to aim at definitely focusses the mind!

Via @riskybiz / https://risky.biz/risky-bulletin-ca-b-forum-approves-47-day-tls-certs/

From: blenderdumbass . org

I want to document the way you might have a possibility to use the same software to make a similar website. @Madiator2011 already done that with blog.madiator.com. Lets go over: where you get the code, how do you set it up, how do you publish, how do you manage accounts, and most importantly, how do you modify everything, so it will look like your own thing.

Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/how_to_make_a_blog_like_mine_using_bdserver_software_