Mark Nottingham
@mnot.net
Co-chair IETF HTTP & AIPREF WGs, member Internet Architecture Board, standards lead at Cloudflare. Interested in the intersection of legal regulation and technical standards.
My social media is mostly-write: if you want to be sure I see something, e-mail.
My social media is mostly-write: if you want to be sure I see something, e-mail.
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Mark Nottingham
@mnot.net
· Dec 23
I don't monitor every @ - if you want to make sure I see something, e-mail.
I can see that you two share a certain style of communication... :)
January 1, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I can see that you two share a certain style of communication... :)
My great great great grandfather worked for them. Good gig, apparently.
www.marineband.marines.mil/About/Our-Hi...
www.marineband.marines.mil/About/Our-Hi...
www.marineband.marines.mil
December 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
My great great great grandfather worked for them. Good gig, apparently.
www.marineband.marines.mil/About/Our-Hi...
www.marineband.marines.mil/About/Our-Hi...
"UN sticks with not-multilateral internet governance model" (there I fixed it for you :)
December 19, 2025 at 6:20 AM
"UN sticks with not-multilateral internet governance model" (there I fixed it for you :)
Software update #2: I've made a small tweak to https://rfc.fyi/ to make it much more useful; when considering how many references an RFC has, it also counts those from the RFCs it obsoletes. That means that searching for a term like 'HTTP' or 'DNS' returns the most relevant RFCs first!
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Software update #2: I've made a small tweak to https://rfc.fyi/ to make it much more useful; when considering how many references an RFC has, it also counts those from the RFCs it obsoletes. That means that searching for a term like 'HTTP' or 'DNS' returns the most relevant RFCs first!
Software update #1: https://redbot.org/ has a range of new tests -- including updates to caching and support for Content Security Policy, Permissions Policy, and CORS -- and now is multilingual! Please take a look and give feedback.
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Software update #1: https://redbot.org/ has a range of new tests -- including updates to caching and support for Content Security Policy, Permissions Policy, and CORS -- and now is multilingual! Please take a look and give feedback.
there, that should do it...
November 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
there, that should do it...
hmm, ok. Sleep now, debug morning.
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
hmm, ok. Sleep now, debug morning.
OK try again when you get a chance.
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
OK try again when you get a chance.
OK, I see a bug. Not sure why it's affecting you, but...
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
OK, I see a bug. Not sure why it's affecting you, but...
ok sent a request and append &THIBAULT to the URL :)
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
ok sent a request and append &THIBAULT to the URL :)
Very odd indeed. Code is github.com/mnot/redbot . Perhaps I'll start logging Accept-Language...
GitHub - mnot/redbot: REDbot is lint for HTTP resources.
REDbot is lint for HTTP resources. Contribute to mnot/redbot development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Very odd indeed. Code is github.com/mnot/redbot . Perhaps I'll start logging Accept-Language...
how have you configured firefox? It has two separate language settings...
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
how have you configured firefox? It has two separate language settings...
ah yes I see the times not being translated -- something is not right, I'd fixed that...
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
ah yes I see the times not being translated -- something is not right, I'd fixed that...
which site is that testing?
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
which site is that testing?
weird weird weird. I've got it working in both Chrome and FF.
November 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
weird weird weird. I've got it working in both Chrome and FF.
Note that the message on the front page isn't internationalised yet, but the rest is.
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Note that the message on the front page isn't internationalised yet, but the rest is.
In-ter-est-ing. On FF, that's including if you test a site?
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
In-ter-est-ing. On FF, that's including if you test a site?
Hmm, which browser? Works in Firefox.
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Hmm, which browser? Works in Firefox.
Go to redbot.org with a browser that's configured to prefer French...
REDbot
Lint for your HTTP resources
redbot.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Go to redbot.org with a browser that's configured to prefer French...
French-speaking friends, does this make sense? How awful is the translation? https://gist.github.com/mnot/47d819b1907ca13a8968b611dc56bb82
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
French-speaking friends, does this make sense? How awful is the translation? https://gist.github.com/mnot/47d819b1907ca13a8968b611dc56bb82
“An industry without newcomers is a dying industry.”
-- Rolex CEO Jean-Frédéric Dufour at Dubai Watch Week
-- Rolex CEO Jean-Frédéric Dufour at Dubai Watch Week
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“An industry without newcomers is a dying industry.”
-- Rolex CEO Jean-Frédéric Dufour at Dubai Watch Week
-- Rolex CEO Jean-Frédéric Dufour at Dubai Watch Week
"[G]overnments that seek to systematically undermine democratic institutions will seek, first and foremost, to move away from the law and from expertise." https://academic.oup.com/jeclap/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jeclap/lpaf068/8306543
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
"[G]overnments that seek to systematically undermine democratic institutions will seek, first and foremost, to move away from the law and from expertise." https://academic.oup.com/jeclap/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jeclap/lpaf068/8306543
Davies draws an interesting line between Ferdinand Porsche, Donald Knuth, and startup culture. https://monocle.com/business/in-defence-of-middle-management/
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Davies draws an interesting line between Ferdinand Porsche, Donald Knuth, and startup culture. https://monocle.com/business/in-defence-of-middle-management/