@deno.land seems committed to this fight and I'm grateful they're taking the stand. To show my support I just donated to their go fund me. If you've gained anything from the JS community, consider giving back: gofund.me/a5435146b

Isn't the whole point of adding domains so we don't have to trust posts like this?

What we should do instead is discuss what we want out of the meal. For example, wanting something healthy, cheap, a specific cuisine, etc. Once we know what each person really wants from the meal, and what preference ranks highest, all we have to do is pick the one that checks all the boxes.

Got me thinking about trying to choose where to go for dinner. Everyone says they don't care, but then proposals still get vetoed. We normally spend time proposing more options hoping that will solve the problem.

He describes this as being value focused instead of alternative focused.

I think spending time up front figuring out your values is what's different here. If you don't know your values, how can you possibly make the best decision?

I'm only in chapter 2, but the author points out that it's difficult to make good decisions if we don't know what we're trying to get out of them. Most people start by creating a few alternatives and then choose the least bad one. It's better to focus on what you do want and then pursue that!

Chalk Talk had a couple of good videos with some introductory explanations about how it works. Knowing almost nothing about PQC, it was a great starting point for me.

youtu.be/_C5dkUiiQnw?...

I'm hoping to dive into the specification to understand it and would like to build an implementation in TS, Ruby or Rust. Much of it is likely way over my head so I'll be asking ChatGPT plenty of questions lol.

FIPS 203-205 are PQC standards that were finalized this month and developers can start building implementations.

csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/20...

Because it is highly likely such a computer will exist in the next few years, those who can are likely harvesting encrypted data now so they can decrypt it later.

As such, everyone should switch to PQC sooner than later.