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Remko Tronçon @mko.re · Nov 20
I created an Age plugin for Apple’s Secure Enclave, and am collecting feedback before finalizing the output format: https://github.com/remko/age-plugin-se
GitHub - remko/age-plugin-se: Age plugin for Apple's Secure Enclave
Age plugin for Apple's Secure Enclave. Contribute to remko/age-plugin-se development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
mko.re
"The Real Tech Stack Behind AI Startups" pub.towardsai.net/i-reverse-en...
Screen capture from Dave The Barbarian. "Thinking quickly, Dave constructs a homemade megaphone, using only some string, a squirrel, and a megaphone."
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
mko.re
Published a small TUI for s6: github.com/remko/s6ui
I've been using it to manage my local dev servers and my desktop services. Saves me from having to look up the exact commands and flags in the s6 man pages every time.
Screenshot of s6ui
October 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
mko.re
Did a long overdue refresh and cleanup of the NL diceware lists: mko.re/blog/dicewar...
A Dutch Diceware List
mko.re
September 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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krtek-net.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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samwho.dev
I made a quiz about the JS Date parser is. It's very easy and you will score very high.

jsdate.wtf
new Date("wtf")
How well do you know JavaScript's Date class?
jsdate.wtf
July 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
mko.re
In case you were feeling optimistic today
www.wired.com/story/forth-... #Forth
The Best Programming Language for the End of the World
Once the grid goes down, an old programming language called Forth—and a new operating system called Collapse OS—may be our only salvation.
www.wired.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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terzake.bsky.social
"Meta bewaart data die jou kunnen lokaliseren in tijd en ruimte. Ze hoeven vaak niet te zien wat je zegt om te weten met wie je praat en je bewegingen te kennen."

Is Signal veiliger dan WhatsApp? Bekijk de volledige #terzake reportage hier: vrtnws.be/p.yGLZmA1qk3O
March 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
mko.re
Ja
terzake.bsky.social Terzake @terzake.bsky.social · Mar 20
Vanavond in #terzake: Europese leiders opnieuw samen over Oekraïne, duiding door @stevenvanhecke.bsky.social. Is Signal veiliger dan Whatsapp? En hoe krijgt de voetbalbond alle Belgen weer achter de Duivels? Om 20u met @anneliesbeck.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
mko.re
Great listen about porting the TypeScript compiler to Go.
michigantypescript.com MichiganTypeScript @michigantypescript.com · Mar 11
your @typescriptlang.org just got 10 times faster. We sat down with Anders Hejlsberg to ask questions library authors, power users, tooling makers, and compiler contributors might have.
TypeScript is being ported to Go | interview with Anders Hejlsberg
YouTube video by Michigan TypeScript
youtu.be
March 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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migueldeicaza.bsky.social
Why Microsoft chose Go for rewriting the typescript compiler:

github.com/microsoft/ty...
Why Go? · microsoft typescript-go · Discussion #411
Language choice is always a hot topic! We extensively evaluated many language options, both recently and in prior investigations. We also considered hybrid approaches where certain components could...
github.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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knabewolf.bsky.social
They doxxed the fucking Prodigy crab
slopmoding.bsky.social Juno @slopmoding.bsky.social · Mar 8
One time I managed to find the exact spot where that photo was taken on google maps
March 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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jimmfelton.bsky.social
they didn't aim very well then did they
March 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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tholanda.com
Nice tool @mko.re is presenting for cryptography in the #FOSDEM Swift DevRoom
February 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
mko.re
I’ll be giving a lightning talk about `age-plugin-se` in #FOSDEM ’s (first-ever) #Swift DevRoom! 🥳 Now to figure out how to squeeze in all the stuff I want to talk about. 🪗
fosdem.org/2025/schedul...
FOSDEM 2025 - age-plugin-se: Building a lean cross-platform cryptography tool
fosdem.org
January 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
mko.re
The Unicode Characters docset for Dash now includes your favorite Unicode 16.0 emoji such as 🪾, 🫜, and of course 🫩.
Other improvements: search by alias, search by character, JavaScript string literals, …
December 17, 2024 at 9:37 PM
mko.re
Created a PR that adds #Swift support to nvim-coverage. Here it is in action in combination with vim-test.
December 6, 2024 at 7:43 PM
mko.re
If you're on macOS or iOS, this is the best RSS reader out there: syncs feeds and articles across devices using iCloud, no third-party service or subscription required.
betamagic.bsky.social Betamagic @betamagic.bsky.social · Nov 19
FINALLY!!

News Explorer 2.0 is now available, with unique features like:

- Custom sidebar filters.
- Article comments.
- Feed prefilters, to prevent downloading unwanted news.
- Article notes, based on highlighted text.
- Inspector panel, with metadata, tags and more.

betamagic.nl/news/2024/20...
News Explorer 2.0
Filters, prefilters, article comments, tags, notes, and many more brand-new features!
betamagic.nl
November 20, 2024 at 7:55 PM
mko.re
🤘 www.youtube.com/watch?v=atcq...
curl -v https://google.com
YouTube video by c41c
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:20 PM
mko.re
Should I submit a second #FOSDEM 2025 proposal? 🤔 (my brain already said ‘no’ for the first one)
November 20, 2024 at 7:20 PM
mko.re
Added album covers to my terminal music player. Tview is fun https://github.com/rivo/tview
November 20, 2024 at 7:20 PM
mko.re
Stumbled upon this gem. Late Beatles meets early Pink Floyd, sprinkled with a Primus bass. https://music.apple.com/be/album/south-of-reality/1440080018
South of Reality by The Claypool Lennon Delirium
Album · 2019 · 9 Songs
music.apple.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:20 PM
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jbaert.bsky.social
From the town of
April 29, 2023 at 8:48 PM
mko.re
@str4d.xyz Here's an initial stab at a piv-p256 spec: https://github.com/remko/C2SP/blob/main/age-piv-p256.md
November 20, 2024 at 7:20 PM
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binji.bsky.social
I made a MOD music player in 2833 bytes of WebAssembly!

Here are some classics tracks:
• Space Debris - https://binji.github.io/raw-wasm/mod/?57925
• Guitar Slinger - https://binji.github.io/raw-wasm/mod/?42560
• Stardust Memories - https://binji.github.io/raw-wasm/mod/?59344
April 28, 2023 at 5:05 PM
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matthewdgreen.bsky.social
Alright since nobody is here let me tell you a rumor I once heard about the Snowden leaks: apparently journalists reverse-engineered Snowden’s encryption password from watching him type it in on film, and were able to access files he never intended to share.
April 28, 2023 at 4:23 PM