Pedro Vezza
pedro.vza.net
Pedro Vezza
@pedro.vza.net
Tech, urbanism, politics, metal machining geek on my spare time. He/they.
Cryptography too
December 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
25 bucks for 12 days?
December 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Let's not repeat the same mistake of raising monuments to heroes of the Confederacy, shall we?
December 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Oh god. I write like a caveman to agents. They're so good at inferring intent I skip prepositions, punctuation, and caps. They understand short code names and typos and still get it right. Still, I think every commit should have the prompt embedded in the message.
December 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Bleak
December 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I can't help you here, sorry. My projects haven't grown to the point of needing nested files
December 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It's just that line. I keep everything in AGENTS.md
December 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I see, I understood from the text that stuffing data on certificate padding was a legitimate feature of Authenticode but it is actually a legacy behavior that should not be relied on.
December 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I add IMPORTANT: read AGENTS.md to my copilot instructions. Works OK.
December 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I don't get why Adobe cheated. They are using a documented feature to add the base64 payload. It seems that the problem is that this capability is forbidden when EnableCertPaddingCheck. So they have to make an assessment if the extra payload is worth the risk that the check is enabled.
December 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The building shaped like an eagle, lobby with its flipping tab departure sign and red ramp were gorgeous. Definitely one of the highlights of my last trip.
December 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The last couple years
December 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It sure is. Hence why buy now pay later schemes where stores offer payments in 12 installments "interest free" are exceedingly common there.
December 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Netflix is the worst form of streaming, except for all the others
December 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I'm particularly proud of finally ensuring that accessibility is a first class citizen of the app. Tab order, aria regions, high contrast, automation to catch regressions, the works. I had to resort to Claude Code and lots of manual validation though. github.com/pedropaulovc...
December 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Metal machining. It satisfies my yearn for precision and metrology. Besides, I get to continue programming, the CNC machine in G-Code but still.
December 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Obligatory
a close up of a parrot sitting on a tree branch .
ALT: a close up of a parrot sitting on a tree branch .
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM