Readit Newssacrosanct commented on Ask HN: Why are most web services "spoofing" the From email header? · Posted by u/boronine
If the shop is doing DMARC[0] & DKIM[1] this is a non-issue
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMARC
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys_Identified_Mail
sacrosanct commented on Exploring the Challenges of Open-Source Sustainability – Your Thoughts? · Posted by u/louis_clermont
> Sustainability and Monetization: How can open-source projects develop sustainable business models without compromising their core principles?
GitHub has its Sponsors program[0]. You can still contribute code safe in the knowledge that you can bring home the bacon if you've managed to get people to sponsor you.
[0] https://github.com/sponsors
> Dependency and Corporate Support: Given the heavy reliance of big corporations on OSS
Corporations depend on OSS, but they should compensate the developers if the project is a cornerstone of their service/product. This does happen, and I've seen it happen.
> Licensing Challenges: How effective do you find the current open-source licensing models, especially in terms of commercial use? Are there ways these licenses can be adapted to better protect and benefit OSS developers?
It's important to distinguish between 'Gratis' software (free as in free beer) and free, as in 'free speech'. If it's the latter, as in the FLOSS model, developers getting compensated is often a bonus and not the main goal.
> Community Engagement: What strategies have you found effective in building and maintaining a strong, active community around an OSS project?
Do cool stuff, tell people about it. It's that simple. Social media is one way. Another is through word of mouth. If the project fills a gap in the market, people will notice.
> Comparison with Proprietary Software: In your experience, what are the key advantages and disadvantages of OSS versus proprietary software, particularly regarding innovation, quality, and user engagement?
Proprietary software is often closed source and doesn't have community eyeballs on it, so as opposed to FLOSS, it's inferior, but still often needed (I use Windows for example, because I have to, but default to Linux for everything else).
NSA doing NSA things. All legal and kosher due to the Third Party Doctrine[0]
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine
> Netflow data can be used to track network activity traffic through VPNs
Does this mean so called non-logging VPNs are handing over data? That seems unlikely depending on the provider. Mullvad seems pretty solid and seems like they don't sell 'Netflow' data. But I could be wrong?
Which is honestly fine. React and React Native I think do a much better job of filling the niche of people who want to build native apps with web tech.
That being said, I think with the progress that Safari has made in implementing PWA support, the increased hostility of Apple toward native developers, and browser improvements like WebGPU coming out soon, I really hope that we no longer have to build native apps for like 95% of use cases. The only major hurdle to this is Apple continuing to treat web apps as second class citizens on iOS and only begrudgingly adding APIs to Safari to make good native experiences.
If you add a site to iOS' homescreen it automatically becomes a PWA. The best example I found of a site fully leveraging this feature is Cryptee[0]. They talk about the PWA thing here: https://crypt.ee/download
[0] https://crypt.ee/