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2024-04-15m Meetups/Infra
nix, networking, discourse. Xz backdoor, hosted services.
Introductions[edit | edit source]
- [name] - [background]. [goals for meetup, or interests to explore]
- Loren -
- Paul - profesionally a python developer, aligned more than I would like on hosted things, have pi's and a server. Would like to be better at that, find out what others are doing.
- Robert - unemployed, working on a project I care about, relating to nix, software engineer by trade
- Henry - software engineer by trade, fortunately gainfully employed, here for a good time
Lesson or Demo[edit | edit source]
- Read aloud: clarify for meetup. We are taking notes in a riseup pad (or I am--help appreciated, and links). We have meeting notes posted to the wiki. noisebridge.net, search Infra, or Meetups/Infra. (the Infrastructure page has a disambiguation link.)
- Shell, web services, self-hosting, networking!
Commonly covered topics:
- nix, networking - topics
- haskell (doug)
Mark, form last week, had issues with AWS, started on self-hosting last week.
- xz backdoor -- best articles or summaries
Paul: xz used as part of the summary someone emailed a mailing list, "so ssh was slow logging in, and has performance issues with sshd using, backdoor not in source code but in test building process for a few distributions"
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4 - announcement on a mailing list
Services: you self-host (or pay for, or use frequently)[edit | edit source]
- Robert: Cool to have more hosting stuff with WebAssembly.
- JSLinux. fabrice bellard
- NocoDB. AirTable but self-hosted.
- https://postgrest.org/en/v12/
- self-hosting on https://railway.app/
- (see also) datasette project. sqlite-utils.
Have used: nix, https://yunohost.org/, https://balena.io
Declarative ways to run software.
- Straw: Shell scripts,
- Sticks: k8s, docker - imperative paradigm, but snapshotting
- (Brick): nix, working from a stable base.
n Making a pi, read only.
- https://yunohost.org/ -
- wallabag
- nocoDB
- QubesOS -
- Tails - Total Amnesiac Inconigto Live System
pi5 -
- Cloudflare Tunnel.
Forums, mailing lists, deep web (unindexed):
- Discourse - https://meta.discourse.org/
- Well-Kept Gardens Die By Pacifism: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tscc3e5eujrsEeFN4/well-kept-gardens-die-by-pacifism
Questions, Discussion, or Coworking[edit | edit source]
- [Issue]
For next time[edit | edit source]
Questions[edit | edit source]
Readings & Exercises[edit | edit source]
- Readings
- Exercises
Join online[edit | edit source]
- Try it yourself!
- Join libera.chat #nb-meetup-infra