Finally, a replacement for BERT: Introducing ModernBERT (via) BERT was an early language model released by Google in October 2018. Unlike modern LLMs it wasn't designed for generating text. BERT was trained for masked token prediction and was generally applied to problems like Named Entity…

Evolving GitHub Issues (public preview). GitHub just shipped the largest set of changes to GitHub Issues I can remember in a few years. As an Issues power-user this is directly relevant to me. The big new features are sub-issues, issue types and boolean operators in search. Sub-issues look to be a…

Can you believe the pyramids have had 100% up-time with no human maintenance? If the pyramids can do it, why can't your notes app? There are two very distinct ways of developing software: Fast food Home cooked Fast Food Here, we develop in "agile" sprints. Working software is developed at the…

Author: Philippe Daouadi Date: 2022-04-06 Difficulty: way harder than it should be! IMPORTANT: This guide has a security flaw as nicely explained in this article. I have not taken the time to update it yet, so keep that in mind. You bought a laptop and want to secure it in case it gets stolen? Or…

This document looks at the boot process of general purpose Linux distributions. It covers the status quo and how we envision Linux boot to work in the future with a focus on robustness and simplicity. This document will assume that the reader has comprehensive familiarity with TPM 2.0 security chips…

Last week I published the Flatpak 1.16.0 release This marks the beginning of the 1.16 stable series. This release comes after more than two years since Flatpak 1.14, so it’s pretty packed with new features, bug fixes, and improvements. Let’s have a look at some of the highlights! USB & Input Devices…

Greetings! It’s been a long time since my last article. I’d like to share some recent developments in GNOME Calendar that got some people really excited about: the infinitely scrolling month view. The Now Before GNOME 45, Calendar offers two views – week and month – as well as a sidebar with a list…

Have you setup automatic disk unlocking with TPM2 and systemd-cryptenroll or clevis? Then chances are high that your disk can be decrypted by an attacker who just has brief physical access to your machine - with some preparation, 10 minutes will suffice. In this article we will explore how TPM2…

18 Jan, 2025 The new age of social-enabled apps atproto is very exciting to me as it’s the perfect abstraction between the identity and user data layer, and the application layer. Compare that to the fediverse and some striking differences become apparent. On the fediverse, your…

kappa-architecture.com Repository dedicated to Kappa Architecture. I collect and publish articles, tutorials, talks, projects and examples related to Kappa Architecture. What is Kappa Architecture? Kappa Architecture is a software architecture pattern. Rather than using a relational DB like SQL or a…

10 January 2025 tech This is my perspective on using Nix (the OS, the package manager, and the language) as a main driver for the past 2 years. I have gone to conferences, engaged the community, donated, submitted bug reports, converted my home servers, and probably spent hundreds of hours in Nix…

Today's links Billionaire-proofing the internet: Scolding people for choosing popular services is no way to build a popular movement. Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 5): Now we're just haggling over the price. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2020, 2023…

For any enquiry regarding this announcement, please contact press@joinmastodon.org Mastodon was founded on the principles that people should be able to control their social circle online, curate their own timeline, and convene freely with any community of their choosing. We believe social media…

I believe consumers, as a right, should be able to install software of their choosing to any computing device that is owned outright. This should apply regardless of the computer’s form factor. In addition to traditional computing devices like PCs and laptops, this right should apply to devices like…