PKI & Certificates
Let's Encrypt has issued its first IP address certificate, introducing six-day, short-lived certificates for IPs. The article explains why IP certs are uncommon, how subscribers can use them (including DoH and remote access), and the steps to obtain them (currently in staging with general availability planned for 2025). It also highlights policy constraints (no DNS-01 challenge) and practical considerations for clients and hosting environments.
Development
The article introduces fragment shaders in GLSL as a creative coding tool, contrasting GLSL’s per-pixel execution with the more immediate drawing model of p5.js. It covers basic GLSL concepts, shows a simple shader snippet, and showcases project examples like The Source and Résilience, before listing tutorials and tools for getting started in the GLSL/fragment shader space.
General
The post argues that self-hosting PostgreSQL is a practical and cost-effective approach, challenging the notion that cloud-managed databases are always superior. It shares the author's two-year experi
jq is a lightweight, portable C-based command-line tool for parsing, filtering, and transforming JSON data, designed as a fast, zero-dependency alternative to traditional text-proc…
J.P. Morgan's Global Research analyzes de-dollarization across FX markets, reserves, debt ownership, and commodity pricing, highlighting a gradual shift away from USD dominance whi…