Mircea Nistor
@mirceanis.bsky.social
Trying to exist in the present while building the future
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PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:
December 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:
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Time to say goodbye 😢. Unfortunately I have been the latest victim of layoffs. I have taken some time to process and It has been really hard. This wasn’t just a job. This was my dream. Thanks Microsoft, @playwright.dev, and everyone I have worked with 💔 debbie.codes/blog/laid-of...
Laid off from my dream job, what now?
It’s time to say goodbye. Unfortunately I have been the latest victim of layoffs due to reorgs in Microsoft Spain. I have taken some time to process but I won’t lie, It has been really hard to deal wi...
debbie.codes
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Time to say goodbye 😢. Unfortunately I have been the latest victim of layoffs. I have taken some time to process and It has been really hard. This wasn’t just a job. This was my dream. Thanks Microsoft, @playwright.dev, and everyone I have worked with 💔 debbie.codes/blog/laid-of...
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postmortem on Shai-Hulud mandates you go read this and internalize as many of the best practices as you can:
NPM Security Best Practices: How to Protect Your Packages After the 2025 Shai Hulud Attack | Snyk
Harden your npm environment against supply chain attacks like Shai-Hulud. Learn 12 essential best practices for developers and maintainers, covering post-install scripts, 2FA, provenance, and deterministic installs.
snyk.io
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
postmortem on Shai-Hulud mandates you go read this and internalize as many of the best practices as you can:
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Was debugging a nasty ESM issue and ended up optimizing unjs/🖼️IPX from 99 dependencies down to 6 (26 MB → 2 MB).
Available in the v4 nightly builds with the same features as before!
Available in the v4 nightly builds with the same features as before!
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Was debugging a nasty ESM issue and ended up optimizing unjs/🖼️IPX from 99 dependencies down to 6 (26 MB → 2 MB).
Available in the v4 nightly builds with the same features as before!
Available in the v4 nightly builds with the same features as before!
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Solution… COMPANIES NEED TO STOP TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION AND START SUPPORT OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE WITH RESOURCES OR RISK GETTING SHAI HULUDED UP THEIR ***
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Solution… COMPANIES NEED TO STOP TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION AND START SUPPORT OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE WITH RESOURCES OR RISK GETTING SHAI HULUDED UP THEIR ***
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What do we leave unexplored when we box-in cryptographic primitives to their initial use case?
voboda.bearblog.dev/playing-with...
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Playing with cryptography
Maybe is a good way to start this blog. It's a paper that changed the way I see things.
Two pages in, I could see why RSA were the godfathers of publi...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
What do we leave unexplored when we box-in cryptographic primitives to their initial use case?
voboda.bearblog.dev/playing-with...
voboda.bearblog.dev/playing-with...
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Keep Android Open
Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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📣 Looking for some part-time work if anyone needs help with anything web, distributed tech, cryptography, etc.
Currently doing some protocol work for totemgrid.io, but while we wait for funding, I could really use some money.
AT Work profile: atwork.place/u/tokono.ma
Website: tokono.ma
Currently doing some protocol work for totemgrid.io, but while we wait for funding, I could really use some money.
AT Work profile: atwork.place/u/tokono.ma
Website: tokono.ma
October 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
📣 Looking for some part-time work if anyone needs help with anything web, distributed tech, cryptography, etc.
Currently doing some protocol work for totemgrid.io, but while we wait for funding, I could really use some money.
AT Work profile: atwork.place/u/tokono.ma
Website: tokono.ma
Currently doing some protocol work for totemgrid.io, but while we wait for funding, I could really use some money.
AT Work profile: atwork.place/u/tokono.ma
Website: tokono.ma
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Thymol tastes and smells like thyme (hence the name). Most people, even if not very interested in gastronomy, can distinguish quite a few herbs and spices by their smell and taste. This could lead to a chewing gum that would diagnose any ENT infection.
Just published, a study describing a taste-based flu test yes, chewing gum that could tell you if you have influenza. The gum contains a sensor that detects the flu enzyme neuraminidase & releases a compound called thymol that changes taste when the virus is present.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
A Viral Neuraminidase-Specific Sensor for Taste-Based Detection of Influenza
Influenza has caused the deadliest pandemics in history, thereby prompting advances in our ability to ensure vigilance at all stages of future outbreaks. Quarantining patients early is crucial when it...
pubs.acs.org
October 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Thymol tastes and smells like thyme (hence the name). Most people, even if not very interested in gastronomy, can distinguish quite a few herbs and spices by their smell and taste. This could lead to a chewing gum that would diagnose any ENT infection.
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FDroid raises the case against the Google developer forced registration once again. For those who don't know: Google will begin to restrict the sideloading of apps from unverified developers on Android devices starting in 2026 f-droid.org/2025/09/29/g...
F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
For the past 15 years1, F-Droid has provided a safe and securehaven for Android users around the world to find and install free and opensource apps. When con...
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September 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
FDroid raises the case against the Google developer forced registration once again. For those who don't know: Google will begin to restrict the sideloading of apps from unverified developers on Android devices starting in 2026 f-droid.org/2025/09/29/g...
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The EU Parliament has published a new proposal for Chat Control to mass-surveil all digital communication in Europe. The proposal is ineffective, weakens secure communication, and violates basic human privacy. This must be stopped immediately. #ChatControl
csa-scientist-open-letter.org/Sep2025
csa-scientist-open-letter.org/Sep2025
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September 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The EU Parliament has published a new proposal for Chat Control to mass-surveil all digital communication in Europe. The proposal is ineffective, weakens secure communication, and violates basic human privacy. This must be stopped immediately. #ChatControl
csa-scientist-open-letter.org/Sep2025
csa-scientist-open-letter.org/Sep2025
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Over 500 cryptographers warn the EU draft “Chat Control” could weaken end‑to‑end encryption. The EU council votes on the Danish text on Sep 12, 2025. https://getnews.me/eu-chat-control-criticized-by-500-cryptographers-over-privacy-risks/ #euchatcontrol #privacy #cryptography
September 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Over 500 cryptographers warn the EU draft “Chat Control” could weaken end‑to‑end encryption. The EU council votes on the Danish text on Sep 12, 2025. https://getnews.me/eu-chat-control-criticized-by-500-cryptographers-over-privacy-risks/ #euchatcontrol #privacy #cryptography
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This. Money is, and has always been, trickle up.
That means that the only thing that makes sense is to put it in at the bottom.
We need a universal basic income.
Everywhere it's been tried it worked.
That means that the only thing that makes sense is to put it in at the bottom.
We need a universal basic income.
Everywhere it's been tried it worked.
Injecting fiat capital into the 'bottom' (the poorest of us) thru UBI / UUBI stimulates demand up the chain. Capital still flows upward to the investment class, but it is driven by market fundamentals instead of money-for-nothing get-rich-quick scams.
August 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This. Money is, and has always been, trickle up.
That means that the only thing that makes sense is to put it in at the bottom.
We need a universal basic income.
Everywhere it's been tried it worked.
That means that the only thing that makes sense is to put it in at the bottom.
We need a universal basic income.
Everywhere it's been tried it worked.
Is `JS` also trademarked?
We're launching a GoFundMe to cover legal fees to #FreeJavaScript trademark from Oracle.
We need to raise $200k to make full use of the discovery phase in the trademark cancelation petition. This is a critical step in protecting the JavaScript name for the whole community.
👉 javascript.tm
We need to raise $200k to make full use of the discovery phase in the trademark cancelation petition. This is a critical step in protecting the JavaScript name for the whole community.
👉 javascript.tm
JavaScript™
We need your help to continue our fight over Oracle's claim to the JavaScript trademark. Here's where we are now and what you can do to help.
javascript.tm
August 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Is `JS` also trademarked?
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The art within Sword of the Sea is beyond beautiful and impressive.
It is nothing short of a tragedy Natalie is looking for work right now. Please share this and hire her ASAP.
It is nothing short of a tragedy Natalie is looking for work right now. Please share this and hire her ASAP.
August 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The art within Sword of the Sea is beyond beautiful and impressive.
It is nothing short of a tragedy Natalie is looking for work right now. Please share this and hire her ASAP.
It is nothing short of a tragedy Natalie is looking for work right now. Please share this and hire her ASAP.
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Developers (hoping to get a swath here of systems people, web people, mobile, and even SRE side here, a real spread) -- what do you feel like you really get wins for when it comes to std lib functionalities / ergonomics of working with Strings and Lists that you just feel comfortable with?
August 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Developers (hoping to get a swath here of systems people, web people, mobile, and even SRE side here, a real spread) -- what do you feel like you really get wins for when it comes to std lib functionalities / ergonomics of working with Strings and Lists that you just feel comfortable with?
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For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products
August 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products
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Most think engineering growth is about scaling systems. That’s the easy part. Scaling culture and knowledge sharing is by far the biggest challenge.
August 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Most think engineering growth is about scaling systems. That’s the easy part. Scaling culture and knowledge sharing is by far the biggest challenge.