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Spotlight on pdfly, the Swiss Army knife for PDF files

Project documentation: pdfly.readthedocs.io pdfly is the youngest project of the py-pdf organization. It has been created by Martin Thoma in 2022. It’s simply a CLI tool to manipulate PDF files, written in Python and based on the fpdf2 & pypdf libraries. I’m a maintainer of the project 🙂 What can it do? It has meany […]

LaTeXpOsEd: A Systematic Analysis of Information Leakage in Preprint Archives

Abstract:The widespread use of preprint repositories such as arXiv has accelerated the communication of scientific results but also introduced overlooked security risks. Beyond PDFs, these platforms provide unrestricted access to original source materials, including LaTeX sources, auxiliary code, figures, and embedded comments. In the absence of sanitization, submissions may disclose sensitive information that adversaries can […]

Create a Custom Interactive dashboard using SVG

Since I started self hosting a few services, I wanted a custom dashboard something like Grafana Canvas where I could monitor my entire infra and visulaize all my devices and their status on a single screen. At first, I thought, “Hey, I’ll just design the whole device model with CSS!” But then reality hit me… […]

Go Subtleties You May Not Know

Some of my favorite tidbits from the past year of working with Go. One of the best ways to learn something new is to write down something you’ve learned about it regularly. Over the past year, I’ve been doing this with the Go programming language. Here are some of my favorite lesser-known tidbits about the […]

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Fastmail Desktop App

Fastmail is now available as a dedicated desktop app for Mac, Windows, and Linux. It’s the same Fastmail you know and love, now with the focus and convenience of a standalone app. With our desktop app you can: Launch Fastmail from your dock or taskbar and find it in your platform’s app switcher. Make Fastmail […]

Countering Trusting Trust Through Diverse Double-Compiling (DDC)

Fully Countering Trusting Trust through Diverse Double-Compiling (DDC) – Countering Trojan Horse attacks on Compilers Here’s information about my work to counter the “Trusting Trust” attack. The “Trusting Trust” attack is an incredibly nasty attack in computer security; up to now it’s been presumed to be the essential uncounterable attack. I’ve worried about it for […]

State of AI Report 2025

The State of AI Report is the most widely read and trusted analysis of key developments in AI. Published annually since 2018, the open-access report aims to spark informed conversation about the state of AI and what it means for the future. Produced by AI investor Nathan Benaich and Air Street Capital. 25 min video […]

Everything You Need to Know About [California] SB 79

…but were too afraid to read about in the actual bill. On October 10, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 79 into law. With the passage of time, this will be recognized as one of the most important pieces of legislation in modern California history. It marks the fulfillment of at least eight years of […]

Free Software Hasn’t Won

This is a translated version of a talk I gave at P.I.W.O in June, with cleanups and adjustments for the blog form. …that doesn’t sound right. I made the slides in Inkscape, on a computer running KDE and Linux, I use Firefox regularly. But maybe that’s just me. What about you, are you using Free […]