Fun with Python: A Command-Line URL Shortener
Hey everyone, It's time for another "Fun with Python" post. I was recently reminded that Google discontinued its URL shortening service a while back. While there are plenty of…
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Securing a Caddy Server with a Custom Fail2Ban Filter
Hey everyone, I was looking through my server logs recently and noticed a lot of the usual background noise of the internet: bots scanning for .env files, probing for WordPress…
DeepWiki: A Genuinely Useful AI Tool for Developers
Hey everyone, Today I found an amazing resource called DeepWiki, and I immediately had it index my hive-nectar and nectarengine GitHub repositories. hive-nectar:**…
HiveSQL: Age of active accounts
EN After looking at the activity on Hive – how many accounts, how many posts, etc. – I wanted to know how old the active accounts are. WITH ActivityPerUserMonth AS (…
Brave Testers Wanted: hive-only Branch of Hive-Nectar
Hey everyone, I'm excited to announce a new, experimental branch of hive-nectar that is now available for testing. This is a big step toward a long-term goal I've had for the…
New in the PCT: Filtering by Post Length
Hey everyone, Today's update to the Post Curation Tool (PCT) is another feature implemented directly from community feedback. A request was made by @friendlymoose to add…
Braindrain Friday: The HBD Savings Script
Hey everyone, I have to go shopping today, so this is a bit of a "Braindrain Friday" post. I'm sharing a simple but useful script that I've had for a while but realized I hadn't…
The Braindrain Lingers: A Sister Script for Powering Up
Hey everyone, I woke up kind of late this morning and I'm still sipping on my coffee. I'm not sure what I'm going to do today, but I'm sure it will be something productive. To…
Signed vs. Encrypted: Why Your Cookies Aren't Secret
That Cookie Isn't as Secret as You Think Hey everyone, Today I want to talk about a common misconception in web development that can lead to a false sense of security: storing…
A Learnable Moment in Data Collection
You know those moments that just make you facepalm? I had one of those today. My plan was to finally write a post about the hive-census script that's been running for the last…
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