Dan Steren

Dan Steren

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🔗 dansteren.com 🇺🇸 Utah native, 👨‍💻 software engineer, 🔨 love making things. Will share dev insights, random thoughts, and things I've created! 📙Currently reading: • Give Yourself a Nudge by Ralph L. Keeney • Paradise by Craig Alanson

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Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

Just read and signed @deno.land's petition to the US patent office to cancel Oracle's JavaScript™ trademark. Seems like a pretty cut and dry case to me. Stand with the JS community by signing the open letter at javascript.tm.

javascript.tmJavaScript™Oracle, it's time to free the JavaScript trademark. Join us in asking Oracle to release the trademark, and helping us file a Petition for Trademark Cancellation with the USPTO.

@deno.land seems committed to this fight and I'm grateful they're taking the stand. To show my support I just donated to their go fund me. If you've gained anything from the JS community, consider giving back: gofund.me/a5435146b

gofund.meDonate to Help Us Challenge Oracle's JavaScript Trademark, organized by Andy Jiang of DenoDid you know the everyday word JavaScript is actually owned as a t… Andy Jiang of Deno needs your support for Help Us Challenge Oracle's JavaScript Trademark

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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

18f.orgWe're not done yet | 18F

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sharing a value tumblr post reminding you to be reasonable and kind to yourself when the world feels very deeply unreasonable and cruel

Apps should let us choose *when*, we get notified, not just what to get notified about. I don't want an interruption in the middle of my work day. Send me notifications after I get off, or Saturday morning. Otherwise I'm just gonna turn them all off.

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Teaching is about making students reach the same level of understanding as the teacher—but with less mental effort. This allows students to put their mental efforts into growing beyond their teachers.

This evening I've been reading Chapter 5: Identifying Your Values. You would think most people know their values. However, one of the key points of this chapter is that when we attempt to list them, we frequently omit many relevant ones. Keep this in mind next time you make a decision.

Was reading Give Yourself a Nudge again this morning. Dr. Keeney states: "Your initial effort should be to identify all of your values relevant to your decision... Once you understand your values... all of the subsequent effort... is to figure out how to best achieve these values."

Got me thinking about trying to choose where to go for dinner. Everyone says they don't care, but then proposals still get vetoed. We normally spend time proposing more options hoping that will solve the problem.

What we should do instead is discuss what we want out of the meal. For example, wanting something healthy, cheap, a specific cuisine, etc. Once we know what each person really wants from the meal, and what preference ranks highest, all we have to do is pick the one that checks all the boxes.

Just a reminder, any time you're told to open a local file with vim or nano you could also use VS Code. Just make sure `code` is on your path and then put that in your command instead.

Been wondering what my goals are in life and a good friend recommended "Give Yourself a Nudge" by Ralph L. Keeney. I just started reading it but can tell it's going to be good!

I'm only in chapter 2, but the author points out that it's difficult to make good decisions if we don't know what we're trying to get out of them. Most people start by creating a few alternatives and then choose the least bad one. It's better to focus on what you do want and then pursue that!

He describes this as being value focused instead of alternative focused. I think spending time up front figuring out your values is what's different here. If you don't know your values, how can you possibly make the best decision?

Been struggling to find people on here but stumbled across blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack... on Reddit. It helped me find a bunch of my communities. Hope it helps someone :)

blueskydirectory.comAll - Bluesky DirectoryA curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.

This month, NIST (www.nist.gov) finalized the specs for some post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards. Current encryption techniques are vulnerable if/when a sufficiently powerful quantum computer tries to before force them.

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I'm hoping to dive into the specification to understand it and would like to build an implementation in TS, Ruby or Rust. Much of it is likely way over my head so I'll be asking ChatGPT plenty of questions lol.

Chalk Talk had a couple of good videos with some introductory explanations about how it works. Knowing almost nothing about PQC, it was a great starting point for me. youtu.be/_C5dkUiiQnw?...

youtu.bePost-quantum cryptography: Security after Shor’s algorithmYouTube video by Chalk Talk

This month, NIST (www.nist.gov) finalized the specs for some post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards. Current encryption techniques are vulnerable if/when a sufficiently powerful quantum computer tries to before force them.

Because it is highly likely such a computer will exist in the next few years, those who can are likely harvesting encrypted data now so they can decrypt it later. As such, everyone should switch to PQC sooner than later.

FIPS 203-205 are PQC standards that were finalized this month and developers can start building implementations. csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/20...

csrc.nist.govFederal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 203, Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism StandardA key-encapsulation mechanism (KEM) is a set of algorithms that, under certain conditions, can be used by two parties to establish a shared secret key over a public channel. A shared secret key that i...

Just hit 600 days learning foreign languages on Duolingo! Been focusing on Japanese and it's been very helpful on my trip. I wouldn't say I'm fluent but it's taught me a good foundation. If you're thinking of learning a language give it a try: invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWK...

@warp.dev just released Warp for linux today! Really looking forward to using this!! If you're on mac or linux check them out: app.warp.dev/referral/KP9...

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Can we stop the trend of slowly animating in UI components? I can't tell you the number of marketing websites I've tried to scroll through quickly and end up effectively having half my screen blank because the components are still animating in.

It takes long enough that I was able to catch this screenshot.

Man, I really want domain handles to also be links. Can't tell you the number of times I've tried to click them. You can't even select text in the Android app so I have to manually type it in to my browser, switching back and forth to make sure I typed it right.

Alright, today's goal: finish up learning about AWS Organizations and make significant headway in understanding the intricacies of S3.

PSA: Take the time to read through VS Code's Release Notes. Coworkers often ask how I know about feature x, and it's because I always skim the release notes for each update. This time around I'm excited for the newly added Sticky Scroll in tree views! code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_8...

code.visualstudio.comVisual Studio Code January 2024Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code January 2024 Release (1.86)

I recently started the AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate) course by Adrian Cantrill and it's been awesome! He does a fantastic job explaining the concepts in a real-world way. If you've considered getting a cert, definitely check out his courses: learn.cantrill.io

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So, I'm usually a lurker when it comes to social media, but I'm hoping to change that here on Bluesky. Can't promise the content will be riveting but I'm gonna give it a shot.

If you just joined (like me) and are looking to set up a custom domain handle, Bluesky has a guide to walk you through: bsky.social/about/blog/4...

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