(This is my belated #newindebianbullseye post.)
The latest version of the Debian distro, 11.0 aka Bullseye, was released last week and after a long absence, includes Kiwix! Previously in Debian 10/Buster, we only had the underlying C/C++ libraries available.
If you're not familiar with it, Kiwix is …
Yesterday I was working on upgrading the servers that power Wikimedia's Docker registry (see T272550). Since these are virtual machines, I was just creating new ones and going to delete the old ones later (because VMs are cattle, not pets).
We have a handy script to create new VMs, so …
Last week I officially joined the Site Reliability Engineering team at the Wikimedia Foundation. I'll be working with the Service Operations team, which "...takes care of public and “user-visible” services."
I'm glad to be back at the WMF; I had originally started working there in 2013 but recently took a …
Note: A signed version of this announcement can be found at https://legoktm.com/w/index.php?title=PGP/2020-12-14_key_consolidation.
I am consolidating my PGP keys to simplify key management. Previously I had a separate key for my wikimedia.org email, I am revoking that key and have added that …
In March 2018, Facebook began automatically rewriting links to use HTTPS using the HSTS preload list. Now all Wikimedia sites (including Wikipedia) do the same.
If you're not familiar with it, the HSTS preload list tells browsers (and other clients) that the website should only be visited over HTTPS, not …
The following is my answer to a question asked of board candidates in the current ASBS election. I'd like to be able to discuss what I posted without making it look like I'm canvassing or something. You can read what other candidates said on Meta-Wiki.
Q. One candidate stated: "WMF …