Mirko Swillus

Defätistischer Zweckoptimist.

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2026-05-11 09:04:50 UTC

Important heads-up to FOSS maintainers by Daniel from curl:
"Any project that has not scanned their source code with AI powered tooling will likely find huge number of flaws, bugs and possible vulnerabilities with this new generation of tools."
Since I'm working for Alpha-Omega currently, please reach out to me if you could use some support regarding this. We're setting up various programs to help FOSS maintainers in the times of "high-quality chaos".
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/05/11/mythos-finds-a-curl-vulnerability/

2026-04-03 11:04:01 UTC

Hej MacOS users: I built an app that lets you add Open Source video conferences to your Calendar invitations. Like Jitsi, BigBlueButton and OpenTalk.
It's called CalendarFreedom and is now available on the Mac AppStore. And it's free and Open Source (so FOSS, if you will ;)). Get it while it's hot.
https://apps.apple.com/de/app/calendar-freedom/id6759659484?l=en-GB&mt=12
#didit #did
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2026-03-01 09:41:52 UTC

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@nprofile…3n63 Thanks for the context!

2026-03-01 09:15:40 UTC

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@nprofile…3n63 I almost have my "somebody is wrong on the internet!!" moment here ;)
You might have a point, but, BUT: I still believe their main repo is GitHub, they clearly state that you have to have a GH account to contribute, the gitbox link redirects straight to GitHub, etc.
So, for me the article stays misleading, also with referencing Michael's FOSDEM talk, where this was clearly about package registries (no doubt here), not Git repos.

2026-03-01 08:40:57 UTC

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@nprofile…3n63 I think they confuse “source code repository” and package repos. Maven itself (as in the Java build tool) uses GitHub as code forge. Why would they be bothered by companies hammering GitHub?

2026-03-01 08:20:49 UTC

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@nprofile…3n63 I‘m a bit annoyed by the confusing headline, like if you download packages from Maven Central via ‘git pull’. Or any other registry. 🙄
But doesn’t change the point ofc. While not increasing my trust in tech journalism.

2026-01-28 10:27:49 UTC

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@nprofile…706a Dankeschön :)

2026-01-28 10:09:38 UTC

I'm currently travelling to lovely Brussels for another instance of our beloved #FOSDEM. 🚂
Let me know if you want to meet and share a coffee! I'm advised to do RADICAL collaboration for my shiny new consulting business, and I'm going to take it seriously. 🤓
I'll be at Code & Compliance tomorrow, the FOSS license and security compliance tools workshop on Friday, and will try to get as much input as possible from all the DevRooms around CRA, Policy, Funding and Community.

2025-05-28 18:10:13 UTC

This is huge! Huge like a castle: Our friends from Fabmobil and The Institute for Applied Future just bought a frickin castle in the Saxonian countryside last week, to turn this into a huge academy with makerspace and various labs.
A place to learn, connect, meet, retreat and party. I have nothing but respect for this, there is a substantial peronal risk involved and they need all the support they can get.
https://akademie-oberlichtenau.de
#rp25
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2025-03-14 15:23:30 UTC

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@nprofile…q54u Interessante Perspektive, auch wenn der Text hier und da etwas verwirrend ist (geht‘s tatsächlich um Geld für Innovationen? Nicht eher Investitionen? Weiter unten dann Gehalt statt Erhalt usw.).

2023-09-03 15:18:30 UTC

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@npub1zga…adft Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future. Mal ein anderer Blickwinkel auf die nahe Zukunft, Mischung aus Utopie und Dystopie. Gut recherchiert, viele Hintergründe. Habs auf Englisch gelesen, weiß nicht wie die Deutsche Übersetzung ist.