Arthur Gousset arthurgousset

FAQ on the xz-utils backdoor (CVE-2024-3094)

This is a living document. Everything in this document is made in good faith of being accurate, but like I just said; we don't yet know everything about what's going on.

Update: I've disabled comments as of 2025-01-26 to avoid everyone having notifications for something a year on if someone wants to suggest a correction. Folks are free to email to suggest corrections still, of course.

Background

Blogging with Gist

Gist simplicity can turn blogging into a liberating experience.

Pros	Cons
✅ Free, simple, fast, hassle-free	❌ Image upload in comments only
✅ Tagging	❌ No post pinning
✅ Search	❌ Doesn't look like a blog
✅ Revisions	❌ Unfriendly URLs

User Stories

Reading list

[Mark Shead: Creating Good User Stories][Mark Shead]
[GOV.UK Service manual: Writing user stories][GOV.UK]
[Mike Cohn's blog posts about user stories][Mike Cohn]
[Mike Cohn: User Stories Applied (book)][User Stories Applied]

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Semantic Commit Messages

See how a minor change to your commit message style can make you a better programmer.

Format: <type>(<scope>): <subject>

<scope> is optional

Example

Basics

Images are read-only templates, but you can diff and push them to save many versions. Containers are instances of images, that are also directories and usually a single running process.

Images can be layered, you start from a base and make changes. Containers are versioned so that you can make changes and save the filesystem state as a new Image.

Markdown cheatsheet

(Also see [remarkable][], the markdown parser created by the author of this cheatsheet)

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname

	import { ContractKit, newKit } from "@celo/contractkit";
	import { Contract } from "web3-eth-contract";
	import {
	ESCROW_CONTRACT,
	FA_CONTRACT,
	ODIS_PAYMENTS_CONTRACT,
	} from "./constants";

	// STAGING (private testnet)
	const STAGING_RPC = "http://127.0.0.1:8545";

	# Terminal Cheat Sheet

	pwd # print working directory
	ls # list files in directory
	cd # change directory
	~ # home directory
	.. # up one directory
	- # previous working directory
	help # get help
	-h # get help