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nihilanth··on Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise
They could always archive it. Theoretically (and I mean theoretically only), there's another reason for Microsoft to prevent access to repo: if a nation state was involved, and there've been backdoor conversations to obfuscate the trail.
nihilanth··on Which source code snippet do you admire the most?
Voodoo black magic :)
nihilanth··on Launch HN: Tappity (YC S20) – Keeping kids entertained with science
My kid loved it! Great job!
nihilanth··on Unimog – Cloudflare’s edge load balancer
Good article. But talks far more of how it works and far less about why existing alternatives were not good enough.