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Paul Betts[^]:

A long time ago, I said to myself, "I should write my own installer and update framework for Desktop Windows apps, because everything else out there is abysmally bad."

The Verge[^]:

Deeming Windows 9 'too good to release,' Microsoft execs shelve follow-up to Windows 8 and proceed to Windows 10

Ted Unangst @ OPenBSD[^]

LibreSSL was officially announced to the world just about exactly five months ago. Bob spoke at BSDCan about the first 30 days. For those who weren't there, I'll quickly rehash some of that material. Also, it's always best to start at the beginning, but then I'll try to focus on some new material and updates.

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months 2-5
OK, I still haven't talked too much about we have done since the last update. We've mostly stopped deleting code. There's still some scary code left, but the good news is it's code you need to run. There was a bit of a summer lull, some post hackathon decompression, and then the OpenBSD 5.6 freeze. But progress is picking up again. Dig into a directory, open a few files, rewrite a function or two. Look at all the points where memory is allocated, and then make sure it is freed, exactly one time, no more, no less.

I'm sorry to make it all sound so tame, but avoiding excitement is all part of the plan. The first 30 days were all about revolution. Now we've switched into evolution mode.

Joel and I have been working on a replacement API for OpenSSL, appropriately entitled ressl. Reimagined SSL is how I think of it. Our goals are consistency and simplicity. In particular, we answer the question "What would the user like to do?" and not "What does the TLS protocol allow the user to do?". You can make a secure connection to a server. You can host a secure server. You can read and write some data over that connection.

A few goals. First, no OpenSSL types or functions are exposed. In fact, not even any ressl internals are exposed. You should never need to contemplate X.509 or ASN.1. Those are implementation details far beyond the level of caring of most developers or users. As a consequence of that, the API is easy for other languges to bind to. The ressl interface could almost equally well describe transport over ssh tunnels. What do you want? Do you want a secure connection? We give you a secure connection.

Laszlo Bock (LinkedIn Influencer) - My Personal Formula for a Winning Resume[^]
...I want to focus on the most controllable element of a job search: your resume. The sole purpose of a resume is to get you past that first screen and into an interview...