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I am an experienced backend engineer with expertise in internal tooling and CI/CD. Preference for open source or nonprofits. Willing to travel but not to relocate.


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  Technologies: Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, AWS, Docker, Podman
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I am passionate about delivering scalable, efficient, well tested software with an eye toward painless DX and automated CI/CD. A life long learner and self starter, I approach new challenges with humility and am always eager to learn new skills, share my knowledge, and collaborate with others. 19 years professional software development ⋄ 33 years personal passion for building software


  Location: Midwest, USA
  Remote: Yes, please
  Willing to relocate: No, but willing to commute within reason
  Technologies: Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, AWS, Docker, Podman
  Résumé/CV: https://kun.io/wprl-resume.pdf
  Email: william [at] kun [dot] io
I am passionate about delivering scalable, efficient, well tested software with an eye toward painless DX and automated CI/CD. A life long learner and self starter, I approach new challenges with humility and am always eager to learn new skills, share my knowledge, and collaborate with others. 19 years professional software development ⋄ 33 years personal passion for building software


You may have answered your own question. Perhaps centralization is the point as we move closer to the “extinguish” phase of open source as we have known it.


The hubris of mutating spiritual texts as a marketing gimmick is contemptible.


Hi, I’m William Riley-Land.

Senior Software Engineer (Individual Contributor)

Node.js, TypeScript/JavaScript, AWS

Location: Columbia, MO, United States

Remote: only

Relocate: no

Résumé: available on request

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/willprl

Email:william@kun.io


Maybe “generic and meaningless” is a better descriptor.


This is gross.


Serious question: Why?


Well for one thing it completely misrepresents Christianity. The Bible is clear that salvation is through believing in Jesus and resting in Him as your sole hope for eternal life. But when asked about salvation the bot responds:

"According to the Christian faith, salvation is both by faith and by works. Faith is necessary for salvation, as it is through faith that we accept God's grace and forgiveness. But works are also important, as our actions demonstrate our faith and commitment to following God's will."

Which is a damnable heresy that sends millions of people to hell.

Here's what the bible says:

"8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast."

It's pretty clear...


Come on now. By this measure, you know what else misrepresents Christianity? An absolute crap-ton of other Christian people and works. "Actions demonstrating faith" is a pretty reasonable kludge around that idea. I give it an A.

Signed, a catechized, confirmed, and arguably lapsed and now heretical Catholic :)


Bad example. Lots of Christians read e.g. James 2 as indicating both faith and works being necessary.


I can’t tell if people just don’t understand how ChatGPT works or if there is another reason they are eager to dehumanize themselves and the rest of us along with them.


I am aware no learning is going on live during the discussion with ChatGPT, nor are the mechanisms that lead to the similar outcome even remotely similar.

I also don't think humans are less human just because machines started making mistakes similar to human ones.

But I do see this similarity as a reminder that machines are becoming more human in an accelerating way.


Thanks. I learned something. Even if passwords are a weak form of security, they add an extra Ayer that would make it much more difficult for an attacker. They don’t have to be the only layer of security, and would still be good as an extra layer on top of hardware keys and/or OS keychains. Very interesting.


Yes. Also keep in mind that layers are not just preventive. There are also detection layers. You can frustrate threat actors by reacting to their attempts to get past the password or some other layer by collecting logs and alerts. A simple example would be setting up ssh on your vps with password AND public key auth and the setup fail2ban. Of course it is very hard to bypass public key auth but even if you accidentally post your private key to github or have your personal device hacked, that is still one layer of defense to slow them down.

If threat actors spend sufficient resources they will get past any security layer. There is no such thing as absolute security, good security creates the most hostile environment for threat actors by requiring them to committ the most resources without interfering with normal usability of the system.


Using a password on a WebAuthN protected account is the equivalent of putting a bathroom privacy lock on your steel front door. It's psychological coddling, nothing more.


No it is not, comparing passwords or passphrases really (what people should be using) to a bathroom privacy lock is silly. For threat actors, difficulty is not relative like that.

It's more like you have an actual normal door with alarms at a bank. Then a door to the vault area with similar alarms. Then the actual vault.

In your ideal world, everyone should be able to just walk up to the vault because it is so amazing on it's own.


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