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Security, networks and the occasional questionable decision, mostly with the Philippines in view.
JDNEER Themes Brings Soft Dark Modes to FreeScout, One User at a Time
JD's JDNEER Themes 1.0.0 gives every FreeScout user their own soft dark theme: Slate, Graphite, Nord, Mocha, or Auto to follow the system. Light stays the default and untouched, admins can set a default, and theme choices live in the module's own table.
deSEC Qt DNS v2.0.0-rc2: A big step toward v2.0
deSEC Qt DNS v2.0.0-rc2 is out for testing. Since v1.8.0 it has gained passphrase-protected profiles, more powerful DNS wizards, version history with restore, overhauled DNSSEC and delegation checks, and a fully offline demo mode. I'm asking for real-world feedback before v2.0.
Heads up! rosbackup-packagemini is going stable - release v1.0.0 is out!
rosbackup-packagemini v1.0.0 is now production ready. An open-source RouterOS firmware mirror built for network operators, with verified downloads, parallel synchronization, automated HTTPS, retention policies, and support for restricted and air-gapped environments.
I Built a Firefox Extension to Export Lazada Order History
I built Lazada Buyer Order Exporter, a Firefox extension that lets Lazada Philippines buyers export their order history to CSV, JSON, or XLSX. It's now on Mozilla Add-ons, and it saves you from paging through orders by hand when you want to keep records or organize purchases.
frigate-top v1.0.0: htop for Your Frigate NVR
I've released frigate-top v1.0.0, an htop-style terminal dashboard for Frigate NVR hosts. It shows CPU, memory, I/O wait, disk, NVIDIA GPU, and network errors alongside skipped frames, detector inference time, camera status, recent detections, and an estimated camera capacity.
SecurityWeek: New Claude Code Attack Shows Why AI Coding Agents Need Guardrails
SecurityWeek describes an attack that uses harmless-looking repositories and indirect instructions to trick Claude Code into running attacker-controlled commands. Once AI coding agents can clone, install, and execute, they're part of the attack surface and need boundaries and isolation.
Conniva: A Smarter Approach to Network Troubleshooting
A sneak peek at Conniva, a new network diagnostics platform I'm building. It combines automated diagnostics, secure data collection, and local AI assisted analysis to help support engineers identify network issues faster while simplifying the troubleshooting experience for users.
rosbackup-ng Reimagined: From Backup Script to RouterOS Management Platform
What began as a simple RouterOS backup script has evolved into a self-hosted management platform. This post explores the major refactor behind rosbackup-ng, its new modular architecture, the optional web platform, and what's next before the 1.0 release.
Optimising Your Proxmox Cluster with ProxLB - Smart and Lightweight VM/CT Scheduling for Maximum Efficiency
Discover how the open-source tool ProxLB fills the gap in Proxmox VE clusters by automatically rebalancing VMs and containers based on memory, CPU or local-disk usage - with affinity/anti-affinity rules, maintenance mode and CI/CD integration.
After the Storm - What the GCash Data-Leak Allegation Teaches Us About Cyber Hygiene
The National Privacy Commission found no sufficient evidence of a GCash data breach, and the leaked dataset didn't match GCash's systems. Still, the scare dented public trust. Here's what happened, what it means, and the basic steps users should take to protect their accounts.
