Following on from that, NIST guidelines recommend:

❌ DON'T enforce complexity (upper, lower, numbers, special chars)
✅ Instead, DO require 8 chars minimum, and up to 64 at least
✅ Also, allow _any_ characters (space, apostrophe, etc.)
❌ DON'T force users to change passwords regularly; then they just add incrementing numbers at the end and it doesn't help security
✅ But DO block passwords/patterns (qwerty, asdfasdf, etc.)

cybersecuritynews.com/nist-rul…

#security #webdev #WebDevelopment

UX designers (which includes nearly anyone developing front-end code, whether it's in your job title or not), remember that real people will have to use your interface. It will affect them. It can have a serious impact on their quality of daily life.

Don't drive your users to this: mastodon.online/@nikitonsky/11…

#UI #UX #UIUX #UXDesign #BadUX #BadUXDesign #FrontEnd #webdev #WebDevelopment

Niki Tonsky (@nikitonsky@mastodon.online)

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#Development #Techniques
Terminal colors are tricky · Color issues in the terminal and how to fix them ilo.im/160ao3

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#ColorScheme #Color #Contrast #Accessibility #Readability #Terminal #CLI #TextEditor #Linux #WebDev

After several days of work, I finally pushed several commits to my website to accommodate those who rely on high contrast themes. Huge thanks to @acidiclight for helping me out by sharing a lot of feedback!

And a request to the broader community - feedback wanted and highly appreciated.

#a11y #HighContrastMode #accessibility #WebDev

nginx (by F5) forked as freenginx by long time core developer Maxim Dounin 👀

freenginx.org/pipermail/nginx/…

phoronix.com/news/Nginx-Forked…

#freenginx #nginx #webdev #selfhosting #opensource

I want Firefox to succeed more than ever and I support Mozilla finding better revenue sources than search engine default sales, but I do not support a $7M salary for its CEO.

I canceled my recurring donation to Mozilla because I need that money more than Mozilla’s CEO needs that money.

If there is a direct funding option of developers working on Firefox, I will happily reallocate that money. Send me links.

lunduke.locals.com/post/505329…

#Mozilla #Firefox #webDev

I released my Narrat Jam 2 game yesterday ✨​ I made a lazy post about it at 2am but I was sleepy and it wasn't great, so here's more info.

🍂 ​A walk through the forest 🍂​

Playable on ​ ​​​

This is a game where you walk through a forest, looking at pictures and identifying plants.

It is not at all a game about random ramblings of my brain ​

It's meant to be a chill reflective experience that hopefully will fill your brain with thoughts.

Game link: lianana.itch.io/forest-walk

Submitted for the Narrat Jam 2: itch.io/jam/narrat-jam-2/rate/…

#NarratJam #Narrat #gamedev #photography #game #indie #webdev #

I updated my WordPress plugin that warns your site's visitors if they don't have an ad-blocker installed.

wordpress.org/plugins/detect-m…

#wordpress #webdev #WebDevelopment #ads #AdBlocker #OpenWeb #IndieWeb

An #introduction: I'm Melissa (they/them)! Some of my projects are in my bio, but in general I am and do:

#gamedev & #podcasting

#gardening #succulents #cacti

#asexual / #grayace / #queer

#polyamory #relationshipanarchy

I write. I #webdev. I play way too much Fallen London. I collect tattoos. I will not call posts "toots".

I like learning to be more imaginative in devising solutions to difficult problems. 🎊