Notes
Essays and rants that would otherwise bloat the front door. One page, one topic, linked from a list. Not a feed. Not engagement. Plain text over chrome.
- Back to HTTPS (we caved, for good reasons)
· 2026-07-31 · alvin
The padlock is still theater. Browsers and humans are not. We flipped TLS on. - People we stand on
· 2026-07-25 · alvin
IBM, Bell Labs, free software, shell accounts, forum elders. - On HTTP (yes, we know)
· 2026-07-25 · alvin
Cleartext on purpose. The padlock is not a morality badge.