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Update on the anti-scraping measures for our hgweb
As of 2025 October, we required password sign in for the hgweb service. The idea was to instruct users on what username and password to enter but have malicious automated scrapers fail to enter the correct sign in. This did work, but it wasn't a very nice change to communicate to users.
A few more parts of the bugtracker, and the first tickets
2026-06-07
The tracker at https://pushbx.org/ecm/bug/ is populated by some tickets now. Most of them are closed, pertaining to tasks already finished.
Early June work: Setting up the bug tracker
2026-06-05
This week I copied the bugtracker and its companion tool called "buggy" from the Dillo browser. I forked both to use as a bug tracker on https://pushbx.org/ecm/bug/
If you want a job done (an idiom)
If you want a job done find the busiest person you know and give them an extra job. This is because the reason they are busy is that lot's of people want them to do things because they are good at doing things and that's why they are busy.
Joe Armstrong in the article "2014-06-25 Minimal Viable Programs"
Mid to late May work
2026-05-31
