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A computer can never be held accountable (idiom)

A computer can never be held accountable

Therefore a computer must never make a management decision

IBM in 1979, quoted on a page by Simon Willison

2026-06-23 23:46:21 +0200 Jun Tue · ecm · 0 Comments

I develop software (an idiom)

I develop software so you don't have to.

Xe Iaso, on their github sponsors page

2026-06-22 03:06:24 +0200 Jun Mon · ecm · 0 Comments

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.

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2026-06-16 12:47:55 +0200 Jun Tue · ecm · 0 Comments

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.

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2026-06-07 18:18:25 +0200 Jun Sun · ecm · 0 Comments

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/

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2026-06-06 10:52:25 +0200 Jun Sat · ecm · 0 Comments

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