Issue 2022-W26
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This week has been about how relational databases work, exploiting serverless computing at the edge, Git's new file system monitoring, an embeddable ebook reader application, a tool to find broken links in text sources and the erotics of infographics.
# Things You Should Know About Databases
An introduction to how relational databases work.
# MitM at the Edge: Abusing Cloudflare Workers
An article exploring ways to leverage Cloudflare Workers for offensive purposes that are made possible by the “serverless computing at the edge” model.
# KOreader
An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices
# Hard Data: The Erotics of Infographics
An essay on the abuse of infographics. It takes a bit to build up but it gets there, eventually.
Data journalism’s masturbatory indulgence of infographics lays bare an all-consuming fetishization of data.
# Lychee
A tool to find broken links and mail addresses inside Markdown, HTML, reStructuredText, or other text sources.
# Improve Git monorepo performance with a file system monitor
An article on the new file system monitor flag fsmonitor
to improve the user experience when using Git with large codebases.