Matthias Ott

Matthias Ott

@matthiasott.com

Independent designer + web design engineer, teacher, speaker. Interface Prototyping at Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design. UX, prototyping, & design engineering workshops. 📧 Newsletter: https://ownyourweb.site 💻 Website: https://matthiasott.com

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Matthias Ott
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Yessssssss!! Go @geoffgraham.me! 🫶🔥👏

CSS-Tricks*@css-tricks.com

CSS-Tricks has a new owner! Yes, I've got the keys to the castle, so to speak. And, even after 12 years of working on the site, I'll admit I'm a little overwhelmed and nervous about that. https://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-has-a-new-owner/

css-tricks.comCSS-Tricks has a new owner!Yes, I've got the keys to the castle, so to speak. And, even after 12 years of working on the site, I'll admit I'm a little overwhelmed and nervous about that.

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WebDesignMuseum
@webdesignmuseum.org

Happy 25th Birthday Windows XP! On October 25, 2001, Microsoft released Windows XP and began a new era of Windows operating systems.

Matthias Ott
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Client’s sending half-baked prototypes again and asking if they can just add them to the site themselves. Thanks, Dario!

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My first reaction to #php2shell was: “Dang, that’s the thing with running your own VPS – you have to keep everything up to date yourself… 😅” But: my own site is already running on #PHP 8.4.27.

Matthias Ott
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And seeing all the reports from people waiting for their hosting providers to patch the servers their clients’ sites run on (myself included), and with all-inkl.com, the host I moved away from, still down, …

Matthias Ott
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… there’s also something to be said for taking care of some things yourself – and choosing your hosting provider carefully. Still, hang in there, everyone patching things late into the night! 🫶

Matthias Ott
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Again, those security releases PHP just shipped are just … 🤯 Those two bugs let anyone run their own code on your server with a single crafted request: no login needed, and it happens before your CMS or framework even starts. And proof-of-concept exploits are already circulating … 🧵

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If you can't update yet or a patch is not yet available for your distro / repo: Apply the temporary mitigations from the advisory. Set them in php.ini, then restart PHP: session.upload_progress.enabled = 0 post_max_size = 32M upload_max_filesize = 30M They reduce the risk but don’t fix it.

Matthias Ott
@matthiasott.com

Again, those security releases PHP just shipped are just … 🤯 Those two bugs let anyone run their own code on your server with a single crafted request: no login needed, and it happens before your CMS or framework even starts. And proof-of-concept exploits are already circulating … 🧵

Matthias Ott
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What could an attacker do? Read everything your site can read (config files with database passwords and secret keys, the entire database), change your site (spam links, malicious JavaScript, hidden backdoors), and use your server to send spam or attack others. 🥳

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Josh Tumath
@joshtumath.uk

Yesterday, the CSSWG accepted my proposal for mesh gradients and diffusion curve gradients! Want to make gradients like this natively in CSS? Well, we've started the work on it. It's coming! Here's the Explainer: github.com/w3c/csswg-dr...

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beyond tellerrand
@beyondtellerrand.com

On 20th November, on exactly that day, 15 years ago, #btconf opened the doors for the very first time in Düsseldorf. We are going to celebrate this. In Berlin. A few talks and friendly people. Get on the newsletter for more info. (hosted by DiesDasDigital) beyondtellerrand.com/newsletter

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Matthias Ott
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“Oh, why you so sad? What have they done? Forget those mindless baboons, they're off playing God Copycats in cheap suits are playing it safe While cannibals of bad news consume a parade” 🎶🎸

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Such a beautiful song. 🖤 Especially when you know that Josh Homme wrote it for his daughter, as he mentioned on Norah Jones’s podcast … (also worth a listen!)

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And the fact that Alex Turner came up with the title by texting him the word “Kalopsia” (because they both love weird words) only adds to the legend. The whole album …Like Clockwork is brilliant. Glad I found it at last. 😊

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Anil Dash
@anildash.com

You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.

Matthias Ott
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Just ordered my first Shure mic. And no, it’s not an SM57 or an SM7B, but an MV88+ to record my son’s violin concert in stereo. Let’s see how it goes … 🤞