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Steve Hipwell
@stevehipwell.bsky.social
Generalist with strong opinions, loosely held.
Well this is horrifying @github.com! Maybe make Copilot support secure development practices rather than allow it to arbitrarily bypass checks!?

github.blog/changelog/20...
Configure Copilot coding agent as a bypass actor for rulesets - GitHub Changelog
Rulesets allow you to control how different actors can interact with a repository. You can use rulesets to enforce rules like: Only allow commits from email addresses that match a…
github.blog
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Gradually working my way through the Oxide and Friends back catalogue and every time I think I've gone far enough I realise the content is still relevant and fresh!
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
On the train to Edinburgh for @kcduk.bsky.social and the train WiFi is clearly showing solidarity with us-east-1!
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Turned off Adaptive Battery in Android 16 due to missing notifications and have much more battery left at the end of the day! 🤷🏻‍♂️
September 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Candidate for best news headline of the year, I did actually laugh out loud. Bravo @theregister.com!
August 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Maybe @github.com could provide an ergonomic way to escape actions variables instead of requiring that all user input pollutes the environment!?

github.blog/security/vul...
How to catch GitHub Actions workflow injections before attackers do
Strengthen your repositories against actions workflow injections — one of the most common vulnerabilities.
github.blog
July 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
What's with the emerging trend of OSS projects dropping stable releases!? Sounds like a rug-pull tactic that doesn't belong in a foundation like the @cncf.io!?
June 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I know I'm late to the game, but this is such a great visualization (and explanation) of game theory. Thanks HN!

ncase.me/trust/
The Evolution of Trust
an interactive guide to the game theory of why & how we trust each other
ncase.me
May 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I'm going to call it early; my top session of #KubeCon was "Container Runtimes... on Lockdown: The Hidden Costs of Multi-tenant Workloads"! Take a bow @denhamparry.bsky.social & Caleb Woodbine. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇳🇿
April 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Up early and on the train to London for @cncf.io #kubecon.
April 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Just booked my early bird KubeCon EU 2025 ticket.
December 17, 2024 at 9:22 PM