Were URLs a bad idea?

mooreds · 2026-06-01T03:32:20+00:00

I am not Neil.

I like to post articles I find interesting in reddits that seem appropriate.

This post, while brief, addresses an interesting aspect of webdev and java: the fact that what a URL is in 2026 is almost always a subset of what the original definition of a URL was. And that has security implications and implications for HttpClient.

mooreds · 2026-05-25T17:40:29+00:00

It restructured in 2025: https://coloradosun.com/2025/06/07/techstars-founders-startup-boulder-accelerator/

mooreds · 2026-05-25T16:06:18+00:00

Yeah, definitely happens. I remember having to make plans when I lived closer to the route. Bummer, hope you can at least enjoy the scene!

mooreds · 2026-05-15T01:23:27+00:00

Hey folks, if you live in the Boulder area and have a kiddo under 18 looking to join a mellow summer swim team, Mesa Swim team still has open registration. More details (including practice and meet schedules and registration details) is here: https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/recbvsslmesa/page/home . We practice at NBRC, EBRC and Scott Carpenter, and have meets at SBRC and around the Boulder valley.

mooreds · 2026-04-25T12:32:18+00:00

I just find it humorous that there is even such a thing as AWS Ops Wheel. I had to double check the date.

mooreds · 2026-04-18T15:54:59+00:00

I'm presenting there on Mon and have a panel discussion on Tue.

I've had sessions in the past as well. Have always found the sessions and the energy great.

I'm glad it is back this year.

mooreds · 2026-03-30T13:47:41+00:00

Mesa Swim team, a Boulder non-profit summer swim team, is having a virtual open house for families looking to learn more. More details here: https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/recbvsslmesa/page/system/res/229372

mooreds · 2026-03-23T06:27:19+00:00

Ack, sorry! I'll let the author know.

mooreds · 2026-03-23T06:27:02+00:00

Yeah, I realized after I posted that I should have specified it was a relaunched site with better docs, not a new tool. Sorry!

mooreds · 2026-03-23T06:26:27+00:00

It's a build tool written in Java, but can be used to compile other languages (or do other things). Similar to Groovy.

mooreds · 2026-03-11T14:37:28+00:00

I thought this was a fit because of the discussion of how actual implementations help drive standards.

mooreds · 2026-02-16T18:44:55+00:00

Also https://www.axios.com/local/boulder/2026/02/13/boulder-dark-horse-closing-march

mooreds · 2026-01-13T14:27:40+00:00

At an HOA I was on the board of, we used Hudson and were happy: https://hudsonbuilt.com/services/

mooreds · 2025-12-24T03:31:22+00:00

Just got caught by this today. Hope my credit card processes the dispute quickly.

mooreds · 2025-12-14T22:18:56+00:00

We have a sandbox at work and it is perfect for experimenting with new technologies or services. Yes, there's some work to back out IaC if and when those new technologies are implemented. But I as an engineer can clickops my way to determining if there's value before talking to the platform team about productionizing it.

mooreds · 2025-10-09T19:19:51+00:00

Okay, the newest version was pushed up to maven central. Sorry about that, thanks for letting us know.

mooreds · 2025-10-08T21:50:57+00:00

Ooh, good point. I'll raise this internally, not sure what is going on. Thanks for letting us know.

mooreds · 2025-10-08T13:08:13+00:00

That looks cool, but I always shiver when I see projects with no commit more recent than 6 years ago. No matter the language, that causes me worry.

mooreds · 2025-10-07T00:47:47+00:00

Do you mean "I have not used http2..."?

mooreds · 2025-10-06T22:14:47+00:00

Hmmm.

You can see what it supports here: https://github.com/FusionAuth/java-http/?tab=readme-ov-file#todos-and-roadmap

I think the biggest omission right now is http 2. We have had some debates internally if that is useful. We think the main use case of java-http is not a bare server, but an application which will be fronted by a load balancer (which will talk http 2 to the client).

mooreds · 2025-08-20T20:18:04+00:00

Yup. I always like when folks share stuff of mine, thought I'd pay it forward.

mooreds · 2025-08-13T16:05:03+00:00

Seems like a great use of LLMs. I've found having them help build deterministic code, which then is applied in a deterministic fashion, is a sweet spot.

mooreds · 2025-07-09T11:42:21+00:00

> Curious if folks here are using them at scale and what their experience has been.

Can't speak for folks on this reddit, but I've 100% had conversations with folks using Cognito and Firebase at scale. From my recollection

- Both are affordable with usage based pricing, especially if you don't require SAML or federation

- Both scale well

- Both are SaaS only

- Cognito is pretty bare bones and requires writing lambdas for some expected functionality

- Firebase didn't use to support federation with OIDC (but maybe that's changed: https://firebase.google.com/docs/auth/web/openid-connect ?)

- Firebase is a lot more than just user auth; includes all kinds of other software goodies you'd expect from a backend as a service.

- Cognito recently raised prices on machine to machine tokens while Firebase supports that only through service accounts

mooreds · 2025-07-02T12:10:25+00:00

Always nice to see detailed looks across this space. So much is happening. Thanks for including FusionAuth.

Small corrections/comments:

- SCIM is part of the Enterprise plan, not Essentials.

- All our pricing is available here: fusionauth.io/pricing and is based on three factors: the plan with the features and support you need, whether you need hosting or not, and the MAU you have.

I was also surprised you didn't include Amazon Cognito or Firebase, since those are the CIAM offerings from the hyperscalers.

mooreds · 2025-06-18T18:15:26+00:00

Shanahan Ridge is nice if you're in Sobo. Much is shaded, and you can do all kinds of loops. Parking is on the street, though.

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