Notes

joshua stein via @jcs@jcs.org - Aug 07 2023 11:03:44

Apparently I've offended the PowerBook by adding WiFi to it. Last night it started getting these black splotches on the screen (even when powered off) and overnight they multiplied into many horizontal lines.

I swapped in a top cover from another PowerBook 180 but this one suffers from tunnel vision :(

joshua stein via @jcs@jcs.org - Jul 12 2023 13:38:30

My advice for running a public-facing API, coming from 11 years of operating the Pushover (@pushover) API:

- Host the API on its own hostname
- Don't be too liberal in what you accept
- Avoid OAuth if you can
- Log a unique id with every request
- Be descriptive in your error responses
- Use prefixed tokens
- Stay on top of failures

https://jcs.org/2023/07/12/api

joshua stein via @jcs@jcs.org - Jun 28 2023 09:09:27

I hardwired a WiFiStation so it is powered by the MailStation's batteries or AC power, and shuts off when the MailStation does

I might try removing the DB25 port of the MailStation and wiring something up to fit the WiFiStation guts entirely inside the MailStation