#KissPrinciple

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-08-11
Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-06-17

@cR0w OFC that is a general problem.

@landley talked about that violation of #KISSprinciple in a talk over a decade ago.

Add to that the horrible track record of many vendors of #Scareware and we all can see the problem...

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-06-04

@colinstu @gregly @garrwolfdog besides #KISSprinciple, it's also a matter of #security, #privacy, #efficiency and #professionalism.

2025-04-16
Why Slackware does things differently and why that’s by design.

It's not about being better, it's about being Slackware.

Insightful for those who want to understand the design choices under the hood.
πŸ‘‰ https://4c6e.xyz/code_notes.html (Understanding Slackware’s Philosophy)

#slackware #minimalism #kissprinciple
Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-02-11

@kobilacroix also #OpenSource is used as a means to identify espionage and manipulation attempts and enable quicjer fixing if security issues.

In fact, #OpenBSD's security is based upon #openness, #transparency and #KISSprinciple'd design.

  • Not to mention #Monero is really frustrating the U.S. Govt. (espechally IRS) because it is #FLOSS and with basically billions in value locked in, every cryptographer of every major state and non-state actor is trying to exploit it.

That's the strenght of #FOSS:

  • With every commit and every line if cide beibg public, noone can get away with #Govware-#Backdoors ob most stuff as they do constantly with #CCSS!

Cuz you can be shure everytime someone from NSA, CIA, GAFAMs, Huawei, etc. even commits a single line to linux or requests a merge there are countless people literally waiting to find a reason to say no and evidence it's a #backdoor of some kind.

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-09-14

@libreleah nodds in agreement

I use #bash for @OS1337 because it allows for very portable and easy to maintain scripts that just work, which is ideal for a #KISSprinciple'd and focussed on auditability #toybox+#musl / #linux distro.

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-09-13

Yes, #UnixPhilosophy isn't infallible and I think that #KissPrinciple and #UNIX-style programs need to also account for #UX if not #UI...

I want to at least get a good #TUI in @OS1337 because that is feasible even in MDA / 80x25 console...

youtube.com/watch?v=9-IWMbJXoL via Benno Rice

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-08-11

Good question, the problem is: "How do you calculate said numbers?"

merveilles.town/@vladh/1128982

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-07-29

And yes, #accessibility starts with YOUR #TechStack!

Wounder why @OS1337 uses a 80x25 output and boots with serial terminal configured?

Because it just spits out 9600/8/N/1 and a #VGA #Console over #BIOS interrupts, it can be made super-accessible.

Same reason I use #bash for OS/1337 build scripts: #KissPrinciple makes it more #accessible and easier to reproduce!

#OS1337

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-06-17

@ariadne makes sense espechally if you don't want to delegate that to tools like #curl or #wget to handle...

  • In fact, were it not for the minimalist wget in #toybox [without #HTTPS!] I would've to figure out a different way to make the package manager for OS/1337, #spm, work.

OFC it's not operational yet but I know that #KissPrinciple is good...
And I do intent @OS1337 to do that with as well...

#OS1337

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-04-14

@libreleah @ariadne nodds in agreement

The problem is that most don't appreciate #KISSprinciple and there's not enough support coming back to #FLOSS projects compared to the amount of money corporate users save...

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-02-12

@anniethebruce And now you know why I want #KISSprinciple as #TechStack and build towards that with a minimalist #Linux distro ( @OS1337 )...

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@mstdn.social
2023-08-01
Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@mstdn.social
2023-07-11

@Romaq @Toothy @cai_tan I mean don't just look at me but also #SparkOfPhoenix and even @heiseonline who just reported aboou this issue:
social.heise.de/@heisec/110689
And they get paid to be accurate about this!

Personally, I think practicing #KISSprinciple has been a net benefit and served me well, even if that means I'd rather not have a #mod than getting some #sussy shit going...

#WurstClient and #fabric as #API it uses basically do all the stuff I want #Minecraft to do.

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2023-03-27

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