Links #2025-17 - TLS Checks, retro computing, and Forgejo PRs

Articles or videos I found last week that I actually read and watched until the end.

• Checking TLS Certificates with OpenSSL from Terminal - entropicthoughts.com

  Not earth-shattering news, but useful to know. You can use openssl to inspect online certificates from the commandline. openssl is one of those programs that has a ton of useful functions and options that mostly remain undiscovered by me, because I only need it once in a blue moon.

• C64 OS amazing new features! - World of Commodore 2024 - www.youtube.com

  Someone is writing a complete new OS for the Commodore 64. I grew up with a ZX Spectrum, so I am firmly on the other side of the holy war, but this makes me jealous.

• Honest and Elitist Thoughts on Why Computers Were More Fun Before - www.datagubbe.se

  Continuing with the subject of retro computing. Yesterday I snagged an old CRT television from a thrift store. Later I dug out a ZX Spectrum that I somehow have kept around for years. I wanted to see if they both still work. They did! This post told me why I bothered.

• AGit-Flow - blog.sulami.xyz

  The first contribution to an open source project often takes some effort. Aside from the actual patch, creating the pull request can be a hassle. On Github it involves a lot of process, email-based systems, like Sourcehut, can be confusing. This post describes a feature of Forgejo/Gitea where you can use a single push command to create a pull request. It works on Codeberg.org.