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Alexander Hübert

@huebi.dev
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Independent Developer & Digital Forensics Analyst who loves the open web, file formats, and building on Linux with Rust. huebi.dev

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.
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matty @mattio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is wild - somebody did a deep dive into the real stories behind this famous XKCD: sheets.works/data-viz/hol...
an XKCD comic showing a precariously assembled tower of blocks. much is labelled "all modern digital infrastructure." a thin leg down at the bottom is labelled "A project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003."
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 09/10/2026
rivendell.dmitrybrant.com/farfuture/
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Timeline of the Far Future
An interactive, visual journey through Wikipedia's Timeline of the far future — from a thousand years from now to the end of time.
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 08/10/2026
And so it begins. Guess Adobe and Microsoft will not like AI that much anymore in the future and cry for regulations to save their business.
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Nadya Voynich @nadyavoynich.com · 02/10/2026
Just hypnotised by this cute web crawler #buildinpublic #webcrawling #CSS #JavaScript
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 25/09/2026
Those were the days.
Pic of an Amiga disk (Mortal Kombat game)
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 25/09/2026
caneandable.social/@WeirdWriter... There is at least a 10% chance for it ;)
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Robert Kingett (@WeirdWriter@caneandable.social)
A lot of my colleagues are concerned that #RSS could kill us all by the end of the decade because the technology is so powerful. As a result, we must pull out of the internet. I am the best CEO ever b...
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Marcin Wichary @aresluna.org · 18/09/2026
I made a little minisite that shows all of the (UX/product) design books I collected over the years – maybe this will be useful as a reference, or just fun to browse around? I tried to build an enjoyable UI for it, both on desktop and mobile. aresluna.org/my-design-bo...
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daniel r(ooooooh) 👻 @danielroe.dev · 19/09/2026
don't be nice.
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Don't be nice
Sometimes, it's more important to be good than it is to be nice.
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 19/09/2026
Matches my mental image of Trump exactly.
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 18/09/2026
A squirrel on a tree
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 14/09/2026
Starship Troopers is a satire of fascism, much like Idiocracy is a satire of Trumpism and MAGA.
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 09/09/2026
FileForensics now supports JPEG XL! Photography by Rendy Novantino via Unsplash: unsplash.com/photos/brown...
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Firefox for Web Developers @webdevs.firefox.com · 24/08/2026
Intent to ship: JPEG XL! This will be on-by-default in Firefox 157, which should become the main release version at the end of September. This includes key JPEG XL features like progressive rendering. groups.google.com/a/mozilla.or...
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Intent to ship: JPEG XL
As of Firefox 157 I intend to turn JPEG XL decoding on by default on all platforms. It has been developed behind image.jxl.enabled, which today is on by default on Nightly only, and has had a Firefox…
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 13/08/2026
muan.co/notes/2026-0...
muan.co
Note @ Mu-An Chiou
The “Disability Dongle”: Why Silicon Valley Hates Me and you by Robert Kingett I like to call this kind of “quirks” of SV tech bros for what they actually are: “incompetence.” At the end of the day it...
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shri @shrikhalpada.dev · 01/08/2026
the next "how the heck" piece is live! it's all about image files and the tricks they use to save space, from information theory to how our eyes work :)
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How The Heck Does JPEG Work? (An Interactive Exploration)
An interactive exploration of how JPEG works: from the Discrete Cosine Transform to quantization and Huffman coding.
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 30/07/2026
Making progress with the FileForensics app. Timelineview and a timezone switch is implemented. Further working on a Diffview and a Converter for common formats like encodings/timestamps.
FileForensics GUI screenshot
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Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com · 27/07/2026
Well, it finally happened! After 9 years of Unity dominance, Godot was the most used game engine for GMTK Game Jam 2026 submissions. 🤖 Godot - 47% 🎮 Unity - 34% 🛠️GameMaker - 5% 🚀 Unreal Engine - 3% ✨ Other - 11%
Pie chart showing game engines used to create 10,511 GMTK Game Jam games in 2026. Godot has the largest slice with 47%. Then Unity with 34%. Other with 11%. Game Maker with 5%. And Unreal Engine with 3%.
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 10/07/2026
typewritten.org/Media/
typewritten.org
Retrotechnology Media - Typewritten Software
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Runs with scissors in the dark @tevistickles.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
SUPER MARIO 2026 JUST DROPPED!
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 01/07/2026
Graphview node module implemented to visualize and identify identical occurrences.
Graphview node module from the FileForeniscs GUI.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
In a sane world there would be International Arrest Warrants naming every Oil, Gas & Coal billionaire for climate crimes against humanity
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International Cyber Digest @intcyberdigest.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Europeans after hearing they can’t use Anthropic’s AI models anymore.
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Kevin Beaumont @doublepulsar.com · 12/06/2026
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Niki @nikitonsky.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026
I am sorry, Apple, what is this?
A very ugly arrow corner on a popup bubble in macOS Golden Gate Messages app
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Ben Langmead @benlangmead.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
More perfection from @3blue1brown.com “Reinventing entropy: compression and intelligence“: youtu.be/l6DKRf-fAAM?.... What a treasure Grant is.
youtu.be
Reinventing Entropy | Compression & Intelligence Part 1
YouTube video by 3Blue1Brown
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 08/06/2026
Sprinkled a little color over the Hexviewer and added a data inspector with a byte distribution histogram. Byte peekers can have nice things too.
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 07/06/2026
Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 07/06/2026
youtu.be/fbXIdK3o3NU
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Rodents in the Attic (Small C64 demo)
YouTube video by lftkryo
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Marko Bajlovic @marko.tech · 05/06/2026
lololol
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 05/06/2026
Nice map with animal emblems used by sport clubs: ugoarbieu.shinyapps.io/TheWildLeagu...
ugoarbieu.shinyapps.io
Visit our website!
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 03/06/2026
Can confirm this. Except I'm on Fedora/Cosmic ♥️
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 02/06/2026
If you ever needed proof that Microsoft executives are literal morons.... there it is. This after they rolled out and force-fed Copilot to all Windows users and literally nobody used it. This time will be better....
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 02/06/2026
Directory listing and a Gallery is implemented:
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 31/05/2026
Great article by Arun on the first EV Ferrari. The perfect car for tech bros to park right beside their Cybertrucks.
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 27/05/2026
Implemented a Viewer module for common image formats (also for: CSVs/SQLite/LevelDB) and a YARA module.
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Marko Bajlovic @marko.tech · 17/05/2026
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 16/05/2026
Watching 24h of Nürburgring. Diving into Clojure/ClojureDart. Having fun 🍻
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 15/05/2026
Migrated from GitHub to Codeberg 🥳 That was easy! codeberg.org/huebicode/le...
codeberg.org
leveldb-parser
Master's thesis project, which involves developing a parser for LevelDB.
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International Cyber Digest @intcyberdigest.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
POV: you are downloading npm packages in 2026
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 12/05/2026
Great documentary! Will definitely dive into Clojure. youtu.be/Y24vK_QDLFg
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How one programmer's pet project changed how we think about software
YouTube video by CultRepo
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Mistigris computer arts @mistfunk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
or in typewriter art from the 1890s: www.fastcompany.com/3032456/a-sh...
fastcompany.com
A Short History Of Typewriter Art
A book documents how typewriters have been used to create astonishing works of graphic art for more than a century.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 05/05/2026
Deepfakes are everywhere, but digital forensics investigators are fighting back. Learn more: scim.ag/42dMPBg
To verify images, digital forensics investigators will often check whether the geometry of the scene is realistic. In a real photo, lines that run parallel in reality—like floor tiles—should meet at a single vanishing point. In this image, however, the dotted lines do not meet in a single point, indicating it is a fake.
Image: an AI-generated image of soldiers marching down a hallway in three lines, wearing fatigues and carrying rifles. Four dotted white lines have been added over the image, running along the floor tiles visible in the foreground and extending back to where the vanishing point should be, behind the soldiers. Instead of meeting in a single point, the lines all cross at different points.Investigators also examine reflections. The lines connecting points on an object to matching points in its mirror image run parallel in reality, so similarly should meet at a vanishing point. In this image, the lines again do not converge on one point, revealing it to be a fake.
Image: An AI-generated image of a plastic cartoon dinosaur toy with its reflection visible in a small mirror. Four dotted white lines are layered over the image, connecting points on the toy with the same points on its reflection: the top of its eye, the end of its jaw, its hand, and its foot. The lines extend out to the side of the image, where they all cross at different points rather than meeting at a single point.Shadows can be a giveaway, too. Because the Sun is so far away, its rays are essentially parallel when they reach Earth's surface. That means that the lines connecting points on an object to the shadows they cast in sunlight should also intersect at a vanishing point. In this Al-generated image, that is clearly not the case.
Image: An AI-generated image of colorful, semi-transparent plastic cubes arranged in a group in a city plaza. Six dotted white lines are layered over the image, connecting corners of several cubes with the corresponding corners in their shadows. The lines extend upward off the edge of the image, toward where a vanishing point should be. Three of them converge on roughly the same point, but two extend further, and one cuts across all the others at an angle.
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 06/05/2026
Still working diligently on my FileForensics app. Pane grids are implemented. Scanning for file signatures/metadata too. Working with iced.rs is similar to my experience with Rust. It felt a bit strange at first, but the more you work with it, the more you realize how well-thought-out it is ❤️
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 06/05/2026
youtu.be/mQC5HFqP8OU
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BRAINROT!
YouTube video by Lazy Square
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International Cyber Digest @intcyberdigest.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
‼️🚨 Microsoft calls this "intended behaviour," so here we go. How to dump the credentials of every user stored in Microsoft Edge: 1. Open Edge. Don't browse anywhere, just open it. 2. Flip to Task Manager, find Edge, expand the task.
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
May the fourth be with you
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spooky tail latency @bluespacecanary.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
microsoft may actually have managed mismanage github so badly that it loses its effective monopoly despite none of its aspiring competitors being remotely prepared to replace it. incredible
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 28/04/2026
Chrome extension devs are blatantly selling your data and not even hiding it anymore because nobody reads the ToS these days layerxsecurity.com/blog/your-ex...
layerxsecurity.com
Extension Developers Sell The Data of At Least 6.5 Million Users - And It’s All Completely Legal - LayerX
Your Extensions Sell Your Data - And It's Perfectly Legal
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Alexander Hübert @huebi.dev · 27/04/2026
unicode.tkanarsky.com
unicode.tkanarsky.com
Unicode Hilbert Curve
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