Links on Paolo Mainardi

Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:08:07 +0200

Is this the new cyber normal?

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:18:40 +0200

In just one week we had GitLab, Node, PHPgeddon and other critical CVEs. The security situation of the open source supply chain is getting much more dangerous than before.

My approach to running a link blog

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200

The model for this section. Every link carries a note on why it matters, and the note is the point: a bare link is a bookmark, a link with an opinion is writing.

Lima: Linux virtual machines on macOS

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0200

Still my answer when someone asks for an open source Docker Desktop on a Mac. Apple’s virtualization framework and VirtioFS, one command to create a machine, and a Docker context to switch to it.

Tufte CSS

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0200

Where the margin notes and the quiet tables on this site come from. Worth reading for the reasoning more than for the stylesheet.

Mutagen: fast file synchronization for remote development

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200

The engine behind Docker Desktop’s synchronized file shares, and the reason a bind mount on a Mac can be as fast as on Linux.