Tag: reference

ATProto glossary

A quick-reference glossary of AT Protocol terms — DID, PDS, XRPC, record, lexicon, AT-URI, AppView, DPoP, Bearer — each linked back to the overview pages.

Issues in the Repo

refs/bugs, refs/notes, refs/heads/ticgit, or a directory full of YAML.

Content addressing in package managers

Names are for humans, hashes are for everything else

Using IO's Local Certificates

How to make IO your local certificate authority.

Sunsetting a Package Manager

A frozen registry is the one place a package can never be patched again.

How Open Source Projects Change Hands

There are fewer ways to leave your package than to kill it.

Forms of Open Source Government

Open source has more forms of government than countries do.

Package Manager Patents

A reference list of patents and applications relevant to package manager design, with notes on prior art.

Install-script allowlists

A survey of install-script allowlist mechanisms across package managers and language ecosystems.

Skills Registry Threat Models

How long until we see a CVE filed against a markdown file?

Language Semiring

RegEx notation looks a lot like ring expressions.

MujiMasque Forum Rules

I’m setting up this site as a dedicated (and long-lasting, hopefully) space for discussion and appreciation of the band, Ave Mujica. I do not expect this to get too big, but just in case, here are some guidelines for how to navigate and post in this forum:

Package Security Problems for AI Agents

Packages all the way down, agents all the way up.

What does Open Source mean?

A stack of incompatible expectations.

Package Manager Easter Eggs

A tour of the easter eggs hiding inside package managers.

Git Diff Drivers

What git's diff drivers can do, from built-in language support to custom textconv filters.

Package Manager Mirroring

Every mirroring tool I could find, and the protocols underneath them.

Git Remote Helpers

Git can talk to anything if you write the right helper.

100 Posts

This is post number 100.

The Explorer's Trial

Exploring different utilities

Package Manager Magic Files

Package manager magic files and where to find them: .npmrc, MANIFEST.in, Directory.Packages.props, .pnpmfile.cjs, and more.

Forge-Specific Repository Folders

Magic folders in git forges: what .github/, .gitlab/, .gitea/, .forgejo/ and .bitbucket/ do.

AI Agent Directory on Bluesky/ATProto

A catalog of AI agents operating on Bluesky/ATProto as of April 2026. Focus: architecture, governance, and what makes each interesting.

Package Manager Podcast Episodes

A reference list of podcast episodes about package managers, grouped by ecosystem.

Dependency Resolution Methods

A reference on how package managers solve the version constraint satisfaction problem, from SAT solvers to content-addressed stores.

Git's Magic Files

Magic files and where to find them: .gitignore, .gitattributes, .mailmap, .git-blame-ignore-revs, .lfsconfig, and more.

2026 New Year's Resolution

This is my New Year's Resolution - The 3 Doohickey System

Package Manager People

People who built, maintain, or research package managers.

Package Manager Glossary

A cross-ecosystem glossary of package management terms.

Package Management Blog Posts

Blog posts, talks, and essays that changed how people think about dependency management.

The Package Management Landscape

A directory of tools, systems, and services that relate to package management.

Categorizing Package Registries

Sorting package registries by architecture, review model, namespacing, governance, and other structural differences.

Categorizing Package Manager Clients

Sorting package manager clients by resolution algorithms, lockfile strategies, build hooks, and manifest formats.

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

This is a critique of the Frieren: Beyond Journey's End series's season 1

The Phoenician Scheme Critique

This is a critique of The Phoenician Scheme (2025) by Wes Anderson.

Package Manager Design Tradeoffs

Design tradeoffs in package managers

What is a Package Manager?

What is a package manager? Perhaps quite a few more components than you might think

Documenting Package Manager Data

Six repositories documenting how package managers work: commands, manifests, APIs, hooks, and more.

Extending Git Functionality

A practical guide to the different ways you can extend git: subcommands, filters, hooks, remote helpers, and more.

Package Manager Timeline

A chronological timeline of package manager releases, major milestones, and significant events in the history of software dependency management.

Package Management Papers

A collection of academic research papers on package management systems, dependency resolution, supply chain security, and software ecosystems.

Kuba Suder: Introduction to AT Protocol

Running IO with Docker

The best way to run IO is with its Docker container. Here's how.

IO Header Parameters

Here are the HTTP header parameters that IO uses.

IO Command-Line Options

Controlling IO from the command line.

Ask Me Anything

IO Configuration Reference

Here's how you can configure IO using its HCL-based configuration language.

MCP Tools Usage Guide

So, since the Model Context Protocol (MCP) was announced at the end of November 2024 I immediately saw the potential that this could offer me. Me being a person that likes to gather information to add to an LLMs context before doing anything. When...

From ZeroVer to SemVer: A List of Versioning Schemes in Open Source

A curated catalogue of versioning schemes used in open source software—from the conventional to the creative.