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Seriously though, what's the problem with passphrases???

Rafael Fernandes Corrêa — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 23:53:06 +0000

So, I've been trying to figure out why my docker login does not work (yep, I was using my username all the time, not the email) then I find out that it wasn't working because I had commited the unthinkable crime of using passphrases and not passwords! Not only that but my passphrase had non-existent latin characters like á, é, í, ó, ú!
I mean what are those some kind of alien writing never seen on Earth's history? Some fragment of that Zodiac Killer writings? What IS latin anyways??

Seriously though, you would have thought that no one in their sane mind would've been using passwords like "@$t&r!x!" or "!QazxsW@" or even better "8zMK.W&`bLbU){s+" (thanks passwordgenerator.net for that one) since the 2000's but, no.
I could even understand why a normal person would've though that a password - oops - passphrase like "moonlight flying horse" would not be safe but, when an amazing software designed by pro devs does not accept that, not even pushing one of those depressing messages like "Your password contains forbidden characters" on my screen, you really start to question things.

From what I understand a passphrase like the one above is actually more secure because it has lots of entropy (please correct me if I'm wrong - I'm not a security expert), but it is also easier to remember. So why is Google suggesting passwords like y&FhHL5a?^?4f6[/? (The question mark is not part of it).
Oh, and if you forget it, here's a "HINT" - yelp & FRUIT hulu HULU LAPTOP 5 apple ? ^ ? 4 fruit 6 [ / .

I hate to be the noob who keeps pinpointing and complaining about everything that's wrong with the industry today, but, it is really fun to write this!! So here goes one more: I don't know if this would break all technology on Earth and send us back to the middle ages, but I wouldn't mind a little more UTF-8 support on the software we use everyday.

By the way, if you're wondering if I got Docker to accept me, I did! By using a proper password.

So that’s why you don’t do coding at 3 AM…

Rafael Fernandes Corrêa — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:28:26 +0000

As it turns out, I was trying to learn Docker at 3 AM today (as foolish as it sounds), and no amount of silent cursing would make the example app work.

Tried everything my already non-existing mind could come up to, which, at this point, wasn’t much. The best I could do was quitting and restarting the process all over again to the same results, like a bad gamer trying to get through a hard part of a game while doing the exact same thing over and over again. Almost went hollow there.

Finally, beaten by the need of sleep, I wrap myself up in the rags of my pride, grab my suitcase of self-derision and go to the land of the beaten and the damned – a.k.a my bed.

Anyways, turns out the thing (the example app) had an error at the end of one of the .js files – a missing “));”, and also I had probably typed some thing wrong on another part of the code. Yep, you definitely shouldn’t code at 3 AM.

Hello World!

Rafael Fernandes Corrêa — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 01:12:39 +0000

Hello! I was skimming through the internet when I found myself all knowledge-peckish. Lucky for me I found this place hidden in a dark alleyway when I was asking around about how to set up a development environment on my pc. The algorithm moves in mysterious ways indeed!
Now that I have found this, I'm looking to get myself versed in programming in the, high hopes, near future, so I can get a job.
Anyways nice to meet you all, and see you around!