The Era of Software Quality, or the Era of Ostriches?
The Era of Software Quality, or the Era of Ostriches? October 2, 2026 Fedora, GNOME, Security Humans are bad at writing secure code, and GNOME developers are no exception. GNOME is primarily written using unsafe programming languages where simple mistakes in our code lead to devastating consequences for our users, and we make these mistakes all the time.
- ▪The Era of Software Quality, or the Era of Ostriches?
- ▪October 2, 2026 Fedora, GNOME, Security Humans are bad at writing secure code, and GNOME developers are no exception.
- ▪GNOME is primarily written using unsafe programming languages where simple mistakes in our code lead to devastating consequences for our users, and we make these mistakes all the time.
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| Publication time | Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:33:15 +0000 |
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The Era of Software Quality, or the Era of Ostriches? October 2, 2026 Fedora, GNOME, Security Humans are bad at writing secure code, and GNOME developers are no exception. GNOME is primarily written using unsafe programming languages where simple mistakes in our code lead to devastating consequences for our users, and we make these mistakes all the time. No matter how much we try, GNOME developers will fail write secure code when using unsafe languages like C, C++, or Vala: it’s just too hard for even experienced developers to do properly. The above paragraph is taken from the abstracts of my GUADEC 2024 and 2025 talks.
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