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For readers new to Expat: libexpat is a fast streaming XML parser. Alongside libxml2, Expat is one of the most widely used software libre XML parsers written in C, specifically C99. It is cross-platform and licensed under the MIT license . Expat 2.8.3 was released yesterday. The key motivation for cutting a release and doing so now was getting… the fix to vulnerability CVE-2026-72522 as well as…
For readers new to Expat: libexpat is a fast streaming XML parser. Alongside libxml2, Expat is one of the most widely used software libre XML parsers written in C, specifically C99. It is cross-platform and licensed under the MIT license . Starting 2026-08-01, the "security vacation" of the project has ended and(!) I will be be paid to work on maintaining libexpat for up to 6 months thanks to the…
For readers new to Expat: libexpat is a fast streaming XML parser. Alongside libxml2, Expat is one of the most widely used software libre XML parsers written in C, specifically C99. It is cross-platform and licensed under the MIT license . Expat 2.8.2 was released today. The key motivation for cutting a release and doing so now was getting security and non-security bugfixes out to users. On the…
For readers new to Expat: libexpat is a fast streaming XML parser. Alongside libxml2, Expat is one of the most widely used software libre XML parsers written in C, specifically C99. It is cross-platform and licensed under the MIT license . Expat 2.8.1 was released yesterday. The key motivation for cutting a release and doing so now was: Fixing vulnerability CVE-2026-45186 that allows easy denial…
Back in December 2023, I got curious about Steven Bartlett's then-new book The Diary of a CEO: The 33 laws of business and life and ordered a copy for myself. I dived right in. On page 184 this graph hit me: It is meant to be about how 100 USD develop over time with either constant 1% loss or 1% gain per day. It puzzles and amazes me to this day how this graph — with all the things wrong about it,…
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For readers new to Expat: libexpat is a fast streaming XML parser. Alongside libxml2, Expat is one of the most widely used software libre XML parsers written in C, specifically C99. It is cross-platform and licensed under the MIT license . Expat 2.8.0 was released two days ago. The key motivation for cutting a release and doing so now was: Addressing security issue CVE-2026-41080 — insufficient…
For readers new to Expat: libexpat is a fast streaming XML parser. Alongside libxml2, Expat is one of the most widely used software libre XML parsers written in C, specifically C99. It is cross-platform and licensed under the MIT license . Expat 2.7.5 was released earlier today. The key motivation for cutting a release and doing so now is three security fixes: CVE-2026-3277 6 — NULL pointer…
Not too long ago, someone literally asked me what they "could learn from me", and that question has stuck with me since. One thing it made me do was label about 30 earlier blog posts in a new blog topic "Learn from me" that contains posts I consider to be teaching something, be at least somewhat timeless, and be somewhat unique to this blog of mine — posts like: My Approach to Code Review and How…
For readers new to Expat: libexpat is a fast streaming XML parser. Alongside libxml2, Expat is one of the most widely used software libre XML parsers written in C, specifically C99. It is cross-platform and licensed under the MIT license . Expat 2.7.4 was released earlier today. The key motivation for cutting a release and doing so now is two security fixes: CVE-2026-24515 — NULL pointer…