# omid (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover omid. Page: Feed: --- ## [Have Influence Without Becoming the Backdoor](https://omid.dev/2026/08/19/have-influence-without-becoming-the-backdoor/) _2026-08-18 · Home on Omid Farhang_ Cross-team trust is a career asset. Unofficial ownership is a career trap. How a senior brings feedback, protects UX, and stays on the team's side of the board. ## [Channel the Scout, Keep the Seat](https://omid.dev/2026/08/18/channel-the-scout-keep-the-seat/) _2026-08-17 · Home on Omid Farhang_ Do not punish cross-team friendliness. Give the scout an official boundary: shared intake, no silent commitments, and polish on a budget. ## [When the Best Communicator Becomes the Backdoor](https://omid.dev/2026/08/17/when-the-best-communicator-becomes-the-backdoor/) _2026-08-16 · Home on Omid Farhang_ On a small development team, the senior who talks to other teams may be the most valuable person in the room—until influence becomes unofficial ownership. ## [The Frontend Is a Privileged System Now](https://omid.dev/2026/08/15/the-frontend-is-a-privileged-system-now/) _2026-08-15 · Home on Omid Farhang_ The browser is untrusted, but the system that builds and delivers the frontend is not. Install hooks, CI identities, and release credentials make frontend delivery a production trust boundary. ## [The AUR Is Frozen: Inside Arch's Third Supply-Chain Attack Wave](https://omid.dev/2026/08/10/aur-freeze-supply-chain-attack/) _2026-08-10 · Home on Omid Farhang_ Arch Linux froze all AUR writes after a third supply-chain attack wave, then restored pushes and adoption on August 11 with review gates. Timeline, how Atomic Arch worked, and what to do on Manjaro and other Arch-derived distros. ## [Marilyn Manson – Front Toward Enemy](https://omid.dev/2026/08/09/marilyn-manson-front-toward-enemy/) _2026-08-09 · Home on Omid Farhang_ “Get up and fight! Get up and fight!” Marilyn Manson is back? ## [A Maintainable Command-Line Workspace on Linux](https://omid.dev/2026/08/03/a-maintainable-command-line-workspace-on-linux/) _2026-08-03 · Home on Omid Farhang_ Build a reproducible Linux command-line workspace with portable dotfiles, terminal, shell, multiplexer, SSH, and editor layers that remain maintainable across machines. ## [Modern Auth Patterns for Angular Frontends (Beyond “Just Add JWT”)](https://omid.dev/2026/07/31/modern-auth-patterns-for-angular-frontends/) _2026-07-30 · Home on Omid Farhang_ Stop storing JWTs in localStorage. Use OIDC with a BFF or reverse proxy, short-lived server-side tokens, HttpOnly cookies, and Angular interceptors and guards that do not pretend to be your security boundary. ## [Why Client-Side Frameworks Need Security Updates](https://omid.dev/2026/07/29/why-client-side-frameworks-need-security-updates/) _2026-07-28 · Home on Omid Farhang_ Browser frameworks still own sanitization, request protection, and SSR isolation. Three recent Angular CVEs show why framework patches are part of every client-side app’s security boundary. ## [Securing Angular PWAs in 2026](https://omid.dev/2026/07/22/securing-angular-pwas-in-2026/) _2026-07-21 · Home on Omid Farhang_ Security for Angular Progressive Web Apps: HTTPS and service worker scope, cache strategies that do not leak auth-dependent data, and offline sessions without raising XSS or CSRF risk. ## [Anthony Ettinger on LinkedIn (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rOZqI3R7gqIT) _2026-07-21 · **Sponsored**_ Public LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/anthonyettinger. ## [Dependency Risk, SBOMs, and Automated Security for Angular](https://omid.dev/2026/07/18/dependency-risk-sboms-and-automated-security-for-angular/) _2026-07-17 · Home on Omid Farhang_ Build an SBOM and CI security pipeline for Angular monorepos: npm audit, ng update --dry-run, fail on high-severity CVEs, Dependabot/Snyk, and post summaries to Slack or Mastodon. ## [Content Security Policy (CSP) and Angular: Practical Patterns](https://omid.dev/2026/07/15/csp-and-angular-practical-patterns/) _2026-07-14 · Home on Omid Farhang_ Ship CSP for Angular without breaking the build: report-only first, nonces via autoCsp or ngCspNonce, nginx/Apache/Cloudflare headers, and a small scanner for inline handlers, eval, and other footguns. ## [TypeScript 7 Is Here: Fast, Exciting, and Worth Watching](https://omid.dev/2026/07/10/typescript-7-is-here-fast-exciting-worth-watching/) _2026-07-09 · Home on Omid Farhang_ TypeScript 7's native port delivers dramatic build-time speedups, but editor plugins, framework tooling, and monorepo workflows are catching up at different speeds. A practical read for teams deciding when to adopt. ## [Uses](https://omid.dev/uses/) _2026-07-08 · Home on Omid Farhang_ A list of the hardware, software, and tools I use on a daily basis. ## [Local AI on Manjaro: Ollama, Aider, and Cline Without Another Subscription](https://omid.dev/2026/06/30/local-ai-with-ollama-aider-and-cline-on-manjaro/) _2026-06-29 · Home on Omid Farhang_ A follow-up to the split Cursor workflow: install Ollama on Manjaro with CUDA, pull coding models, wire up Aider and Cline for scoped local work — with honest limits on tool reliability, privacy, and when to fall back to cloud models. ## [How to Stretch Cursor Pro Further: A Split AI Workflow](https://omid.dev/2026/06/29/how-to-stretch-cursor-pro-with-a-split-ai-workflow/) _2026-06-29 · Home on Omid Farhang_ Cursor Pro is best when it edits code, not when it thinks out loud. A practical split workflow — Perplexity for current research, ChatGPT for planning, Claude for review, Ollama for cheap tasks, and Cursor for multi-file execution — plus what actually counts against your quota. ## [After the Zoom-Out: A Playbook for Staying Current Without Burning Out](https://omid.dev/2026/06/25/after-the-zoom-out-a-playbook-for-staying-current/) _2026-06-25 · Home on Omid Farhang_ Part two of the ecosystem blind spot series. The first post named the feeling; this one is the playbook — pain-driven discovery, pattern recognition, technology reconnaissance, and the habits that keep experienced engineers ahead of expensive gaps. ## [Privacy Policy](https://omid.dev/privacy-policy/) _2026-06-17 · Home on Omid Farhang_ How omid.dev handles analytics, the contact form, webmentions, and other privacy-related features. ## [Terms of Use](https://omid.dev/terms-of-use/) _2026-06-17 · Home on Omid Farhang_ Terms for using omid.dev, its content, contact form, and discussion features. ## [How I Learned My Linux Machine Has Been Compressing Memory for Years Without Me Knowing](https://omid.dev/2026/06/16/how-i-learned-my-linux-machine-has-been-compressing-memory-for-years/) _2026-06-15 · Home on Omid Farhang_ After 15 years on Linux, I discovered zswap had been compressing inactive memory on my Manjaro laptop all along. A practical guide to checking zswap, zram, and memory compression on Linux, macOS, and Windows — plus a timeline of how we got here. ## [Finnish Seedboxes — Up to 20Gbps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/oV4qkg8wrjEM) _2026-06-15 · **Sponsored**_ Private Finnish seedboxes with 1–20Gbps speeds, RAID storage and 14‑day refund ## [Teaching with Bio-Dynamics: 15-Minute Lab Sessions](https://omid.dev/2026/06/14/teaching-with-bio-dynamics-15-minute-lab-sessions/) _2026-06-14 · Home on Omid Farhang_ Step-by-step classroom paths for the Bio-Dynamics microbiome sandbox — allergy barrier defense, Candida pH balance, and the pre/pro/postbiotic lifecycle. ## [i18n, a11y, and Shareable Lab State in the Browser](https://omid.dev/2026/06/13/i18n-a11y-and-shareable-lab-state-in-the-browser/) _2026-06-13 · Home on Omid Farhang_ How Bio-Dynamics supports English, German, and Persian, keeps keyboard and screen-reader paths usable, and encodes lab checkpoints in the URL.