Help, I need a code signing certificate that won't bankrupt me.

Three years ago, I paid $100 for a three-year code signing certificate. I've signed all my open-source projects' releases with it. Now that it's renewal time, Certera (SignMyCode.com) wants almost $700 for the same three-year certificate (excluding the mandatory HSM purchase, which I am totally on board with).

I write silly C and PowerShell code, and I timestamp my signatures so that they're perpetually valid. My PowerShell Gallery stuff, as well as binaries of aprs-weather-submit on Windows and macOS, are all signed and hashed (but not notarized by Apple, because that's another $99 a year for something that feels done unless Bob Bruninga's followers are thinking about APRS 2.0).

If I can't find a solution, anything I write or update in the future will have to be released as unsigned unless I half-ass something (like the Notepad++ developer using self-signed certs -- semi-dangerously clever). $100 every three years, fine. $700 every three years, and I'll do it if my three fans click my Buy Me A Coffee link over and over.

Is there any CA out there that will offer open-source, not-for-profit developers like me a chance to get globally-trusted code signing certificates? I don't think SigStore ever took off (sadly), and even if it did, I don't think it's part of the Microsoft Authenticode program.

#CodeSigning #SSL #TLS #certificates #Certera #SoftwareDevelopment #C #PowerShell #PowerShellGallery #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #APRS #APRS-Weather-Submit #GitHub #security #developer #Windows #macOS #Linux #Authenticode #DevSecOps #DevOps

run a UNIX command in multiple sub-processes with line-buffered I/O https://lobste.rs/s/bzfzyd #c #freebsd #netbsd #openbsd #unix
https://kmx.io/blog/released-runj-v0.1-and-runj-v0.2-run-unix-command-sub-processes-with-line-buffered-io

Reflection — C++’s decade-defining rocket engine https://lobste.rs/s/ttj58a #c++
https://herbsutter.com/2025/09/18/yesterdays-talk-video-posted-reflection-cs-decade-defining-rocket-engine/

TernFS: an exabyte scale, multi-region distributed filesystem https://lobste.rs/s/yn7jdd #c++ #distributed #go
https://www.xtxmarkets.com/tech/2025-ternfs/

In Defense of C++ https://lobste.rs/s/ttwdgn #c++
https://dayvster.com/blog/in-defense-of-cpp/

Introducing the Constexpr Debugger https://lobste.rs/s/kilgon #c++ #debugging
https://blog.jetbrains.com/clion/2025/09/introducing-constexpr-debugger/

@landley @krutonium @OS1337 @geerlingguy sadly your experience re: #Rust isn't unique and I think a lot of said evangelists really sour the languague for so many…

• Obviously #HectorMartin & #AsahiLina ( @AsahiLinux ) are noteworthy exceptions, but their work was re: #Apple's proprietary #ARM-based #SoC's…

I do think that #Linux's main design philosophy (clean, readable #C code) should've been kept stronger as it enables easier #maintenance.

• Noone prevents i.e. a "#Freax"-Kernel that reimplements Linux's #ABI|s and #API|s from being made.

Remembering a legend! 🙌

His contributions shaped the foundations of modern computing and inspired generations of developers. 🖥️❤️

#dennisritchie #c #unix

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Happy Birthday, Dennis Ritchie, 9 September, 1941. Creator of C & co-developer of UNIX. There is a picture of him on the left in a suit and tie.

#Ncurses #C #Curses

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A screenshot of an xterm window running an ncurses program. The program looks like it is implementing the game of life, because there is a basic glider in the upper left corner.

The Untold story of C

https://youtube.com/watch?v=fxFL_BGev8M

#c #programming #plt

"Remember that there is a distinction between a programming language and a graphical user interface. Don't confuse snazzy graphics (generated using someone else's libraries and tools) with good programming."

@infostorm@a.gup.pe @hacking@a.gup.pe @c@a.gup.pe @programming@a.gup.pe @dev@a.gup.pe @quotes@a.gup.pe

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