The GitHub API for Secrets uses libsodium to exchange the secret. I request the public key for my repository, I encrypt my secret with my repository’s public key, and I send it back to GitHub. My repository can then decode it with its secret key (which I don’t know).

The API docs have examples in Node, Python, Ruby, and C#. I worked out an example in Perl which takes the Base64 encoded public key as provided by the API and returns the Base64 encoded secret I need to send back.

I’ve made a new “Perl on Twitter” community because we’re trying to pass admin responsibilities and having no luck with that.

The Routing Policy Specification Language is a pain in the ass, but at least it’s not XML. A RPSL object is a bunch of key-value pairs, with possible multiline values and comments (for example, RIPE’s files). Here’s a simple example for format (but not validity):

In Putting environment values in the keychain, I showed how I use the macOS keychain to store passwords and then read those into my shell’s environment. It worked, but it’s also a bit annoying; every time I start a new interactive shell, I have to wait five seconds for it all to happen. Now I’ve fixed that.

When I write, I hold my pen between my index and middle fingers, and until today, I’ve only encountered two other people who do that. One was a waitress, which is an important detail for this story.