synth
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Apache License 2.0 | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 |
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synth
- Synth: A tool for generating realistic data using a declarative data model
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Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2021)
SEEKING FREELANCER | London | Remote
Synth (YC S20) [1] is an open source declarative data generator written 100% in Rust.
We are looking for someone with prior experience writing Rust in production for a 1-to-3 months contract to work with us on our core open-source project.
- Proven experience writing production Rust code, preferably in a large code base
- Knowledge of PostgreSQL at a level sufficient to design and build reliable integration
- Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms
- Track record of contribution to open-source projects, preferably on GitHub
- Ability to work quickly and rigorously in a fully remote setting
If that sounds interesting, we want to talk to you! Shoot me an email at damien [at] getsynth.com!
[1]: https://github.com/getsynth/synth
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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2021)
Synth | Rust Software Engineer | Full Time or Part Time | London | Onsite(London)/Remote
About us: Synth is an open source declarative data generator (https://github.com/getsynth/synth). We are building Synth with the intention of solving, once and for all, the problem of generating realistic data for testing - helping big companies and small developers avoid the use of production data in testing.
Our mission is to build amazing developer tools that solve data privacy without forcing users to compromise on productivity. We have a few exciting products in our pipeline and we're backed by YCombinator and other great investors. We're based in London and building a remote-friendly culture.
We work exclusively on open source software. This is great because our community is not confined to just our core team and the users, but also includes our contributors - we believe it is way more fun this way.
We're using Rust for our main line of products - and what we would like to see ideally is:
* You have some experience with Rust that has connected you with at least one of: asynchronous I/O, meta-programming or common patterns for concurrency. Having been involved in an open-source Rust project is a bonus!
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Creating students dataset random data
Take a look at this rust library (which works very well with python modules which generate data in certain formats): https://github.com/getsynth/synth
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What's everyone working on this week (29/2021)?
Putting the finishing touches on a procedural macro to bind Rust code to koto we want to use in synth. Also a blog post about it is on the way.
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What's everyone working on this week (28/2021)?
I'm working on synth https://github.com/getsynth/synth . Also working on a personal project, implementing the tcp protocol in Rust for the fun of it.
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Are you using Rust at work? If yes, for what?
We use Rust to build synth, the open source declarative data generator.
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Tired of creating test data by hand, we've built an open source data generator
Hey HN! We're Synth - a bunch of engineers out of Europe building tooling for developers. We're very excited about what we're working on and wanted to share it with the community.
We've been quite frustrated with the status quo of test data generation - after speaking to tons of other devs we've realised that many people are struggling when it comes to generating realistic looking test data.
Also, where people don’t want to copy sensitive production data to testing environments, data obfuscation can be a huge time-sink.
Enter Synth: a declarative data generator (see our website: https://getsynth.com/, github: https://github.com/getsynth/synth)
Synth enables devs and dev teams to have their application data models as code (basically a hierarchy of files) in their repos. These files can then be used to generate data for a local dev environment, automated testing in CI or even for sharing across organisations. The parameters of generation can also be tweaked to push the data model to its limits for QA, and even scaled for load testing / performance testing.
We're now working on taking the next step, and building a DSL around Synth. The Synth DSL will enable users to concisely define what data should look like and get going.
We're open source and written 100% in Rust. We believe that by making test data be as easy as using production data, we can improve the security and privacy for all of us. We'd love to get more early users as the initial feedback is positive but limited.
Thank you and looking forward to any feedback / ideas about how we can build a better tool for you!
P.S. Synth [launched on HN a while back](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24198114) as an ML solution to create realistic (and safe) copies of your sensitive production data as a service. This approach quickly hit several limitations which couldn't address the use-cases we are trying to solve, happy to go into more details on this if anyone is interested.
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What's everyone working on this week (23/2021)?
I'm currently trying to improve the vtable dispatch in koto (because I want to use it in synth).
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Are you happy after changing to a Rust job?
Luckily, not all Rust jobs are crypto jobs. I'm in my third Rust job working on synth right now and am 100% happy with it.
TextSecure
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The xz sshd backdoor rabbithole goes quite a bit deeper
Moxie's reasons for disallowing Signal distribution via F-droid always rang a little flat to me ( https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/127 ). Lots of chatter about the supposedly superior security model of Google Play Store, and as a result fewer eyes independently building and testing the Signal code base. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but independent and reproducible builds seem like a net positive for everyone. Always struggled to understand releasing code as open source without taking advantage of the community's willingness to build and test. Looking at it in a new light after the XZ backdoor, and Jia Tan's interactions with other FOSS folk.
- WhatsApp forces Pegasus spyware maker to share its secret code
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Signal: Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
Signal has documentation on how to reproduce their Play Store builds and compare them with what you've installed locally:
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/main/reprod...
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Signal v7.0.0 with phone number privacy
There's nothing on Signal blog as of yet, but Signal's git repository was tagged with v7.0.0 yesterday and we can see from the commit history since the previously tagged version (v6.74.4) that there will be a setting to hide one's phone number [1], as well as disabling the previous default behavior of advertising that one is on Signal to all their contacts already using it [2].
[1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commit/8797236b5... (PNP stands for "Phone Number Privacy")
[2] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commit/6097e6c30...
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What are you shocked people are still doing nowadays?
Signal works the same but without the user tracking from Meta/Facebook. Many people use it as well but I'm surprised that a majority sticks to WhatsApp.
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Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app
Telegram and Signal solve this.
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Apple Just Confirmed Governments Are Spying on People’s Phones With Push Notifications
Sadly yes: Looks like an open issue 13290 for Signal, sounds like they were/are indeed still interacting through google's push notification service, wat, and per a link at that issue it was a chore for Tutanota to break away once they realised it was a problem some years ago (though at least they thought about it years ago? wtf Signal...)
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Building end-to-end security for Messenger – Engineering at Meta
Here is one: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/tree/main/reprod...
- Are Signal Notifications Encrypted ?
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Facebook & Messenger finally get end-to-end encryption
Rule 1: Posts to r/signal must relate to Signal.
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content - The content behind MDN Web Docs
Signal-TLS-Proxy
aboba - Yet another audio book player (mobile friendly)
duckduckgo-locales - Translation files for <a href="https://duckduckgo.com"> </a>
gdbstub - An ergonomic, featureful, and easy-to-integrate implementation of the GDB Remote Serial Protocol in Rust (with no-compromises #![no_std] support)
session-desktop - Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger
rouille - Rust programming, in French.
MaterialAudiobookPlayer - Minimalistic audiobook player
n8n - Free and source-available fair-code licensed workflow automation tool. Easily automate tasks across different services.
Signal-Android - Patches to Signal for Android removing dependencies on closed-source Google Mobile Services and Firebase libraries. In branches whose names include "-FOSS". Uses new "foss" or "gms" flavor dimension: build with "./gradlew assemblePlayFossProdRelease".