A user on the online forum 4chan has leaked a massive 270GB of data purportedly belonging to The New York Times. This leak includes what is claimed to be the source code for the newspaper’s digital operations.

    • MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today
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      25 days ago

      Anything more complicated than a static website is going to have a significant amount of server-side code.

      Also, the article explains that it’s not just the website, but ALL of their repos, which would include their smartphone apps, backend tools, etc.

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        24 days ago

        Yeah, I guess I didn’t consider all the other operational shit that goes into providing content and funding for the website.

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          It’s why our PCs have gotten insanely fast but websites still load like fucking trash. All the back end spying shit takes up a ton of cpu cycles. If you don’t already have em run ublock origin and no script and the internet is so fucking speedy 😆

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              24 days ago

              Yeah. You got yourself covered no script helps with JavaScript being pesky. But breaks a lot of shit tbh.

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                24 days ago

                You can still make it work, it’s just more stuff to click on. I used to use NoScript too, but eventually stopped using it.

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            24 days ago

            That’s not what makes websites slow. It’s React.

            Retards with React. “I’m optimizing user experience”