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The New York Times source code leaked by a 4chan user (stackdiary.com)

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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.

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[-] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 47 points 4 months ago

Source code... for a website?

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 113 points 4 months ago

Subscription software. Tracking software. Ad tools. Promotion tools. Tools for journalists.

The website is just what you see.

[-] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 months ago

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

[-] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 22 points 4 months ago

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 😆

[-] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

I hadn't noticed but then again I run Ublock Origin on Firefox.

[-] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

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

[-] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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.

[-] x0x7@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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

Retards with React. "I'm optimizing user experience"

[-] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Oh haven’t heard of this will check it out.

[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 66 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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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