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.

      • DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months 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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          6 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 😆

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      6 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.