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How this open source project broke Minecraft

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Imagine being in the middle of fixing a global security crisis, only to find out your own son's Minecraft game is broken... by your code. In this powerful clip, Log4j maintainer Christian Grobmeier shares the unforgettable moment the Log4Shell vulnerability hit home. #Log4j #Log4Shell #Minecraft Stay up-to-date on all things GitHub by connecting with us: YouTube: https://gh.io/subgithub Blog: https://github.blog X: https://twitter.com/github LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/github Insider newsletter: https://resources.github.com/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/github TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@github About GitHub It’s where over 100 million developers create, share, and ship the best code possible. It’s a place for anyone, from anywhere, to build anything—it’s where the world builds software. https://github.com

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nicholas_smith 4 months, 3 weeks ago

_Son, I was actually working on fixing that, which was my fault. Sorry, and you're welcome._

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heathermerritt95 4 months, 4 weeks ago

hahah.. epic dad xD

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robin_eaton 5 months ago

A very critical lesson in manhood: taking responsibility!

utkarsh.kalita
utkarsh.kalita 5 months, 1 week ago

????

paulvaleon6
paulvaleon6 5 months, 1 week ago

People need to stop using services written in Java, if only for memory purposes

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victoire_chrétien 5 months, 2 weeks ago

no "share the wealth" in open source. both in terms of code contributions back, and in terms of monetary support.

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meganmccarthy268 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The log4j isn't the worst problem at minecraft

gabinoirizarry390
gabinoirizarry390 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Log 4 Jason.

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lisa_hayes 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Imagine that boy telling his friends that his father is the man who keeps Minecraft working.

abigailbrown482
abigailbrown482 5 months, 3 weeks ago

WHAT DID YOU DO DADDDD 😂😂😂😂

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jilllewis330 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Werent your company sold to israrl

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mohammed.barrett 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Where is the full video

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grégoire_louis 5 months, 4 weeks ago

The funniest thing to come out of this was on anarchy servers people were actually exploiting the vulnerability in order to get remote code execution on people's machines and patch the vulnerability for them.

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davimiguel_silveira 6 months ago

i have no idea what this is or why it's in my feed.

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christine_ferrand 6 months ago

this guy left his world ending job to make time for his son. im gonna remember this when i have a fam

mariacecíliaalbuquerque427
mariacecíliaalbuquerque427 6 months ago

The fact that literal trillion dollar corporations and countless billion dollars companies are relying on free code that’s being maintained solely because of people’s own will just proves how unstable the internet really is

jorge_razo
jorge_razo 6 months ago

"you won't believe it... I'm fixing it at my job"

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martin_hayes 6 months ago

"Ugh....dad you broke Minecraft!"

nicholas_marsh
nicholas_marsh 6 months, 1 week ago

What's this about? And who us this?

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garytaylor19 6 months, 1 week ago

Respect to fessing up 😂