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It's actually a backronym. https://github.com/soatok/furbb

This is a good idea, though. :)


Presumably FurBB is deployed somewhere. Definitely keep that URL to yourself. Feel free to link from that instance to the project, though.

Meanwhile, change the branding on the project. Even the backronym may be too risky.

Next, use the software to deploy a 2nd site that is more 'vanilla' which employers won't object to. Perhaps pick a hobby that some of the PHBs at your company indulge in (golf, fishing, etc.)? Or perhaps (depending on the market you're going to try and get work in), fixie bikes, pour-over coffee makers, hot yoga, etc.

Heck, start a side project that does forum-hosting using your software... You'll learn even more that way, and the instance that was the primary instigator can just hide among the multitudes...


Heh. Okay, I'll consider rebranding it.


This may still be too close to provide plausible deniability, but perhaps 'FurbyBoard' (literally a board about and for Furby enthusiasts, rather than Furries)


Heh well, I'm not concerned with maintaining NSA-paranoid opsec levels around this project.


That's what I figured. Thanks for your input.


The specifics of my project are as follows, in case the specifics help. It's a forum/discussion platform.

The "Good":

- Free and open source (AGPL)

- Will have complete unit test coverage of its base install

- Verifies GPG signatures of third-party dependencies (e.g. PHPUnit) before running them

- Designed to encourage and promote plugin development

- The entire framework uses parameterized queries to prevent SQLi

- Uses HTMLPurifier for preventing XSS

- Has a simple interface for inserting/validating CSRF prevention tokens on POST requests

- Uses Markdown instead of BBCode

- Passwords are derived with bcrypt by default and scrypt if it's available.

- Will ship with Mod_Security rules and NAXSI whitelists (as well as scripts to update them when plugins are added)

The "Bad":

- Branded with/marketed towards the Furry Fandom


I think this question should have been "Ask HN: Should I hide my participation in furry fandom from future employers". You list a lot of technical points and features about your project, but it doesn't seem like those have much to do with the question: you could have written it closed source and in Haskell, and the question would be the same.

To answer that question, "do you want to work somewhere where you are required to hide part of your identity?"


No, but the next question is, "Does a place that does not impose some degree of secrecy about one's identity even exist?"


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