Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Local WebAuthn/FIDO2 environment

In last 2 years, we add WebAuthn/FIDO2 support to our server web apps. It works great and has multiple advantages over classical authentication. The whole idea of passwordless authentication is just awesome.

It was not long ago when I realized that testing FIDO2 in Chromium-based browsers is as easy as enabling WebAuthn tab in Developer's console! It's just there! Just hit F12 and either just add + to add a new tab or click three-dots and pick More tools. Then just click WebAuthn and you'll get a local WebAuthn client that lives until you close the browser. Perfect for testing!

If you need a gentle WebAuthn introduction, visit webauthn.io for more information.

Friday, April 17, 2026

Good bye Total Commander, welcome Double Commander

After like 30 years of using Total Commander (and being a proud owner of a personal license), I finally give up using it in favor of a worthy replacement that works everywhere, including Linux. Double Commander, welcome on the board.

To make it even more "Total Comanderish", go to Options and tweak some of them:

  • Fonts/Main font - Microsoft Sans Serif, Bold, 9
  • File views/Columns/Auto fill columns - on
  • File views/Columns/Auto size column - First
  • Icons/Show overlay icons - on
  • Icons/Icon size/File panel - 16x16
  • Miscellaneous/Show splash screen - off
  • Terminal/Command to run terminal and keep open - Command: wt, Parameters: new-tab --hold {command}
  • Terminal/Command to run terminal and close - Command: wt, Parameters: new-tab {command}
  • Terminal/Command for just running terminal - Command: wt, Parameters: -d .