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ByteHaven
Personal blog · blog.ppb1701.comsecurityculture
ByteHaven is a personal blog at blog.ppb1701.com about security and culture. Since 2026, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link ByteHaven's post on Bitwarden's 'quiet renovation', which tracks the removal and reappearance of the 'Always free' wording on its site. Commenters cite it as evidence in Bitwarden licensing threads.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Software Engineer with over a decade of experience, mostly in .Net, Flutter, and Ruby. When I'm not working, I'm gaming on my Steam Deck, rewatching Star...
Most-linked posts?
- The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2026-05-16
What Hacker News says?
Very insightful blog post listed by another user as a sub-comment. Worth posting as a top-level comment: https://blog.ppb1701.com/the-quiet-renovation-at-bitwarden Previously discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48163389
Comment linking /the-quiet-renovation-at-bitwarden
on “Bitwarden Dual License Model”Submitted The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden as a story · 5 points
HN discussionCorrect. Circa earlier this year I found this blog post, and have – as a paying customer nonetheless, mind you – continued to expect a 180-degree turn (which to be clear, this not yet is) ever since: https://blog.ppb1701.com/the-quiet-renovation-at-bitwarden
Comment linking /the-quiet-renovation-at-bitwarden
on “Bitwarden Dual License Model”Submitted "Privacy. That's iPhone." – and Other Things That Need an Asterisk as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThe page addresses this: > The “Always free” motto quietly reappeared on the site after its removal was uncovered and went viral on Fedi. (And the linked article gives evidence: < https://blog.ppb1701.com/the-quiet-renovation-at-bitwarden#:... >.)
Comment linking /the-quiet-renovation-at-bitwarden
on “Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can”Submitted Come Back to Firefox. Meta Never Left as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The AI Gold Rush Is Eating Its Own as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Word "Hide" Is Now a Legal Question as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Shot on iPhone. Now Prove It as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted RAMpocalypse, Now With Lawyers – ByteHaven – Where I ramble about bytes as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Always On. Always Watching as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted "Not Even Government Agencies" - Proton's misleading marketing as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Everyone Knows Your Face as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Popup That Says the Quiet Part Out Loud as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden as a story · 1 points
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