PinnedPublished inGeek CultureHow I Built an Overengineered Serverless Uptime CheckerWalk through of some of the design decisions around an service uptime tracker on AWS Lambda.Apr 24, 2021A response icon1Apr 24, 2021A response icon1
Published inLevel Up CodingThe Confusing Case of Git Signatures on GitHubAn explanation of some of the things GitHub does to smooth out the sharp edges of commit signing and one of the gotcha’s with their…Mar 9A response icon1Mar 9A response icon1
Published inLevel Up CodingWhen NTP Interactions Go WrongA walkthrough of an issue with interactions with NTP that lead to vastly incorrect dates.Aug 25, 2024Aug 25, 2024
Published inLevel Up CodingMicrosoft Gets A Firm Reprimand From the Cyber Safety Review BoardA review of the CSRB report on Microsoft’s summer 2023 Exchange intrusion.Apr 16, 2024Apr 16, 2024
Published inLevel Up CodingModern Methods for Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) ProtectionDive into methods to protect against cross site request forgery (CSRF). Custom headers, signed double-submit cookies, cookie settingsFeb 19, 2024Feb 19, 2024
Published inCodeXThe Next.js Conf Picture That Blew People’s MindsSeeing a SQL statement in a React component has caught the internet’s attention in both good and bad ways.Oct 28, 2023A response icon23Oct 28, 2023A response icon23
Published inLevel Up CodingBuilding a FIPS-140 Compliant HTTPD ServerA how to set up a FIPS 140 compliant HTTPD server.Oct 25, 2023Oct 25, 2023
Published inLevel Up CodingMcKinsey Has Solved Developer Productivity MeasurementA critical view of a recent McKinsey article about measuring developer productivity.Aug 24, 2023A response icon16Aug 24, 2023A response icon16
Published inLevel Up CodingMechanical Sympathy in Software DevelopmentModern software abstractions are great but that doesn’t discredit the benefit of understanding what happens beneath those abstractions.May 2, 2023A response icon2May 2, 2023A response icon2
Published inGeek CultureWhen Proof of Concepts Become Production CodeProof of concepts are invaluable in software development. If we allows ourselves to ship these POCs to production we introduce many risks.Apr 18, 2023A response icon1Apr 18, 2023A response icon1
