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What I Track

What I Track

I’ve recently added basic Google Analytics tracking to this site. This is just to give me a sense of how many people are looking at my site and to understand what articles and t...

What I’m Thinking About May

What I’m Thinking About May

Safety, Security, and Privacy Safety, Security, and Privacy continue to be merged together as IoT increases its reach into new devices. IoT devices are being develope with littl...

What I’m Thinking About March

What I’m Thinking About March

Lots of lost certificates 23,000 HTTPS certificates axed after CEO emails private keys | Ars Technica The email was sent on Tuesday by the CEO of Trustico, a UK-based reseller o...

What I’m Thinking About January

What I’m Thinking About January

Spectre & Meltdown

Building a Collaborative & Social Application Security Program

Building a Collaborative & Social Application Security Program

It’s no secret that more and more companies are jumping on the Bug Bounty Program band wagon, and for good reason, there is a lot of value to be had there. However, rolling out ...

Lazy Days in the Cloud

Lazy Days in the Cloud

The cloud brings scalability, reliability and security features that allow companies of all sizes to run their online business efficiently. These powerful capabilities often bri...

Delegate Then Do

Delegate Then Do

Being a manager is difficult. It’s sometimes difficult to know what tasks you should do yourself and what you should give to your team. I’ve adopted the Delegate then do methodo...

So you want to be a better programmer

So you want to be a better programmer

I get asked sometimes how some people on my team can become a better programmer. I think it’s useful to think in terms of different evolutions of the programmer. In the beginnin...

Project Success

Project Success

This diagram is an approximation of how I think about iterating toward a goal to increase my likelihood for success. There are a few concepts that I’ve packed into this diagram,...

Don't Short Circuit a Lesson

Don't Short Circuit a Lesson

Don’t short circuit a lesson because you think you know what the take away is going to be. Too often we try to map other’s experiences or recommendations to our own and we miss ...