I enjoy meeting new people, which feels odd, given my technical background. Because of that, I've naturally found myself taking part in the interview process frequently. I've had the opportunity to interview many people, from developers to QA, IT, and security. I've done technical and cultural interviews for junior positions…

Time for a hot take — I don’t entirely trust password managers. I don’t think they are doing something wrong. Nor do I think they are honeypots for information. I distrust them because humans tend to be overconfident when it comes to keeping secrets. Give me a chance to lay…

NPM (Node Package Manager) is fantastic! Modern software development wouldn’t have been near as impactful without the combined brain power of thousands of programmers. I’ve witnessed powerful projects built with these modules, saving untold amounts of developer time. However, there are some tradeoffs for this incredible service. One of the…

How screwed are we if our best people get hit by a bus? Imagine for a moment that you were an evil bus driver with a maniacal distaste for technology and software. You’ve decided to use your mastery of driving the bus to rid the world of both in the…

You see these little suckers everywhere now: at coffee shops, on signposts, in bank statements, and beyond. And while they provide an easy way to access information, they can very easily be abused to take your phone to sites with ill intent. Our team had a great video training us…

I’ll level with you. Some days everything breaks. You’ll wake up, and it feels like half of the internet is in disarray. Users won’t be able to log in or use a huge chunk of your app, and the issue will be out of your direct control. …

Sometimes in life, we are just trying to get the job done, and we may leave the oven on, lock ourselves out of our house, or forget to encrypt the volume storage attached to our servers. Try not to panic. Mistakes happen, which is why we have smoke alarms, why…

Our team encountered an interesting issue a little while back where we needed to make sure some critical servers were not exposed to the wider internet. While we could seriously limit the security groups, the situation demanded that a public IP be present under no circumstances. Sounds easy, simply just…

Our team has gone through a lot of learning over the last year working remotely — learning how to communicate best, retain strong internal involvement, and tackle technical challenges. Despite the situation, we have made fantastic progress in many areas and solved many complex problems. …