Six Things I Learned from Mr. Robot
Mr. Robot is an amazingly accurate series about a hacker (Elliot Alderson) and his, uhm, undertakings. The series is consulted by many cybersecurity experts and so every hack that happensContinue reading
AWS Alarms for Application Errors
Monitoring is key for any real-world application. You have to know what’s happening and be alerted in real time if something wrong is happening. AWS has CloudWatch for that, andContinue reading
Am I a Real Expert?
The other day I had a conversation with a scientist friend who said something along the lines of “yes, I work in that general field, but I’m not an expertContinue reading
Automating the Change of WordPress Permalinks
WordPress is powering 35% of website. And while it may not be seen as very complex or interesting, it is one of the most prevalent technologies of our time. AndContinue reading
An AWS Elasticsearch Post-Mortem
So it happened that we had a production issue on the SaaS version of LogSentinel – our Elasticsearch stopped indexing new data. There was no data loss, as elasticsearch isContinue reading
Running a Safe Database Cluster in AWS With Auto-Scaling Groups
When you have to run a scalable application on AWS, your database must also be scalable. It’s easier to scale the stateless application layer, where each node is mostly disposableContinue reading
Where Is This Coming From?
In enterprise software the top one question you have to answer as a developer almost every day is “Where is this coming from?”. When trying to fix bugs, when developingContinue reading
One-Month of Microsoft DKIM Failure and Thoughts on Technical Excellence
Last month I published an article about getting email settings right. I had recently configured DKIM on our company domain and was happy to share the experience. However, the nextContinue reading
One-Time Passwords Do Not Provide Non-Repudiation
The title is obvious and it could’ve been a tweet rather than a blogpost. But let me expand. OTP, or one-time password, used to be mainstream with online banking. YouContinue reading
Solving Problems Properly Is Often Not Viable
How many times you, as a software expert, saw some software or process and thought “damn, this can be done so much better”. Yes, a lot. But why, since largeContinue reading