Making progress on routing security: the new White House roadmap (11 minute read)
This post explains the importance of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) for routing internet traffic and the growing need for security measures to prevent route hijacking and leaks. It highlights recent government efforts, including the White House roadmap, to improve BGP security through initiatives like Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) and Route Origin Validation (ROV).
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Containerising Azure Functions without Dockerfile (8 minute read)
This article explains how to containerize Azure Functions apps for .NET using two methods: with a Dockerfile and via MSBuild's native containerization support. It provides detailed steps for both approaches, allowing developers to build and run containerized Azure Functions apps locally.
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Creating A Git Commit The Hard Way (8 minute read)
This article dives deep into what creating a git commit with the canonical git commit command actually does under the hood. It walks through the underlying git operations that are executed to get it to work.
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"SRE" doesn't seem to mean anything useful any more (4 minute read)
This author, frustrated by being stereotyped as merely a "devops" worker due to their Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) background, recounts a pivotal decision at Torq to use gRPC and Protobuf instead of OpenAPI/Swagger. This choice, influenced by past negative experiences at Luminate Security, led to improved system compatibility and coding standards. Despite the success, they feel their broader technical skills are often overlooked.
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Dub (GitHub Repo)
Open-source link management infrastructure. Loved by modern marketing teams like Vercel, Raycast, and Perplexity.
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Apprise (GitHub Repo)
Apprise simplifies notifications for developers and system administrators by providing a unified interface to send messages across multiple popular platforms, streamlining the process of integrating notification services into applications and workflows.
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AWS IAM: A Comprehensive Guide Toward Least Privilege (9 minute read)
This article emphasizes the importance of applying the principle of least privilege (PoLP) in cloud environments to reduce the risks of credential theft, accidental or intentional data deletion, and other security incidents. It suggests starting with broader permissions and gradually narrowing them while considering the use of more restrictive policies like ViewOnlyAccess or SecurityAudit instead of ReadOnlyAccess for production environments.
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Safety first! (2 minute read)
Despite claims of prioritizing safety, tech companies can't truly be "safety first" because production pressure inevitably pushes back against delays, leading to trade-offs between safety and execution that engineers face daily.
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Burn Rate Is a Better Error Rate (12 minute read)
Burn rates offer a more nuanced and effective approach to monitoring service reliability compared to traditional error rates, providing clearer insights and enabling more precise alerting for improved system performance.
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