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Douglas Francis retweeted
Software developers always say 'it works on my machine'.
It's a regular expression.
Douglas Francis retweeted
In which I break down just what @Ubiquiti is alleging against @briankrebs:
lastweekinaws.com/blog/ubiqu…
Douglas Francis retweeted
We need an IT Infrastructure Bankruptcy process for when orgs get so far out of date that it's just hopeless.
Douglas Francis retweeted
I'm a principal software engineer who's trusted to go around and find, fix, and improve the things that need it without little supervision.
And yet, I just spent 20 minutes debugging missing file output because I had the folder sorted by type and not name. Dammit.
Douglas Francis retweeted
(a LONG thread) 🧵
Inspired by @infosec_au & @hacker_ here's one of my fun hacker stories:
= The complete compromise of a password manager company =
Here's how I did it (so you can learn):
I was given the project to pentest a password manager company: *.redacted.com
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Douglas Francis retweeted
Through new and expanded partnerships, @Microsoft is delivering on-orbit compute, tools, and capabilities for the developer community to advance space edge computing. #AzureSpace Learn how → azure.microsoft.com/blog/emp…
ALT External photo of International Space Station orbiting Earth in background
Douglas Francis retweeted
If you're looking for another way to stay in shape, there is a virtual run this year by @KrtneyRose4cure raise money for children's brain tumor research.
It also helps my day job get funded, so any help there is appreciated 🙂
thekortneyrosefoundation.org…
Douglas Francis retweeted
"Are you sure you want to merge that on a Friday?"
"Well, this is awkward...I regret to inform you..."
Douglas Francis retweeted
Instead of deploying Chaos Monkey, have you considered just hiring worse engineers?
Douglas Francis retweeted
JIRA sucks from a UI/UX perspective and anyone who likes it is just because of Stockholm syndrome. Send tweet.
Douglas Francis retweeted
Following a coding tutorial
xitter.cf/HumansNoContext/status…
Douglas Francis retweeted
Ugh, I wish people were less scared of DNS.
I keep meaning to make a zine or something and call it "DNS: Not Fucking Magic" because DNS is beautiful and I think it doesn't deserve it's reputation.
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Douglas Francis retweeted
Kind of sad to go from the 12th fastest supercomputer in the world to the recycling shredder. Data point: used about $400/hour in electricity.
insidehpc.com/2020/02/how-th…