Infra security nerd at Shopify. Previously GitHub (Dependabot+Actions), ApolloGraphQL, Fitbit. Hack the planet.

Joined November 2012
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Curious about exploiting VMs or memory bugs in a safe language? Read my new blog post, where I attack Firecracker, AWS' VMM written in Rust. Learn about the various layers of virtualization + the attack surface, and how design decisions impact security. graplsecurity.com/post/attac…
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The House passed a defense spending bill saying you can't sell software to the DoD that has *any* known CVEs in it. congress.gov/bill/117th-cong…
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No matter which community you're a part of, protecting and supporting open-source is in everyone's best interests. ❤️
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Gem authors: I'd like to understand more about why you don't use MFA on rubygems.org. Is it because you haven't got around to it? Don't like the extra step to login? Some other reason? Please let me know. (Retweets for reach appreciated).
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Wow, I'm horrible at Ruby.
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Picard leadership tip: Think for yourself. Don't just repeat what other people say.
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americans who keep a petard in their home are 3x more likely to use their petard on themselves than to defend against an intruder
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Don't worry! Storing passwords in plaintext is secure, as it's illegal to hack a database.
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Superusers should wreak havoc only by accident.
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In 1967, an operations manager at Bell Labs in Oakland brought his camera into work and captured a day in the life of the company. The workplace is noticeably filled with women, typical of an era when coding was viewed as women’s work. buff.ly/2WsEmH2
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Picard management tip: We all have a primordial instinct to fear the unknown. It is up to each of us to suppress that instinct, to investigate mysteries even in the face of risk.
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Picard technology tip: Sometimes your chief engineer can build new systems that are better than your existing enterprise software.
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📢⭐️ Full Summit agenda is now up! Take a peek at the amazing set of talks and speakers lined up in two tracks across two days! Register now to ensure your seat as General Admission tickets will sell out in the next 72 hours! 🎟️🎟️🎟️ summit.graphql.com/#agenda-1
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Automate your workflow. Meet GitHub Actions 👋 It might just change the way you work. github.com/features/actions
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GitHub Actions is finally announced! I can finally discuss what me and my teammates have been working on! So excited that it's out there now! #GithubUniverse
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Yo, Ding Dong, man. Ding Dong. Ding Dong, yo. #Hostess #RIP #DayOfMourning
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Nobody understands me and my attention span caps out at five minutes, so I’m pretty much a Lambda function. – at Sunnyside, San Francisco
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Picard social tip: A Vulcan can laugh. A Klingon can soothe. A Ferengi can give. Your preconceptions are not facts.
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We've updated our #GraphQL server tutorial with SQL, MongoDB, and REST to all the newest libraries + added tracing & caching steps! ☃️ dev-blog.apollodata.com/tuto…
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