How to upgrade Git (Mac OSX)

Problem : Git vulnerabilities CVE-2016–2324 and 2315 Solution : Update it :)

Moving a large and old codebase to Python3

One and a half years ago we decided that it was time to get on Python 3. We’ve talked about it for a long time but now it was time! The journey is now complete, we have switched the last parts of production to Python 3.

Onboard people, not technology

At my first programming job, it took three weeks to get my dev environment fully setup. I was only the…

Journey towards upgrading to React-16

This began an year back when Andrew Clark fascinated all of us by architecting React-Fiber. We all waited for this major change to come alive.

Migrating from compass to node-sass

Compass is long gone, Jan 16 2015 to be precise.

SSRF as a Service: Mitigating a Design-Level Software Security Vulnerability

Aaron Hnatiw is a Senior Security Researcher in Security Compass’s Advisory unit. His work involves learning about new and emerging security threats and how to mitigate them. In this article, he…

10,000 Hours With Claude Shannon: How A Genius Thinks, Works, and Lives

We got up-close-and-personal…

I camped out with a tech billionaire. The advice he gave me was priceless.

How to build stable systems

— An incomplete opinionated guide.

Preparation

The first decision is easily the most important. It is one of ideology: the developers are in control of the software. Not the other way around…

Stop Guessing Languages Based on IP Address

There’s better ways to do this already built into HTTP.

Recently I took a trip to Europe. When I arrived in Berlin, I opened up my laptop and went to Google. Much to my surprise, despite…