Debugging is a skill you must employ when writing software and yet requires a uniquely different type of mindset. Software engineering (for most code) is largely process oriented, debugging is often non-linear and looks like it’s intuition oriented. But there is process. My #1 Rule in debugging is: Believe No…

I have Linux on my phone right now (I’ve finally switched from Apple -> Android). My terror of malware aside, it’s a delightful experience. I see people using Linux on their desktops/laptops, and it JUST WORKS. This continues to amaze me. In the 90s, back when I started using Linux…

Earlier today, someone posted a blog about their experiences auditing an NQ Vault, an Android app that claimed to be “a safe place to store your private data.” The result was not pretty. TLDR: basically it turns out the encryption the app was using was, how shall we say, less…

who to hire for your startup, and why — I’m going to to talk about two archetypes I’ve observed over my career as a developer, the Hacker (the programmer kind, not the software breaking kind) and the Engineer. How to Spot a Hacker Hackers get shit done, and fast. It may not be the most elegant or scalable solution, but it comes to life…

a summary and line by line overview — Recently, an interesting Docker exploit was posted (http://stealth.openwall.net/xSports/shocker.c) that demonstrates an information leak where a Docker container can access some privileged filesystem data where it shouldn’t. …

I sent an email out to @all at Threat Stack, and I thought it would be worth cleaning up to post here… “Noble Vision” I heard a CEO mention this concept during a Tech Stars talk then ran into it again reading some awesome articles on Harvard Business Review (e.g…

This article was inspired as a reaction to this WAPO article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/02/27/heres-what-its-like-to-be-a-booth-babe-at-cybersecuritys-biggest-conference/?tid=pm_business_pop You think it’s frustrating to be a booth babe? You know nothing, Washington Post. I spent some time this past week managing my startup’s RSA Conference booth. We’re not a huge company (yet!) …

#1: solve micropayments for content — This is likely the first in a series of thoughts I have for startup ideas. I am, in many cases, not a subject-matter-expert, and am talking out of my ass. Is the idea valuable? Maybe. But it’s all about the execution. You know what is annoying? Watching ads or being stuck behind an annoying paywall that was me to give out yet another credit card number and fill out another sign up form for yet another website.

yes and no — I’m not talking about sight-reading Sight-reading is not at all like reading code. By sight-reading, I mean the ability to look at a score and perform it on-demand. …