1. Running Rails on AWS Elastic Beanstalk

    Recently, I got a Rails app running on AWS Elastic Beanstalk for the first time. While other tutorials exist, this one walks you through everything you need step by step — even if you don’t have prior AWS knowledge.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    February 28, 2024
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Josh Justice
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Ruby
    Rails
    DevOps
  2. Elixir like a local

    Using Elixir and Erlang's built-in ecosystem of tools, you may be able to increase savings and performance by eliminating many external services like redis and pubsub
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    August 16, 2022
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Eric Newbury
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Security
    Development
    Elixir
  3. Getting off Big Tech: De-Googled phone

    How I replaced all proprietary Google code from my phone using LineageOS, and minimized interactions with external Google services using microG and an Open Source ecosystem of apps.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    November 8, 2021
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Eric Newbury
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Security
    Development
  4. How OWASP helped me quit Facebook

    Breaking down a useful OWASP security risk modeling technique to analyze risk vs. reward of advertising-based services such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, and YouTube.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    August 24, 2021
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Jason Grosz
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Security
  5. XYB (Examine your buckets)

    Another major corporation is in the news for data loss. Don't let your company be next. XYB - Examine your buckets!
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    August 6, 2020
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Keith McCanless
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Security
    Process
    DevOps
  6. Security the elephant

    Sure security can be complex, expensive, and time-consuming. However, ignoring it is not an option. Sometimes the key is to keep it simple and start small.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    May 19, 2020
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Keith McCanless
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Security
    Agile
    Process

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