How I use LLMs as a staff engineer
Copilotexcels at boilerplate code—think of it as a whiz-kid intern. But when tackling complex logic, it stumbles. EnterLLMs: masters of non-production code, boosting your workflow like black coffee... read more
Copilotexcels at boilerplate code—think of it as a whiz-kid intern. But when tackling complex logic, it stumbles. EnterLLMs: masters of non-production code, boosting your workflow like black coffee... read more
GitLab Duo, riding on Anthropic’s Claude, stumbled into aprompt injectionblunder. Sneaky instructions nestled in projects allowed hackers to swipe private data. The culprit?Streaming markdownteamed up with shoddy sanitization. This opened a door for HTML injection and shined a spotlight on the doubl.. read more

Old-school package pain fizzles out with the rise of 🚀immutable Linuxserving swift updates and rock-solid security. Bonus: Red Hat's jumping in with both feet!.. read more

AWS KMShas this cool trick now: on-demand rotation for imported key material. Your key ID stays put, so your code won’t throw a tantrum. Who wants more manual updates anyway?.. read more
Security backlogs resemble a garage sale—clutter everywhere and sorted more by desperation than priority. Here’s whereLLMsswoop in for smart triage. Choose your weapon: "naive" for speed, "bubble" for depth, orElofor that sweet balance. This way, you can organize chaos with logic, anchoring decision.. read more

Phishingschemes run rampant in Europe, withAdobecatching 29% of the hits andMicrosofthandling 26%. Meanwhile,GitHubemerges as the unlikely kingpin of malware delivery, flexing a 16% monthly rise. When it comes to AI, GenAI hacks its way to 91% usage. Yet, 25% still slam the door in Grok AI's face, o.. read more

GitHub Actions turns your Python projects into armored tanks, shifting security left to catch skeletons in your code's closet. It scans for secrets, polices package licenses, and hunts down bugs before they even think of moving in. Automated unit tests, Docker scans, vulnerability checks—your CI/CD .. read more
Catchpoint's IPM reports a jaw-dropping 51% of companies hemorrhaging over$1 million each monthfrom API disasters. It's about performance, not just uptime. Modern API tools need to zero in on user experience metrics. Ditch the tired up/down routine. Embrace chaos engineering, pair it with proactive .. read more
AlloyDBoutperforms AWS Aurora for PostgreSQL in the TPC-C benchmark, handling2,875,803 TPM compared to Aurora's 1,245,459, and is 2.42 times more cost-effective at $0.075 per transaction. AlloyDB shows superior performance with substantial cost savings, making it a prime choice for transactional wor.. read more
Wiz Researchpoked around in over150,000 cloud accountsand unearthed some jaw-dropping screw-ups in data exposure and pitiful access control... read more