How I use LLMs as a staff engineer
Copilotexcels at boilerplate codeâthink 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...
Copilotexcels at boilerplate codeâthink 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...
GitLab Duo, riding on Anthropicâs 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..

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

AWS KMShas this cool trick now: on-demand rotation for imported key material. Your key ID stays put, so your code wonât throw a tantrum. Who wants more manual updates anyway?..
Security backlogs resemble a garage saleâclutter everywhere and sorted more by desperation than priority. Hereâs 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..

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..

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 checksâyour CI/CD ..
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 ..
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..
Wiz Researchpoked around in over150,000 cloud accountsand unearthed some jaw-dropping screw-ups in data exposure and pitiful access control...