T.J. Lowther T.J. Lowther

Always sing your code

Always sing sign your code. Code signing prevents hackers from tampering with software. It's a necessary, if not necessarily scintillating, practice within DevOps. It's also something that many developers see as an annoyance. Kind of like filling out time sheets or doing taxes or changing your oil. You know it's important, but it can wait… Read More

Don’t procrastinate. Automate.

Don't procrastinate. Automate. The insight: No one gets excited about renewing a security certificate. Except, maybe, the CIO—but only if something has gone horribly wrong. TLS (SSL) certificates provide encryption and identity validation for websites—they're the difference between "http" and "https," or, in other words, between your site working as intended and being blocked by… Read More