Coder in a World of Code

Sometimes, you've just got to say "fuck it" and go with what you've got. I recently had such a night.
I had a large line-oriented input file, like a CSV file, no time, and a slow processing script. The script couldn't be optimised easily because each record needed a network call. I also didn't have the time to upgrade the script to use the language's...

OpenSSL has received a lot of flak over the years. Both cryptographic and implementation flaws have been plentiful, and researchers are all over it. Much has been said about the software engineering process that was used to put it all together.
It appears to me that systemd is following a similar path, with another vulnerability turning up in the last few days. A very quick assessment of this vulnerability would place it as a 'medium' (CVSSv3 between 5.5 and 6.5) severity vulnerability. Ayer...

Much like every other year, 2015 had a veritable smorgasbord of security breaches and failures. This top 5 list, in chronological order, catalogues the trials and tribulations of security in 2015.
Contributing author: Sephy Hallow.
1. GHOST

In Falhar's recent post, "Everybody is doing TDD," they claim that every developer uses test-driven development (TDD), because they will either automate their tests, or they will manually test their application. They go on to state that those who are...