The Rietta Blog

Xfinity is Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) Attacking my Internet

Alex Piechowski —

Did you know that Xfinity regularly launches security attacks against it's own customers?

Patch Production Faster with Security-oriented Agile Development Practices

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Companies take too long to patch production leaving plenty of time for threats to attack! Here's how to fix it with security-oriented Agile practices.

MySQL Decimal Data Type

Alex Piechowski —

The MySQL decimal (A.K.A. numeric) data type can be used to store the exact numerical value with a fixed point decimal. The Syntax of MySQL's decimal is "DECIMAL(precision, scale)".

What is Web Accessibility?

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It's important to answer the demand for accessible websites to proactively avoid legal implications after the Supreme Court declined to hear the Domino's Pizza appeal in an ADA case.

Acknowledge Open-Source Contributors with Git Authorship

Alex Piechowski —

Even though Git has been the dominant VCS for over a decade, some popular open-source projects don't properly accredit contributors. Open-source projects have a ethical obligation to properly portray the work that was done to the project.

The Clean-up Refactor Deleting ".arel_tables"

Alex Piechowski —

Composing queries with ActiveRecord and .arel_tables[] to select individual columns results in long lines. By delegating `arel_tables[] to .[], queries have a more readable interface without losing context. Delete .arel_tables from all usages; gain sanity dealing with complex queries.

Why do Rietta Developers Git Fork?

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Forking open source repositories is a standard way of contributing to open source projects. At Rietta, a small agency, all developers fork internal repositories when working on client projects.

Ruby Gems Supply Chain Vulnerability

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Learn 5 practical steps to protect yourself from malicious backdoors in Ruby Gems.

The Case for 2FA, Post Rest-client Gem CVE

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On 08/19/2019, a CVE was discovered on a popular Ruby gem called Rest-client. Although caught quickly, this could raise the case of 2FA being a requirement for Package Manager accounts like Rubygems and NPM.

What's the Difference Between the 3 Github Merge Methods?

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Github's interface makes merging in commits versatile to suit your style of maintaining a clean Git history. The three different styles are Create Commit, Squash, and Rebase.