The Rietta Blog

02/09/2021

Streamlining Workflows With Docker

by Wren Steitle

Working on numerous projects can require significant time to set up locally. With Docker, we have streamlined this process to mere minutes.

02/04/2021

Practical APPSEC starts with people first, processes second, and technology last

by Frank Rietta

Technology purchases can't solve application security; it takes people, processes, and technology. How to invest in developer education and process first.

01/28/2021

Brad Cox has died

by Frank Rietta

Dr. Brad J. Cox, influential computer scientist, co-inventor of Objective C, and influencer of software built from reusable components, has died.

Disable Low Quality Webcam Microphone in Ubuntu Linux 20.04

by Frank Rietta

How to make sure your high quality microphone, not the low quality USB webcam audio, is used on Meet, Zoom, and Teams calls by block listing it with udev.

01/12/2021

How to Set Up and Encrypt an External SSD and Run Docker Images Externally

by Jack Cullen

Running multiple Docker images locally eats up disk space on smaller drives. Set up an encrypted external SSD to run your Docker images and free up local disk.

01/09/2021

Leading a Distributed Team with Productive

by Lore Hamilton

As a distributed agency, we keep everyone on budgeted client work across more apps than people. Time tracking alone won't cut it; Productive.io is the best yet.

12/31/2020

Financial Plan for a New Computer Under Warranty

by Frank Rietta

Top end computers are a computing professional's livelihood. Setting aside $69/month means you can buy a new one any time and splurge on technology guilt free.

12/24/2020

Development time is money, therefore I RAID

by Frank Rietta

Why I optimize for redundancy via RAID and multiple computers as a developer for whom development time is money instead of relying on a single high end laptop.

12/15/2020

Learning Object-Oriented Programming in Ruby vs C/C++

by Maddii Brigham

Learning object-oriented programming is a fundamental piece of computer science education. But is C/C++ the best environment to do it in?

12/12/2020

Remote Team Culture - Code Review and Style Guides

by Chris Choi

Code review and style guides are valuable when delivering clean and reliable code which is a team effort, especially in distributed teams.

The Rietta Blog is a publication of Rietta, covering application security, software development, and legal and policy topics in technology since 2005. It is edited by Frank Rietta, computer scientist, OWASP Life Member, and expert witness in cases involving computer science and encryption, who founded the firm in 1999. Every article carries the byline of its actual author, and most are written by Frank himself.