The Rietta Blog
Cybersecurity, software, and the law between them.
Since 2005, this blog has covered cybersecurity, software development, and cloud migration, a resource for anyone staying informed about these areas.
06/04/2019
Best Data Type to store Money in MySQL?
by Alex Piechowski
MySQL has no MONEY type. Use DECIMAL(13,2) for most currency, or DECIMAL(13,4) when GAAP compliance needs four places, and see the max value each can hold.
05/30/2019
Account Protection Policies to Cover Business Assets
by Frank Rietta
Utilizing two factor authentication, strong passphrases, password managers, and NIST standards; private company accounts can remain secure. Cover your assets!
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05/28/2019
Writing Abuser Stories
by Lore Hamilton
When writing user stories, user stories are written; but what about malicious actors? Writing Abuser Stories pushes developers to care about security.
05/23/2019
Manually Editing Git Hunks: The Easy Way
by Christopher Choi
Git add --patch can help keep code changes relevant with their commits. When changes are unsplittable, we can use Manual-Hunk to split changes line by line.
05/21/2019
How to hide .gitignored Files from fzf.vim
by Alex Piechowski
Keep those nasty .gitignored files like node_modules/ from clogging up fzf fuzzy finder and show commited, hidden files such as .circleci/config.
05/15/2019
Herding Cats: The Todo List
by Lore Hamilton
Finding a tool to tame the chaos when you're new to an Agency setting and responsible for organizing "all the things".
05/14/2019
How To Use Slack To Maintain A Team Reading List
by Matt Bettinson
Having a clean and focused reading channel in Slack allows us a sanctioned place for in-depth discussion and news sharing.
05/09/2019
Restrict Who Can Push to Matching Branches on Github
by Frank Rietta
On GitHub, you can enable branch restrictions allowing only certain users, teams, or apps to be able to push to a protected branch.
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05/07/2019
Fixup your Code Reviews with git rebase --autosquash
by Christopher Choi
Git rebase flows result in clean history. Squashing code review fixups into the PR make it hard to see what changed. Rietta devs use --autosquash instead.
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05/02/2019
Why do teams use points to Estimate? - Interview with Lore Hamilton
by Alex Piechowski
Grab a coffee and listen in while the Rietta team explores why using point estimation can help round out your team's planning process in development.
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