The Rietta Blog
Cybersecurity, software, and the law between them.
Since 2005, this publication covers a wide range of topics, including cybersecurity, software development, and cloud migration. It’s a valuable resource for anyone interested in staying informed about these areas.
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.
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.
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.
04/29/2019
Are you accidentally storing private data in plain text?
by Frank Rietta
Learn how to prudently minimize the collection of passwords, authentication tokens, and customer private data in your debug logs to protect your company from legal liability.
04/25/2019
How to Get Fast, Accurate Code Reviews on your Pull Request
by Matt Bettinson
Pull requests are being merged with bugs or not being reviewed at all. How do teams perform fast and accurate code reviews? They make the review easy!
04/22/2019
How to Use git reset
by Christopher Choi
Git reset can unstage changes, undo commits, or selectively revert changes with --patch. Learn the differences between reset, reset --soft, and reset --patch.
04/18/2019
New Interview on Drifting Ruby
by Lore Hamilton
Frank Rietta joins Dave Kimura on Drifting Ruby Episode #183 to discuss Rails app security, securing Linux servers, staff access risk, and OWASP Top 10.
04/15/2019
How to calculate age in MySQL
by Matt Bettinson
While PostgreSQL has a built in age command, MySQL does not. How do we figure out somebody's age in MySQL?