Blog Categories
Browse Rietta's blog by category: Cybersecurity, Development, Database, Computers & Hardware, Servers & Cloud, Law & Policy, Case Studies, and Off the Cuff.
Cybersecurity
Rietta's cybersecurity posts cover phishing defense, secure passwords and passphrases, and practical web application security and performance guidance.
Database
Rietta's database posts cover SQL injection defense, building SQL views in Rails with rake tasks, and using SQL views like Scenic to build complex reports.
Computers & Hardware
Rietta's hardware posts cover RAID setups for developers, CPU benchmarks comparing Raspberry Pi, AMD, and Intel, and budgeting for workstation upgrades.
Servers & Cloud
Rietta's server and cloud posts cover AWS EC2 swap files, parsing Apache access logs from the command line, and shorter SSL/TLS certificate lifetimes.
Law & Policy
Rietta's law and policy posts, including open letters opposing Georgia's SB 315 anti-hacking bill and warning Congress against mandated encryption backdoors.
Case Study
Case studies of solutions Rietta built for clients: a Google Datastore to PostgreSQL migration, Docker cost savings, and air-gapped application security.
Other
Discussion about anything and everything on any top that caught the author's fancy.