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.

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Development

Focused on coding, languages, and development.

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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.

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Computers & Hardware

Rietta's hardware posts cover RAID setups for developers, CPU benchmarks comparing Raspberry Pi, AMD, and Intel, and budgeting for workstation upgrades.

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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.

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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.

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Off the Cuff

Rietta's opinions and hot takes on a variety of subjects.

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Case Study

Case studies of solutions Rietta built for clients: a Google Datastore to PostgreSQL migration, Docker cost savings, and air-gapped application security.

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Other

Discussion about anything and everything on any top that caught the author's fancy.

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