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A Practical Guide to Security Disclosure Policies
A published policy telling security researchers how to report vulnerabilities in your systems. Key takeaways security.txt: a standard file that publishes contac...
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A Practical Guide to Penetration Testing for Web Apps
Commissioning security professionals to attack your application under controlled conditions. Key takeaways Scope: defines systems, methods and timing Authorizat...
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A Practical Guide to Software Bills of Materials
A machine-readable inventory of the components and dependencies that make up a piece of software. Key takeaways Formats: standard formats exist for describing c...
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Distributed Tracing, Done Properly
Following a single request as it passes through several services, queues and databases. Key takeaways Trace context: a shared identifier links spans across serv...
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Service Level Objectives: The Decisions That Matter
Targets for reliability, such as availability or latency, that define what good enough means. Key takeaways Indicators: measurable signals such as successful re...
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Autoscaling Web Applications, Done Properly
Adding and removing server capacity automatically in response to load. Key takeaways Metrics: scaling can respond to CPU, queue depth or request rate Warm-up: n...
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How to Get Read Replicas and Scaling Reads Right
Copies of a database that serve read queries, reducing load on the primary database. Key takeaways Replication lag: replicas can be slightly behind the primary...
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A Practical Guide to Database Connection Pooling
Reusing database connections across requests instead of opening a new one each time. Key takeaways Limits: databases cap concurrent connections Pools: maintain...
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Media Processing Pipelines, Done Properly
Systems that process uploaded images, video and documents into the formats an application needs. Key takeaways Background processing: keeps uploads responsive V...
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Cloud Cost Management: What Actually Works
Understanding and controlling what infrastructure costs, and why bills change. Key takeaways Tagging: resource tags make costs attributable Egress: data transfe...
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Application Metrics, Done Properly
Numeric measurements of application behavior, such as request rates, error rates and queue depths. Key takeaways Types: counters, gauges and histograms serve di...
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Patient Forms and HIPAA Online: The Decisions That Matter
Collecting patient information through website forms in a way that meets federal health privacy rules. Key takeaways Protected information: health information t...
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