Customer Focus: Acquisition vs Retention
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Attempting to log into Hulu reveals a customer focus on sales, not on maintaining relationships with active, paying customers.
Eric Mann
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An Ode to Open Source
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In 2023 I managed to leverage mesh VPN networking to link my machines and remotely manage open source. The future is beautiful!
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Hiring and risk
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Almost daily now I see posts on LinkedIn complaining about the length of corporate hiring and interview processes. If Elon Musk can buy Twitter in 10 days, you can hire a candidate in less than a month. Chris Abbass Sentiment like this is legion. I admit that, with many pipelines, processes can be burdensome, drawn-out,
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PHP Strict Typing
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Why use strict typing in a language that supports dynamic types? It’s all about managing the way PHP handles memory.
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You are not your customer
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When you start a company and come up with a name, whether or not you like the name doesn’t matter. You are not the customer.
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Understanding access control
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Every application that allows authentication requires a proven form of access control. It’s important to understand the different formats available.
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Adversarial mindsets
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What’s the absolute worst thing that could happen with your application? How could an adversary leverage that mistake to their advantage?
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Going analog
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Sometimes it pays to sever the digital cord and leverage an analog solution. The change in medium will often change your perspective.
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Radical candor
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Performance reviews can be both a celebratory reflection on the last period of time and a chance to set expectations for the period to come.
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Cryptopals: Set 1 – challenge 8
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The final Cryptopals challenge in set 1 involves detecting AES when used in ECB mode. It will become a handy utility later on …