Ruby Is Slow, and Rails Doesn’t Scale Well
When this talk comes from a Twitter developer, who loves both Ruby and Rails and happen to be running probably the most punished RoR site on the…
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Secure Your Site With ROT26 Encryption
Well, I’ve just finished locking down the entire site with industry standard ROT 26 encryption. For those not familiar with the algorithm, it uses a…
The List Of Shame: Websites That Don’t Allow Special Characters In Their Passwords
It’s 2007. There’s absolutely no excuse for websites today to not allow special characters in their passwords. Whether you use a memory scheme or an…
The Primary Law of Intelligent Immigration Policy
First, answer two questions: What is our country? What defines it? What parts could not be removed without it becoming something different? If a country…
Atheism and the Substitution Phenomenon
Many atheists that I’ve known, including myself, exhibited an interesting behavior during and after their transition from faith to non-faith. I call this behavior substitution.…
Why Some People Don’t Learn Anything In College
I’m constantly amazed by the number of people who seem to have learned nothing during four years at university. Until recently I’ve wondered how it…
The Prisoner’s Dilemma: The Key To Successful Civilization
It’s amazing what education can do for a civilization. So much pain and suffering could be avoided if the majority of people in the world…
Measuring The Quality Of A Society
I can always tell when I’m in a bad neighborhood. I don’t have to witness crimes or even see another human being at all. The…
The Resonance Of Understanding | Daniel Miessler
Resonance has intruiged me since I learned about the concept in high school. For those unfamiliar, it’s “the tendency of a system to oscillate at…
What School Never Taught You About The Waterfall Method
If you studied computer science in any form in college you’ve no doubt heard about the Waterfall Method. It’s the classic, multi-phased and elaborate process…
Security Is Not A Technology Problem: Why Companies Need To Be Looking At Organizational Issues Instead Of Products
As a consultant I constantly come across organizations that are more than willing to throw millions of dollars at their information security problems. Almost invariably…
Why I Love Ruby | Daniel Miessler
If you’re looking for a comprehensive comparison of 15 programming languages based on decades of experience, this isn’t it. I’m a hobbiest programmer. Most of…