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- A Byte of Coding Issue 380
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Published: 3 April 2024
Tags: web, security
Brian Kardell dives into the trusted types proposal, which would ride “atop Content Security Policy (CSP) and allows website maintainers to say ‘require trusted-types’“.
Some highlights:
would make web apis that require a string safer, since they would now require a sanitized string type
built-in sanitization of html
challenges in getting it rolled out with good defaults, since many of the affected apis are currently in use
Published: 1 April 2024
Tags: asic, hardware, philosophy
Dan Gisselquist goes in-depth on adding features to an asic design that he initially estimated would take 80 hours, but ended up taking 270+ hours.
Some highlights:
magic numbers suck
long list of best practices when designing software for asics
technical debt should always be addressed for anything that you’re not scrapping
Published: 27 October 2023
Tags: sponsored, auth, web
WorkOS has published a guide on how to best integrate single sign-on (SSO) in your app.
Some highlights:
common requirement for enterprise customers
describes the general request flow for a user logging in with SSO
summarizes how to build SSO from scratch and how to use existing providers
Published: 22 March 2024
Tags: philosophy, projects
Alex Kladov shares insights on a list of things that are relevant to every software project.
Some highlights:
“they are irrelevant while the project is small, they are a productivity multiplier when the project is large, they are much harder to introduce down the line. “
covers readmes, developer docs, users’ website, internal website, process docs, style, git, automated checks, build & ci, testing, benchmarking, and releases
has a bullet point summary at the end
With rising costs for Amazon S3 storage and potentially devastating business consequences from data loss, you need a holistic approach to cutting unnecessary spending and guarding against risks. Lawrence Miller, a consultant to multinational corporations who holds numerous networking certifications, has authored a concise volume that lays out the path to success in managing backup and compliance for S3 data lakes.
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