Monthly Archives: January 2010

rails security review checklist

By Sarah | January 27, 2010

I’m reviewing the security of a web app built with Ruby on Rails, so I put together a checklist for a security audit. This isn’t a bank or high security situation, but there were a number of engineers and quite a bit of open source code, so I thought a few checks were in [...]

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must we be arrogant jerks?

By Sarah | January 16, 2010

Much of Clay Shirky’s recent rant about women rang true to me. However, it took me much of the day, including talking with my friend Val Liberty to figure out what felt off about his rant. Over a whole day of dog walking, chatting over coffee and monopoly with the kids, we spent [...]

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how to look for a job

By Sarah | January 9, 2010

I recently gave the following advice about looking for a job. I thought maybe other folks would find it useful. It’s kind of a next generation job search, it’s an expansion of what Ted Leung called Job Search 2.0.

Write down your ideal job, then take a serious look at yourself and think whether [...]

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