Saturday MP Show #3: Filling out the JetBrains Developer Ecosystem Survey 2023

I, Chris, spend a lot longer then I anticipated filling out the JetBrains Developer Ecosystem Survey 2023. Thought it would be a quick half-hour but turned into 2 hours. Sorry in advance for the long video.

If you use the link below to take the survey I might win a prize:

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Saturday MP Show 2: Struggling to get the RubyMine Debugger Working

Chris fights to get the debugger working in RubyMine and does not make any progress on Standard. It was frustrating but overall Chris enjoys working with RubyMine so thank you JetBrains for creating it.

If you have any questions you would like answered in a future show or have constructive feedback please DM me or send an email to ask@saturdaymp.com.

Saturday MP Show #1: Creating a Docker Development Environment for Standard (Ruby Linter)

Chris creates a Docker environment for Standard which is a Ruby linter. Thank you to Test Double for creating Standard.

If you have any questions you would like answered or constructive feedback please send an email to ask@saturdaymp.com.

You can find my fork of the Standard repo here. Ideally all the files in the video would be in the repo but since we ignored the Docker files at a local level, they are listed below.

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Today I Learned about Gobuster

I’ve made it a goal for 2023 to increase my security knowledge. This was based on increase in security related questions from clients. Specifically related to website security as most of my current work is maintaining websites for clients.

One thing I was not expecting was the amount security tools that are available. To help me remember I figured I should write them down and what better place then the dusty old blog.

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Rate Limiting Using Nginx and Fail2Ban - BSides Edmonton 2022

I’m honored to be presenting at BSides Edmonton on November 25, 2022. I’ll be demoing rate limiting using nginx and Fail2Ban. You can find the demo here in-case you want to follow along during the demo or you want a preview/spoiler.

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While I’m honored to be presenting, my hope is to learn more than I impart. I’m looking forward to chatting and learning from you, my fellow BSides Edmonton 2022 speakers and attendees. I enjoy discussing securing small to medium sized business, legacy code, software development best practices, games, or anything remotely technology or software related.