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willfarrellon Ask HN: IT Security Checklist for Startups?

OWASP has everything you need; SAMM for policies and procedures https://owasp.org/www-project-samm/ ASVS for your application https://owasp.org/www-project-application-security-verificat...

willfarrellon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2022)

DataStream.org | Senior Back End Developer | $100-$150K | Full Time | Canada Remote

We're a charitable foundation with a long history of protecting Canada's water and empowering Canada's North. DataStream is a technology leading data repository for water quality data that's has been growing rapidly over the last 9 years.

Out stack: AWS (Cloud native), Terraform, NodeJS (Middy), PostgreSQL (PostGIS), DynamoDB, Blockchain (Ethereum, QLDB), Sveltekit (future). Our development process focuses on Privacy, Accessibility, Sustainability, and Security.

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2943735164

If you'd like to help make a long term positive impact in Canada, we'd love to hear from you.

willfarrellon Mapbox-gl-js is no longer under the 3-Clause BSD license

https://github.com/GlobeletJS is an alternative I've been following, can use mapbox styles

willfarrellon Ask HN: Which charities do you donate to?

A lot of the software ones have already been mentioned above, along with several OSS Projects. I also donate to DataStream -(http://gordonfoundation.ca/initiatives/datastream). An Open Data Water Quality project in Canada.

willfarrellon Alfred 2 Workflows

There seem to be a lot of workflows made by @willfarrell

Developer Workflows: https://github.com/willfarrell/alfred-workflows

willfarrellon Alcatraz: Xcode Package Manager

Alcatraz is now integrated with Alfred Project Managers Workflow. https://github.com/willfarrell/alfred-workflows

willfarrellon YouTube has an equalizer in their favicon

Play any music video to see.

willfarrellon Dark Patterns - User Interfaces Designed to Trick People

I thought I found it hear years ago when I was trying to remember it. But was unable to find it. I was surprised when HN let me repost it.

willfarrellon Dark Patterns - User Interfaces Designed to Trick People

Wound love to see it when it's done

willfarrellon A Programmer's Guide to Data Mining

Txt cache : http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:2yOSY5y...

willfarrellon A Programmer's Guide to Data Mining

Google cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:2yOSY5y...

willfarrellon Ask HN: Your stack of choice for web development?

AngularJS + RESTler (PHP) + memSQL

willfarrellon Egghead.io - short screencasts about AngularJS

lol, I posted this a week ago on HN and it didn't seem to get any traction. Strange the submission didn't combine on submit seeing how they have the same url. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5115302

willfarrellon Living with HTTPS

SSL/TLS & Perfect Forward Secrecy - http://hackerne.ws/item?id=4267767

willfarrellon Just Landed for iPhone helps you pick someone up from the airport.

Looks awesome, but not available to Canadians. Why does this keep happening?

willfarrellon [dead]

There are currently 5 (if I recall correctly) full courses from Stanford on iTunes U for FREE.

willfarrellon I am disappoint, Wolfram Alpha

The result is accurate. Add a location (ie ontario, Canada) to the end of the query. Not every place has Daylight savings time.

willfarrellon Passwords you’ll never forget, but can’t recall

Reminds me of XKCD: http://xkcd.com/936/

willfarrellon 7 Crazy Tips That Will Help You Become a Better Coder

I found it more of a reflection on how developers have evolved over the last decade and that the understanding of the code / intricacies on how the languages work are slowly being lost. The tips I guess are aimed at those, hopefully few, that haven't been been programming on the web for the last decade and started with 'copy/paste' style.

Note in the article he mentions not to follow the tips when working on a project for a client where there are deadlines. Instead, apply them to personal projects as learning exercises.

willfarrellon Ask HN: App pricing

My friend and I discussed this the other week before he launched his app. He had the same concerns.

I always try free ads if they have ads and I like them I go looking for the paid version. When there isn't one I get frustrated. If you're going to put ads, make sure you have a non-ad version.

What he ended up doing was releasing a paid version but ran a special promo where people could get it for free for a limited time. these initial free users will spread the word post reviews and will tell you if they think your price is too high.

Good luck on your launch.

willfarrellon Top Ten Books About Hackers

I'm surprised "The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security" by Kevin D. Mitnick didn't make the list. (http://www.amazon.com/Art-Deception-Controlling-Element-Secu...)

willfarrellon Douglas Engelbart : The Mother of All Demos (1968)

It blows my mind that the functionality of his programs are better then some applications found today. His first example; A task list with drag and drop nesting ability (there's an app for that). Groups the items by location (It think I saw something like that in iOS 5). With a click it shows his route how with quick links at each location to the items he needs to pickup (I haven't heard of an app for that).

Seriously, how is this not built into my cell phone yet?

willfarrellon What's wrong with this code, really?

for(i = list.size; i--;) list.removeAt(i);

willfarrellon Creepy Robot Mouth

TETRIS VERSION: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zi0_4xHS40&NR=1