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10 Ways to Be a Better Interviewer
Plan ahead to make the interview a successful one.
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Nine Things I Didn't Know I Would Learn Being an Engineer Manager
Many of the skills aren't technical at all.
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How SysAdmins Devalue Themselves
How to lose friends and alienate coworkers.
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The Paradox of Autonomy and Recognition
Thoughts on trust and merit in software team culture.
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How to De-Identify Your Data
Balancing statistical accuracy and subject privacy in large social-science datasets.
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Lean Software Development: Building and Shipping Two Versions
Catering to developers' strengths while still meeting team objectives.
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Using Free and Open Source Tools to Manage Software Quality
An agile process implementation
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The Science of Managing Data Science
Lessons learned managing a data science research team.
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Securing Network Time Protocol
Crackers discover how to use NTP as a weapon for abuse.
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Disambiguating Databases
Use the database built for your access model.
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Security Collapse in the HTTPS Market
Assessing legal and technical solutions to secure HTTPS.
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The Network is Reliable
An informal survey of real-world communications failures.
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Securing the Tangled Web
Preventing script injection vulnerabilities through software design.
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Automated QA Testing at Electronic Arts
A discussion with Michael Donat, Jafar Husain, and Terry Coatta
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Adopting DevOps Practices in Quality Assurance
Merging the art and science of software development.
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The Antifragile Organization
Embracing failure to improve resilience and maximize availability.
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Rethinking Passwords
Our authentication system is lacking. Is improvement possible?
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Browser Security: Appearances Can Be Deceiving
A discussion with Jeremiah Grossman, Ben Livshits, Rebecca Bace, and George Neville-Neil
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