Some things in programming are just hard. Like dates - implementing your own date library from scratch would be an absolute nightmare. But if bugs with dates can be bad bugs with encryption can be catastrophic. Find a discussion of the hardest thing to get right in the context of data encryption and much more below.
By Sebastian K
Hot on the heels of yet another NPM package takeover leading to pulling in malicious code, crashed deployments and all-around nastiness, followed the usual excuses. That’s how NPM works, there’s no way to prevent this. One developer disagrees.
By Andrew Welch
There are legitimate uses for using background-image. But using it also has several downsides (accessibility being the big one for me). Find out all about it in this article.
https://nystudio107.com/blog/the-css-background-image-property-as-an-anti-pattern
By Craig Mod
Sometimes the best software is not the one with most features or allowing the most complex workflows. It’s the fastest software that feels best. Here’s a discussion of how speed affects usability and more.
https://craigmod.com/essays/fast_software/
By graphqleditor.com
Starting out with GraphQL can be a bit daunting. Personally, I learn best by doing, so interactive tutorials are kind of my jam. I wholeheartedly recommend this one if you want to start out with GraphQL easily.
https://app.graphqleditor.com/?category=tutorial&visibleMenu=code
By Randall Degges
Cryptography is hard. Symmetric or asymmetric? Of course you want asymmetric, but then you get into fun stuff like key management… and so on. This write-up by Okta goes rather in depth and we highly recommend it.
https://developer.okta.com/blog/2019/07/25/the-hardest-thing-about-data-encryption
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