Offensive Security Tools for Pentesting & Red Team Operations

Every so often I post a tweet on Twitter asking for people’s arsenal of different tools whether for security, coding or whatever. I decided to repost my list of favorite offensive security tools and asked others they liked to use:… Continue Reading

From Dev to InfoSec Part 3 – My First Cert

I mentioned in my first article that I was starting on a journey to better understand the security landscape and learn how security techniques and tools are used to protect systems. Soon after I published, I went off to look… Continue Reading

Security is All of our Problem and I Want to do Better

A number of people have asked me about my recent uptick in tweets relating to information security. Some even asked me if I had left web development. I honestly didn’t think anyone had noticed but looking back I can clearly… Continue Reading

Managing Line-feeds in a Cross-platform Team via Git

Since I’ve switched back to Windows 10 as my primary OS for web development, I’ve need to think about how to effectively work with developers on *nix-based system. One thing that hit me recently is the differences in line feeds… Continue Reading

You Can’t Get Comfortable in Web Development

I’ve been thinking a lot about the topic of “JavaScript Fatigue” and have had a number of exchanges with other developers about their opinions and, most importantly, their concerns. The post, How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016, by… Continue Reading

The Node Community Moves Fast & Books Get Left in the Dust

I’m learning to develop apps using Node.js and Express. My text of choice at the moment is Ethan Brown’s excellent book Web Development with Node & Express. It’s really been a great reference and Ethan has been so responsive to… Continue Reading

Which Browser Extensions do Web Developers Use?

NOTE: This is about extensions you use for web development, not typical ones like LastPass, Adblock or Ghostery. As the developer tools inside browsers have matured and become feature-rich, the reliance on 3rd party extensions to fill the gaps has… Continue Reading

Adding ESLint to the Microsoft VS Code Editor

I’ve switched from Sublime to Microsoft’s new Visual Studio Code editor. Yeah, yeah you’re probably saying, “you work for Microsoft so you have to”. I actually don’t and Sublime was my primary editor until the November release of VS Code… Continue Reading

How to Migrate npm Packages When Upgrading Node.js using nvm

I’m tinkering with Node.js and using the awesome tool nvm to manage versions. One thing I struggled with briefly was upgrading to the latest version of Node using nvm. When I did that, all of my npm packages were gone… Continue Reading

The Windows 10 Upgrade Notification Users Will Start Seeing

There’s been a lot of press lately about the Windows 10 upgrade notification appearing for users of Windows 7, 8 & 8.1. Since it just appeared for me on my Win 8.1 VM, I wanted to post here so you… Continue Reading