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Recap so far In a previous post, I discussed why we need secrets management for our applications and some of the possible solutions available to us. Now that we know the "theory", it's time to put that knowledge into practice. In this follow up post, I'll show how you can easily implemen…
Chris Hickman
Psst... Can you keep a secret? Applications frequently need access to sensitive data, such as database credentials, API keys, passwords and tokens. Of course, we can't just store these secrets in plain text or hard coded into our applications. Rather, we need to securely protect this sensitive info…
Chris Hickman
When using encryption to protect data for our cloud workloads, we have two primary scenarios to consider. Either the data is being transmitted to another recipient ("in transit"), or the data is stored ("at rest"). The protocols and algorithms used to encrypt the data will depen…
Chris Hickman
Over the past several months, I have been busy helping to create a new podcast, called Mobycast, with my colleagues, Jon Christensen and Rich Staats. This podcast is focused on topics related to modern distributed systems software development, with a focus on containerization, cloud and the CI/CD…
Chris Hickman
During my career, whether as a founder, manager, interviewer or fellow developer, I have had many opportunities to work with software developers as they begin their careers. Often, these aspiring developers ask me for advice on how to become a better software developer. Here are some of the key prin…
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