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Crate-training Tiamat, un-calling Cthulhu:Taming the UB monsters in C++

Sutter's Mill

For more background on safety and security issues related to C++, including definitions of language safety and software security and similar terms, see my March 2024 essay C++ safety, in context. This is a status update on improvements currently in progress for hardening and securing our C++ software. Its just a metaphor.

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Bridging the AI Learning Gap

O'Reilly

When I started working on the new edition of Head First C# back in 2023, AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot were already changing how developers write and learn code. But the audience for the booka developer learning C# as their first, second, or third languagedoesnt yet have these skills. It was clear that I needed to cover them.

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Site-Speed Topography

CSS Wizardry

The whole point of the exercise that follows is to allow me to move quickly, spotting patterns from afar, and not having to do any slow or meticulous work yet. Of course, it’s a little more complex than that, but for this exercise it’s an incredibly reliable proxy. This is basically how many render blocking resources each page has.

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What the SEC cybersecurity disclosure mandate means for application security

Dynatrace

The SEC cybersecurity mandate states that starting December 15 th , all public organizations are required to annually describe their processes for assessing, identifying, and managing material risks from any cybersecurity threats on a Form 10-K. How should C-level executives and boards of directors prepare for the SEC cybersecurity mandate?

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Enhanced root cause analysis using events

Dynatrace

Getting the information and processes in place to ensure alerts like this example can be organizationally difficult. However, Dynatrace can often miss crucial pieces of the puzzle because humans haven’t told it about whole processes occurring on the “human” side of the environment. Offline processes.

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Building High-Quality Software

DZone

It’s much better to build your process around quality checks than retrofit these checks into the existent process. NIST did classic research to show that catching bugs at the beginning of the development process could be more than ten times cheaper than if a bug reaches production. A side note.

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Preparing for AI

O'Reilly

OReilly author Andrew Stellman recommends several exercises for learning to use AI effectively. Unit tests are a useful exercise because testing logic is usually simple; its easy to see if the generated code is incorrect. AI doesnt mean that you dont need to know your toolsincluding the dark corners of your programming languages.