Author: Karlo Smid
The Black Swan event
TL;DR Yesterday I experienced negative Black Swan event. I will described it along with explanation what is Black Swan event. This is explained in the book “The Black Swan (Taleb…
Ruby on Rails bottom up security – other servers
Ruby on Rails, security, security testing
TL;DR In previous post I described how to do security hardening for your Ruby on Rails web server. In this post I will talk about other servers: database, openvpn, cache…
Ruby on Rails bottom up security – web server
OWASP, Ruby on Rails, security
TL;DR In previous post I explained security hardening for linux server. This post will describe hardening based on server purpose. Modern web application typically consists from following components: web server…
Ruby on Rails bottom up security – hardening the servers
OWASP, Ruby on Rails, security, security testing
TL;DR Next series of blog posts is about Ruby on Rails bottom up security. I will cover all aspects of web application written in Ruby on Rails framework. Described security…
What I learned at Testival #30: learning by playing card games
TL;DR This post is about hands on session for learning about software testing using card games. Intro At TestBash Brighton2017, on Friday conference day, during the Lean Coffee, one lady…
Be careful with your testing tools
TL;DR In this post I will describe how I got different test results using two testing tools Bug Magnet and Counter strings. Bug Magnet is handy Chrome Extension developed by…
How to expose your reading list using rss
TL;DR This post is about how I manage blog posts reading list. It list tools that I use on daily basis to collect and share what I read. My first try…
Safety nets
TL;DR In this post I will present two examples of safety nets created by software industry professionals. Note the context, I stated software industry professionals, which includes anybody involved in software development….
vim, show me your colors!
TL;DR This post is about vim and how you can start using it in your daily work. At one point in my testing path, I decided that I should start using…
