by Santi Murtagh | Dec 20, 2018 | Leadership
I don’t like to use the word “quit.” It makes it sound like you’re giving up, that you are leaving things incomplete. I write that because I am leaving Don’t Panic Labs; I’m leaving the best job I’ve ever had. This was the plan all along I suppose. During one of my... 
by Santi Murtagh | May 31, 2018 | Our Engineering, Software Development Tips & Tricks, Software Engineering
Here’s a list of great security tools, many of the open source, that came out of the April 11th Vogon Poetry Security Open Forum. H/T to Jason Wilkinson of Firespring for helping me compile this list. Qualys Labs SSL Server Test – This tests that your servers... 
by Santi Murtagh | Nov 16, 2017 | Software Development Tips & Tricks
As it is with most things Docker, the majority of the tutorials and instructions on securing the Docker API endpoints use Linux-based examples. Being new to both the Docker and the Linux world made this process a little more frustrating than I expected. However, I... 
by Santi Murtagh | Jan 11, 2017 | Software Development Tips & Tricks
Sometimes you find yourself needing to develop or test on an encrypted connection. Whether it is an MVC binding forcing you to do SSL or you simply want to get rid of your browser’s mixed content warnings, a local certificate can come in handy. Creating your .cer file... 
by Santi Murtagh | Aug 10, 2016 | Software Engineering
One of the things that our development approach at DPL allows us to do is to have a very low ratio of QA testers per software engineer. Our architecture designs and patterns provide for very isolatable and testable components, allowing us to reach high coverage...