Grow your [engineering] brand while putting privacy first

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At the last DevOps meetup in Prague, I stepped on stage with a clear goal: to help others grow, not just technically, but professionally. As I spoke, I walked the audience through why building a personal brand matters in today’s industry, especially as many of us rely on platforms that don’t always align with our … Read more

Why I donate and volunteer, and why you can do it yourself.

Hand holding a plate full of tomatoes.

I am sharing a story about donating, volunteering, and supporting the things I believe in to show you that there is something you could do with your skills or financial assets to turn the world in a better direction. It’s not a secret that I donate more than $3000 a year for projects that align … Read more

Steganography API at your service. (upd)

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Steganography is the art and science of embedding secret messages in a cover message so that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message.  The most common example is to hide a message in an image file without compromising how the image looks. Most people use the photos … Read more

Who’s buying Facebook data? Is it you?

Who is buying Facebook data

I installed an excellent plugin to my WordPress blog to track some basic, non-privacy invasive stats, and today I got the first report. I was surprised that most of my top keywords are still related to Facebook data that I was able to buy from a shady website ten years ago..  Who is buying (Facebook) … Read more