Explain like I’m 5 years old: Kerberos – what is Kerberos, and why should I care?While this topic probably can not be explained to a 5 year-old and be understood, this is my attempt at defragmenting documentation with some visual aids and digestible language.In a nutshell Basical … | Continue reading
Explain like I’m 5 years old: Kerberos – what is Kerberos, and why should I care?While this topic probably can not be explained to a 5 year-old and be understood, this is my attempt at defragmenting documentation with some visual aids and digestible language.In a nutshell Basical … | Continue reading
This post contains all the sources and thoughts behind my PyCon 2013 talk launching newcoder.io. The video and slides are available.If the influx of private, independent schools for learning how to code is any indication, the ever-growing list of moocs, or the financial smack in … | Continue reading
This post contains all the sources and thoughts behind my PyCon 2013 talk launching newcoder.io. The video and slides are available.If the influx of private, independent schools for learning how to code is any indication, the ever-growing list of moocs, or the financial smack in … | Continue reading
Finally, I can actually do some show & tell!The US is trying to recover from the economic crises of the late decade. We’re still a bit high on unemployment at 7.8%, and a bit too low with inflation below 2%. People are depressed - job hunting, competing with hundreds of other can … | Continue reading
Finally, I can actually do some show & tell!The US is trying to recover from the economic crises of the late decade. We’re still a bit high on unemployment at 7.8%, and a bit too low with inflation below 2%. People are depressed - job hunting, competing with hundreds of other can … | Continue reading
A month or two ago, I signed up for a lightning talk for today’s Women Who Code event. I didn’t submit a title - I was more, “sure, I could talk!”Only on Tuesday did I find out I was actually on the bill to speak! Welp, here’s a just-in-time presentation. My slides are here - but … | Continue reading
A month or two ago, I signed up for a lightning talk for today’s Women Who Code event. I didn’t submit a title - I was more, “sure, I could talk!”Only on Tuesday did I find out I was actually on the bill to speak! Welp, here’s a just-in-time presentation. My slides are here - but … | Continue reading
You just got a notice saying that your talk was accepted to [some huge freaking conference]. Awesome!Oh but wait, now you have to actually talk. That entails preparation, and speaking in front of people!Step 1: Let it set in. Breathe. Maybe pour a glass of wine.Step 2: Find inspi … | Continue reading
You just got a notice saying that your talk was accepted to [some huge freaking conference]. Awesome!Oh but wait, now you have to actually talk. That entails preparation, and speaking in front of people!Step 1: Let it set in. Breathe. Maybe pour a glass of wine.Step 2: Find inspi … | Continue reading
Hellz yea, I’m a freaking engineer (sounds more hilarious in my head then it reads). Now who the hell wouldn’t want to be an engineer? Fellow PyLady, Julia Grace, asked about my expectations of being an engineer versus what I actually experienced. TL;DR: It’s awesome. Here’s the … | Continue reading
Hellz yea, I’m a freaking engineer (sounds more hilarious in my head then it reads). Now who the hell wouldn’t want to be an engineer? Fellow PyLady, Julia Grace, asked about my expectations of being an engineer versus what I actually experienced. TL;DR: It’s awesome. Here’s the … | Continue reading
I had the absolute pleasure attending the first PyCarolinas conference. I was honored when Calvin Spealman invited me to keynote on the topic of community. He wanted folks to leave feeling inspired to build up the area’s sense of community. A lot of pressure, but having a confere … | Continue reading
I had the absolute pleasure attending the first PyCarolinas conference. I was honored when Calvin Spealman invited me to keynote on the topic of community. He wanted folks to leave feeling inspired to build up the area’s sense of community. A lot of pressure, but having a confere … | Continue reading
This is part 3 in a short intro series for netsec. Part I is on password storage, and part II is on symmetric ciphers. Riddle time: Q: You live in a country with a corrupt mail system. They open every package if they can. You put a lock on the box. You can’t mail a key. How does … | Continue reading
This is part 3 in a short intro series for netsec. Part I is on password storage, and part II is on symmetric ciphers.Riddle time: Q: You live in a country with a corrupt mail system. They open every package if they can. You put a lock on the box. You can’t mail a key. How does t … | Continue reading
A continuation of NetSec for n00bs, part I: Password Storage A cipher is basically an algorithm to perform encryption and decryption. Important to note: cipher algorithms, as opposed to hash algorithms, go both ways, meaning if you process a plain text to encrypted text using a c … | Continue reading
A continuation of NetSec for n00bs, part I: Password Storage A cipher is basically an algorithm to perform encryption and decryption. Important to note: cipher algorithms, as opposed to hash algorithms, go both ways, meaning if you process a plain text to encrypted text using a c … | Continue reading
In prepping for my interviews for my newly acquired position with Red Hat for the FreeIPA project, I did my own crash course in studying net security/applied cryptography. It’s a very important subject, and I feel a lot of new developers rely on frameworks or libraries to impleme … | Continue reading
In prepping for my interviews for my newly acquired position with Red Hat for the FreeIPA project, I did my own crash course in studying net security/applied cryptography. It’s a very important subject, and I feel a lot of new developers rely on frameworks or libraries to impleme … | Continue reading
It is my great pleasure (and squee!) to share with my friends, family, PyLadies, twitter nerds, Women Who Code’rs, DevChixen, Systers, and everyone else that I can now say: I am an Engineer. Yes, the same person that once did not know the difference between a compiler and an inte … | Continue reading
It is my great pleasure (and squee!) to share with my friends, family, PyLadies, twitter nerds, Women Who Code’rs, DevChixen, Systers, and everyone else that I can now say: I am an Engineer. Yes, the same person that once did not know the difference between a compiler and an inte … | Continue reading
When I was in high school, I was in “IB” math - the international equivalent to AP courses, except harder. I really, really, really enjoyed math. My teacher would always mispronounce my name (“Wynn!”), but nonetheless, I loved the challenge. I was the only one to receive 100% on … | Continue reading
When I was in high school, I was in “IB” math - the international equivalent to AP courses, except harder. I really, really, really enjoyed math. My teacher would always mispronounce my name (“Wynn!”), but nonetheless, I loved the challenge. I was the only one to receive 100% on … | Continue reading