Fewer and Faster // John Nunemaker

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Sometimes I feel developers think that performance is a dark art. It is not. In my experience, well performing systems come down to this: fewer and faster. If you are doing something a lot, do it fewer times. If you are doing something that is slow, make it faster. It really is that simple. The more things you make your system do and the slower those things are, the worse your performance will be…

Dan Q found GLN7PDN2 A Marathon not a Sprint – Cutty Sark

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A nice easy find while on my way to a meeting at the Naval College. Not too many muggles about at this time on a weekday morning, so only had to wait a few minutes for a window of opportunity to stealthily get to the cache. TFTC.

Payment Redirection Fraud

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Here is an example scenario… You receive an email requesting a payment. It could be for rent, it could be fees for a course or any other legitimate reason. Typically, the payment is a significant sum. The email contains the banking details you need to make the payment. Then shortly after the 1st email arrives…

A Research-driven Recruitment Story

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[It] was initially frustrating to not be able to tell you things about who I am and what I’ve done. But it’s great that it’s a level playing field. By the final interview I was liking the process so much that I was reluctant to share my CV and de-anonymize myself. – Successful Careers applicant…