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scoop - command line installer

Mar 5, 2021 · 3 min read · If you are familiar with Linux, you certainly came across the various software installers like apt or yum. They allow you to effortlessly install, update and remove applications, games, libraries and other software, with very short and concise comman...

Jumpstart a fresh Windows installation

Mar 3, 2021 · 2 min read · Among the first things you do sitting in front of a fresh Windows installation is to install your favorite go-to software. This normally involves starting Internet Explorer (to install your browser of choice 😉), and finding all the home pages of the...

What's wrong with md5($_GET['password'])?

Mar 2, 2021 · 4 min read · Storing your users' passwords securely is critical. But still, you can find code like $hash=md5($_GET['password']) in many code bases. So, what's wrong about it? Using md5 to hash passwords While it's good to see use of a hash in the code - instead o...

Avoid guessable IDs

Mar 2, 2021 · 3 min read · When developing a web application, you often have to store user-generated entities such as user profiles, photos, posts and videos. Chances are you store them in a database, using an integer ID, generated by a sequence. So, for example, each newly po...