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title: "Todd (@theonlyrealtodd) | Hashnode"
description: "Software Security TechLead. Read the latest articles by Todd on Hashnode."
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# Todd

@theonlyrealtodd · San Diego, California · Joined August 2016

Software Security TechLead

### [Cultural Issues with Product Security in Modern Tech](https://theonlyrealtodd.hashnode.dev/cultural-issues-with-product-security-in-modern-tech?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Introduction Although it's debatable whether or not most tech employees "care" about security of customer data and product security, I haven't been able to get anyone to tell me in writing that they don't. Verbal claims aren't generally very useful i...

[theonlyrealtodd.hashnode.dev](https://theonlyrealtodd.hashnode.dev/cultural-issues-with-product-security-in-modern-tech?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Apr 3, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/cultural-issues-with-product-security-in-modern-tech/5e86afd807bee7152c3e2d7c)

### [Programming is highly subjective](https://theonlyrealtodd.hashnode.dev/programming-is-highly-subjective?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

One thing I've come to learn in my journey as a computer programmer, is that programming is highly subjective. It isn't necessarily subjective by necessity, but the manifestation of it as it is in 2019 is with things like the so-called "Social Coding...

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[2](https://hashnode.com/posts/programming-is-highly-subjective/5df1fa2d066598ab27528b83) [Dec 12, 2019](https://hashnode.com/posts/programming-is-highly-subjective/5df1fa2d066598ab27528b83)

### [Beware of YouTube Tutorials](https://theonlyrealtodd.hashnode.dev/beware-of-youtube-tutorials?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Tutorials are great. We all love them and they help so much. But always double-check code you learn to write from a tutorial because there is no guarantee that they are free from bugs or even complete. Some authors post a disclaimer while others do n...

[theonlyrealtodd.hashnode.dev](https://theonlyrealtodd.hashnode.dev/beware-of-youtube-tutorials?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[1](https://hashnode.com/posts/beware-of-youtube-tutorials/5deb12a2acfca8b73dfb29b4) [Dec 7, 2019](https://hashnode.com/posts/beware-of-youtube-tutorials/5deb12a2acfca8b73dfb29b4)

### [Why they say "Don't roll your own crypto."](https://theonlyrealtodd.hashnode.dev/why-they-say-dont-roll-your-own-crypto?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Many of you have seen it at some point during your development career - you need to implement some security-related feature in an app and then you start ferociously searching the web for terms like "How to properly encrypt a password," "How to obfusc...

[theonlyrealtodd.hashnode.dev](https://theonlyrealtodd.hashnode.dev/why-they-say-dont-roll-your-own-crypto?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Nov 5, 2019](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-they-say-dont-roll-your-own-crypto/5dc1dc850577b89468910dff)

### [How to Secure Your App](https://theonlyrealtodd.hashnode.dev/how-to-secure-your-app?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

I've begun compiling a list of resources to answer the question "How do I secure my app?" It works by going to the page, finding your technology stack using Ctrl+F or Cmd+F and then visiting the resources. All resources have the top most common pitfa...

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[Oct 27, 2019](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-secure-your-app/5db5c6de72775b8e5645bdd1)