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The Peon's Guide To Secure System Development

Posted by michael on from the mincing-words dept.

libertynews writes "Michael Bacarella has written an article on coding and security. He starts out by saying 'Increasingly incompetent developers are creeping their way into important projects. Considering that most good programmers are pretty bad at security, bad programmers with roles in important projects are guaranteed to doom the world to oblivion.' It is well worth the time to read it."

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  1. So basically... by vasqzr · · Score: 5, Informative



    He read a few books on the subject, and summarized the most simple concepts in an article.

    Nothing new here.

    Head to Amazon and find some books ...

    Software Project Survival Guide by Steve C McConnell (Paperback)
    Writing Solid Code: Microsoft's Techniques for Developing Bug-Free C Programs by Steve Maguire (Paperback)
    The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) by Frederick P. Brooks (Paperback)
    The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andrew Hunt, et al (Paperback)

  2. Re:What hubris. by stephanruby · · Score: 5, Informative
    This "technologist" is carrying on about bad programmers and security? Wow - I assume he's a seasoned professional with many large-scale projects under his belt?

    Here is his professional experience on projects. You can actually see his code and the depth of his work is not at all impressive.