Tag: best-practices

All the articles with the tag "best-practices".

• How to Prepare for Talks

  Published:Nov 1, 2015 |  at 02:09 PM

  Preparing for a technical talk can feel overwhelming, but I've learned something new every time I've given one. This 11-step process covers everything from choosing a topic to handling Q&A, helping you go from idea to presentation.

• Dangerous Python Functions, Part 2

  Published:Aug 15, 2015 |  at 02:33 PM

  In part 2 of my dangerous Python functions series, I cover more risky functions like pickle.loads(), yaml.load(), and tempfile.mktemp(). These can lead to code execution, deserialization attacks, and race conditions.

• Dangerous Python Functions

  Published:Jul 26, 2015 |  at 02:33 PM

  Python's dynamic nature can lead to subtle bugs that are hard to catch. I've created a deck of cards highlighting dangerous Python functions like eval(), exec(), and input() that can cause security vulnerabilities or unexpected behavior.

• Code Review Best Practices

  Published:May 5, 2015 |  at 08:54 AM

  A comprehensive guide to effective code reviews, covering what to look for in terms of architecture, style, and testing, as well as how to provide constructive feedback.