Victoria Drake's Blog

Secure application architecture basics: separation, configuration, and access

Secure application architecture basics: separation, configuration, and access

Software developers today are encouraged to focus on building, and that’s a great thing. There’s the benefit of maker culture, an attitude of “always be shipping,” open source collaboration, and a bevy of apps that help you prioritize and execute with maximum efficiency.

cybersecurity  7 min read

How to write Bash one-liners for cloning and managing GitHub and GitLab repositories

How to write Bash one-liners for cloning and managing GitHub and GitLab repositories

Few things are more satisfying to me than one elegant line of Bash that automates hours of tedious work. As part of some recent explorations into automatically re-creating my laptop with Bash scripts, I wanted to find a way to easily clone my GitHub-hosted repositories to a new machine.

terminal  8 min read

A quick guide to changing your GitHub username

A quick guide to changing your GitHub username

This being the 2,38947234th and probably last time I’ll change my username, (marriage is permanent, right?) I thought I’d better write a quick post on how this transition can be achieved as smoothly as possible.

websites  2 min read

Git commit practices your future self will thank you for

Git commit practices your future self will thank you for

A history of clean commits can be evidence of a lot of things: attention to detail, good work ethic, and genuine investment in the project.

git  15 min read

A coffee-break introduction to time complexity of algorithms

A coffee-break introduction to time complexity of algorithms

Just like writing your very first for loop, understanding time complexity is an integral milestone to learning how to write efficient complex programs.

algorithms  16 min read

Knapsack problem algorithms for my real-life carry-on knapsack

Knapsack problem algorithms for my real-life carry-on knapsack

The knapsack problem I’m a nomad and live out of one carry-on bag. This means that the total weight of all my worldly possessions must fall under airline cabin baggage weight limits - usually 10kg.

algorithms  23 min read

How to replace a string with sed in current and recursive subdirectories

How to replace a string with sed in current and recursive subdirectories

Meet your new friend sed. This amazingly powerful terminal tool is here to be totally underused for things like finding and replacing strings in files.

terminal  3 min read