Coding Matters

Your First Line of Defence

In a previous post, I told you about the importance of using HTTPS instead of HTTP. Today I will look at some of the functionality that HTTPS adds in the form of security headers.

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functional interfaces in java

Functional Interfaces in Java

What are functional interfaces and why are they used with lambdas? Lambdas and functional interfaces go hand-in-hand in Java. In this article we discuss some principles of functional interfaces.

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How clean is your data?

You might have heard the term “data sanitisation” applied to devices. We need to permanently remove data on portable storage devices and hard drives before we get rid of them. But today I want to talk about a different form of data sanitization: input sanitisation. The question you need to answer is this:How

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How to fight that feeling

Ever since lockdown, the days seem to merge and blur. Despite the monotony – or maybe because of it – the weeks have passed quickly. It’s Monday, then it’s Friday, then it’s Monday again. And now it’s already past the middle of November.

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Security alert

When do you know if something went wrong?

This is a very important question. How do you know if something has gone wrong, or if your site has been compromised? The answer is that, unless you are logging and monitoring events, you don’t know. If you read about major data breaches, you’ll notice that often the data breach

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I didn’t read the T&Cs

In recent years, some companies have tried to make their contracts easier to read. Why? The Consumer Protection Act defines the right to plain and understandable language in consumer contracts.

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Two things we get wrong

A few days ago, ITWeb published an article about a program for software graduates. This upskilling programme will give seven interns a chance to work with senior developers over nine months. It’s a great idea. But it highlights two problems in the South African IT industry. Both problems are favourite topics of

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