Novetta teams use Agile methods to rapidly write software, but this burst in productivity is hard to sustain during testing and deployment. DevSecOps practices weave together the needs of software development, information security, and system operations so we can release secure software quickly, reliably, and repeatedly. The Problem In the ancient days (when respected coders were called gurus rather than rockstars), the software development lifecycle followed a waterfall pattern. Software flowed downhill over months or years through clearly-delineated phases of responsibility: requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and operations. Monolithic projects had the agility of a rudderless ship, and were often…
Surviving Advent of Code
Once again, my night’s sleep was interrupted by an insistent alarm. I sat up in a brief moment of panicked confusion and tried to make sense of what was going on. Had the Metadata Registry’s web server crashed again, requiring a midnight trip to the office? Was there an infant in the house in need of a night feed? It took a few more seconds before I reached clarity — I was up at this ungodly hour on a weekday intentionally, for Day 17 of Advent of Code. Created by Eric Wastl, Advent of Code is a series of programming…
