The Daily Index — Wednesday, November 6, 2024 · TLDR Index

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HACKING 700 MILLION ELECTRONIC ARTS ACCOUNTS

This developer found a vulnerability in EA's authentication system that allowed him to manipulate user accounts. The vulnerability involved exploiting exposed API documentation and a single insecure endpoint. It allowed him to steal usernames and game data, ban accounts, and even bypass game bans. The vulnerability was eventually patched by EA. The scenario highlights the need for more bug bounty programs for popular software.

battleda.sh · 19 min

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WHY CODE SECURITY MATTERS - EVEN IN HARDENED ENVIRONMENTS

There is an Arbitrary File Write vulnerability in Node.js that can be exploited to gain remote code execution access, even on a read-only filesystem, by using pipe file descriptors in the /proc filesystem. This post explains how attackers can bypass hardened infrastructure measures by using controlled data structures to manipulate event handlers. It also goes over how to protect against this.

sonarsource.com · 12 min

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HOW TO BECOME A MORE EFFECTIVE ENGINEER

Software engineers need to understand the dynamics of their organization to be successful. Beyond technical skills, they need to develop soft skills, understand implicit organizational hierarchies, and navigate company cultures properly. Embrace messiness, find small wins, and recognize organizational constraints.

newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com · 26 min

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BEING THE "DOCUMENTATION" PERSON OR THE "TECH DEBT" OR THE "TESTING" PERSON (REDDIT POST)

A Reddit poster is frustrated by being consistently assigned tasks like documentation, tech debt, and testing, even though they believe these responsibilities should be shared by the whole team. Commenters provide various suggestions, such as helping shift team culture to make these tasks shared and resisting such tasks passively.

links.tldrnewsletter.com

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THE PRESIDENT'S DOCTOR: WHY YOUR PROJECTS TAKE FOREVER

Optimizing for “work-unit efficiency” is more important than individual worker efficiency. Work-unit efficiency is the concept of creating the most work in the least amount of time and effort needed. Developers should use a Kanban-based approach to prioritize work-units and reduce waiting periods between work.

thoughtbot.com · 17 min

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STATE OF PYTHON 3.13 PERFORMANCE: FREE-THREADING

Python 3.13 introduces free-threading, an experimental feature that allows CPython to run without the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL), leading to better utilization of multi-core processors. Free-threading significantly improves performance, but it also introduces a performance penalty for other implementations due to the disabling of the specialized adaptive interpreter.

codspeed.io · 10 min

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BLOG WRITING FOR DEVELOPERS

A good structure for developers writing blogs is: tell them what you'll tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them. This keeps blogs clear and concise, as often developers want to consume just the important information without fluff.

rmoff.net · 14 min

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BREAKING STORY: FACEBOOK BUILDING SUBSEA CABLE THAT WILL ENCOMPASS THE WORLD

Meta is planning a massive 16 fiber pair subsea cable that will encircle the globe to increase network resilience and access key growth markets in India and Africa.

subseacables.blogspot.com · 2 min

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A LIST OF TERNARY OPERATORS

A compilation and exploration of ternary operators in programming languages.

buttondown.com · 7 min

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NO, QUANTUM COMPUTERS WON'T BREAK ALL ENCRYPTION

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trevorlasn.com · 4 min