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Security questions every senior backend engineer should handle

You are not being interviewed as a security engineer. You are being checked for one habit: whether, while describing a system, you notice who could abuse it. Security questions rarely arrive labelled.

  • Senior backend engineers must treat input as hostile
  • Focus on authorisation bugs and secure password storage
  • Demonstrate instinctual security thinking in system design

How Often Should I Post, and How Do I Choose Topics?

Someone sent me a message asking how often I post and how I decide what to write about. I started typing a reply, realized the reply was three paragraphs long, and realized that was the second most…

  • Choose topics from your experiences, expertise, and interests
  • Consistency beats high volume in posting frequency
  • Ship B+ content over waiting for A+ pieces

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