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Building Secure Pipelines for Civic Technology

When a municipal water valve fails, the root cause is rarely malicious. More often, it traces back to an unverified config push that bypassed staging because the deployment pipeline dragged.

  • Municipal water valves often fail due to unvalidated configuration updates.
  • Security testing for civic technology is frequently treated as an afterthought.

Knuth Reward Check

  • Computer scientist Donald Knuth awarded error correction check
  • Mistake found in "Computer Modern Typefaces" on page 1
  • Fantasy check amounts: $2.88 and $0.32

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