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testls — a lightweight SSL/TLS scanner for devs and website owners

Your site's TLS config is one bad handshake away from a CVE writeup. I built testls to catch that before it happens. It scans your domain and flags: Expired or near-expiry certs Weak ciphers / protocols (TLS 1.0/1.1) Misconfigured HSTS Chain issues It's a single binary, no dependencies, runs in seconds. testls example.com Built it because existing tools (testssl.sh, SSL Labs) are either overkill,…

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Laravel Jobs & Queues: Retry, Backoff, Failed Jobs & Idempotency

Series: Every Laravel Project Should Have These Building Blocks Part: 15 of 35 Level: Intermediate Prerequisites: Action Classes What You’ll Learn When to use a Job vs.

  • $tries limits job attempts before moving to failedjobs table
  • $backoff delays retries after exceptions, can be per-attempt array
  • $timeout kills job if exceeds set time limit

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