Who needs GitHub Copilot?
on ai, development
Generative AI? Who needs it? You’re the consummate developer and nothing is beyond your staggering cognitive powers, so why would you need GitHub Copilot - or any copilot for that matter?
Mission Control - and what it means for DevSecOps
on devops
Culture, culture, culture - it eats DevSecOps for breakfast! But what sort of culture should organizations build to succeed at DevSecOps? In this post I take a look at Mission Control and what it means for DevSecOps culture.
Team Autonomy vs Enterprise Alignment
Tooling is an important aspect of DevSecOps - but culture dramatically influences how organization scale. In this post I’ll talk about a key cultural concept: Team Autonomy vs Enterprise Alignment.
Spicy Takes 🌶️🌶️🌶️ on RSA 2023
on security
I was recently at RSA for the first time. I have some spicy takes from the week.
Using GitHub Copilot Effectively
on development
GitHub Copilot is an AI pair programmer that can dramatically increase developer productivity. However, it is still a tool - and developers must learn how to frame Copilot’s capabilities in order to make the best use of it.
Allowing Bypass of Secret Scanning Push Detections is a Good Thing
on security
Secret Scanning Push Protection allows you to block pushes that contain secrets. These blocks can by bypassed, which may be surprising. However, allowing bypasses is actually a good thing!
Fine Tuning CodeQL Scans using Query Filters
CodeQL is a fantastic Static Analysis Scanning Tool (SAST). It can be enabled quickly using Actions, but it can be hard to figure out how to fine-tune which queries are run. In this post I’ll cover using Query Filters to fine-tune your CodeQL scans.
Shift Left - How far is too far?
on security
We’ve all heard the mantra to “shift left” - mainly for testing but also for security. Security scanning earlier (lefter 😸) in the process makes sense, but can you shift left too far?
Using OIDC with Terraform in GitHub Actions
I’ve posted before about how to authenticate to Azure in GitHub Actions using OIDC. It should follow that Terraform templates would be easy to use - but there are some gotchas.
GHAS Will Win the AppSec Wars
GitHub Advanced Security is positioned to win the “AppSec Wars”. In this post I go over why I think this is the case.
