Have you met the developers of all the Gems you’re using? Do you know their personal stance on security and whether they use strong passwords or reuse their pet’s name on every website? Artists Rendition: Me deploying I don’t know if I’m the only one, but when there are updates to my Gems, I will generally happily update them – run my tests – and be on my merry way. I raise my sword and shout ‘Deploy!’ to my many underlings (well, I type a few commands and deploy – but that sounds nowhere near as impressive)
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Mal CurtisMal Curtis is a Kiwi polyglot software engineer currently focussing on Go and JavaScript. He’s the founder of transaction email management service Apostle.io, and is a Principal Engineer at Vend, where he helps make beautiful Point of Sale and Inventory Management software (yes, it can be beautiful). In the past he’s helped launch Learnable.com, and worked for SitePoint in Melbourne. In his spare time you’ll find him attempting geeky pursuits with varying levels of failure, such as quadcopters and sous vide cooking.
