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/security
Posts touching security.
4 posts
- April 28, 2025 5 min
The compliance audit that exposed every shortcut we took in our first year
Our first formal compliance audit surfaced 23 findings. Hardcoded keys, PII in logs, missing audit trails. None malicious, all "we will fix that later." The remediation sprint that followed.
- /fintech
- /security
- /cross-functional
- /architecture
- /experience
- March 17, 2025 4 min
Google's $32B Wiz acquisition and what it signals about security as a first-class infrastructure concern
Google paying $32B for a cloud security startup signals that security is no longer a checkbox but a competitive differentiator, especially in fintech where trust is the product.
- /security
- /aws
- /architecture
- /decision-making
- /blog
- November 25, 2024 4 min
Why our compliance team rewrites my API specs and I have learned to be grateful
In fintech, your API surface is a regulatory document. Our compliance officer started redlining my OpenAPI specs and improved our API design more than any tech review.
- /api-design
- /fintech
- /cross-functional
- /security
- /experience
- July 3, 2024 4 min
Setting up Cloudflare Tunnels so I never open a port on my homelab again
I replaced every port forward with a zero-trust Cloudflare Tunnel in a single evening. Here is the exact setup.
- /cloudflare
- /homelab
- /self-hosting
- /security
- /blog