I found this article quite interesting. I’m quite keen to work in TypeScript for strict typing and compiled JS. But it seems React is far more common and thus you’d assume the pool of developer candidates is greater.
For those who don’t know:
January-May, 2022 I’ll be working full-time again. I am aware of the “optics” of this coming just months after the lawsuit was settled for the 2016 crash. I was absolutely open & honest with lawyers & doctors on both sides of the lawsuit, maybe too honest according to my lawyers.
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I’m working on an event log for a client (of my employer):
At a bare minimum, an event/security log offloads some of the responsibility to the user. If you show fail and successful login attempts hopefully a user will catch when their own account has been compromised even if you can’t (I.E. their password was stolen so a hacker login in is technically valid).
It also hopefully reminds users of what they’ve done within the app. If they wish to undo something or forget if they have done something the event log can be the next step rather than customer support.
And finally, hopefully it helps system administrators identify patterns of malicious behavior. A malicious IP might have failed login attempts for multiple accounts, which can only be identified from an admin level. Similarly if a valid user repeatedly attempts to access a page they do not have permission for it could be a sign of an internal hack or a hacked account.
If you’re managing developers, ask for this functionality. If you’re buying/subscribing-to a web app, insist that you have access to this data or question why you don’t.
I was trying to think of how to communicate this to a client, I’m still not sure how to communicate this in a non-technical way. I also think this is valuable for most people to know & think about.
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