Happy developers more likely to build secure apps

There’s an intrinsic link between developer happiness and application security hygiene, and an alarming level of application breaches, according to Sonatype. For the first time ever, the findings prove the correlation between developer happiness … Continue reading Happy developers more likely to build secure apps

CISOs are skeptical about claims made by cybersecurity vendors

There is a high level of skepticism about claims due to vague product descriptions, ambiguous statistics, limited ability to measure product effectiveness, and a general lack of follow-through by cybersecurity vendors, a Valimail survey reveals. What d… Continue reading CISOs are skeptical about claims made by cybersecurity vendors

Hackaday Prize Mentor Session: Beau Ambur

Beau Ambur can often be found hosting hardware events and offering help all around the Bay Area. Now he’s turned it into a career and travels the west coast helping hackers and creators effectively leverage Kickstarter’s platform. Beau’s mentor session covers everything from, “is this project a good fit for …read more

Continue reading Hackaday Prize Mentor Session: Beau Ambur

Mitch Altman Mentors Manufacturing With Hackaday Prize Expert Session

For whatever you have built, there is someone who has done it longer, and knows more about it. That is the basic premise of expertise, and for this year’s Hackaday Prize we’re rolling out with a series of mentor sessions. These are master classes that match up experts in product …read more

Continue reading Mitch Altman Mentors Manufacturing With Hackaday Prize Expert Session

Bunnie Huang Talks Manufacturing And Component Choices During Hackaday Prize Mentoring Session

Andrew “Bunnie” Huang’s mentor session for the Hackaday Prize shows off the kind of experience and knowledge hard to come by unless you have been through the hardware development gauntlet countless times. These master-classes match up experts in product development with Prize entrants working to turn their projects into products. …read more

Continue reading Bunnie Huang Talks Manufacturing And Component Choices During Hackaday Prize Mentoring Session

Life on Contract: Product Development Lessons Big and Small

Developing a product and getting it out there to build a business is really hard. Whether it’s a single person acting alone to push their passion to the public, or a giant corporation with vast resources, everyone has to go through the same basic steps, and everyone needs to screw …read more

Continue reading Life on Contract: Product Development Lessons Big and Small

Hackaday Prize Mentor Session: Product Engineering with Giovanni Salinas

This year we’ve added something new and exciting to the Hackaday Prize mix. Mentor sessions link up hardware teams with experts from backgrounds useful in moving their product development forward. We’ve assembled a dream team of mentors, and today we’re excited to publish video of the first mentor session which …read more

Continue reading Hackaday Prize Mentor Session: Product Engineering with Giovanni Salinas

2019 Hackaday Prize Begins Right Now

This is the 2019 Hackaday Prize, the worldwide hardware design contest focused on product development. We know you can build a working prototype, and we still want to see you do that. But a great idea should have reach beyond your own workshop. This year’s Hackaday Prize is about taking …read more

Continue reading 2019 Hackaday Prize Begins Right Now

Finding the Goldilocks Cell Module

If adding a cell modem is dealing with a drama queen of a hardware component, then choosing from among the many types of modules available turns the designer into an electronics Goldilocks. There are endless options for packaging and features all designed to make your life easier (or not!) so you-the-designer needs to have a clear understanding of the forces at work to come to a reasonable decision. How else will Widget D’lux® finally ship? You are still working on Widget D’lux®, aren’t you?

OK, quick recap from last time. Cell modems can be used to add that great feature …read more

Continue reading Finding the Goldilocks Cell Module

Dan Kuykendall, Rapid7 – Application Security Weekly #21

Dan Kuykendall is the Senior Director of Application Security Products at Rapid7 where he directs the strategic vision, research and product development for the company’s application security solutions. Full Show NotesFollow us on Twitter: https://www…. Continue reading Dan Kuykendall, Rapid7 – Application Security Weekly #21