Dylan Lott

Latest — May 12, 2022

Golang Audit Checklist

These are broad questions I ask and points I check from a security-oriented perspective on each Golang project that I audit. Static analysisRun code through gosec checkRun golangci-lint against codeRun Docker security checksLinters and styleAre they using a linter?Are they using a style guide, and if they are, are

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MTG Game Analysis

Also known as the coolest game ever fucking invented.About two years ago I started keeping score of who won our Magic games. I didn't know what I wanted to do with it, but after sitting on it for 2 years I think it's ripe for some initial analysis of

Quick and dirty full-text search with SQLite3 and Golang

How to implement full text search queries in SQLite3

The Software Engineer's Bullet Journal

My brutalist bullet journal flow geared towards utility and productivity. 4 years ago, I discovered the bullet journal. I was in a code bootcamp at the time, and was looking for a system to organize myself while I went through the program. I dabbled with a variety of setups and

The Best Advice I've Ever Received

I recently had a company dinner with our principal architect at one of our company all-hands meetings. It was one of the first times we had really sat down and talked, not just about work but about life and hobbies or whatever. Spoiler alert: It was at a sports bar.

Use # to reverse-search bash commands easier

Use # to reverse-search bash commands easier.

2018 In Numbers

I wanted to take a look back at the last year of my life as objectively as possible, so I decided to try and quantify exactly how my year went. This is an attempt at that. Big Firsts:Had my first alcoholic drinkSmoked for the first timeBought my first houseVisited

Deployment First Development (or how to actually finish projects)

Everyone has them. You know you do. That side project that you'd love to finish but you've neglected it since the second day you worked on it. It's not a bad thing, but if you're like me and you want to finish these side projects, but somehow still get sidetracked,

Automated Builds with Docker and Flightplan JS

Using Flightplan I was looking for a quick and easy way to do deployments with JavaScript without having to setup a full jenkins server, connect my GitHub accounts, etc... I've written in the past on how imoprtant it is to get your side project deployed as fast as you can

Deploying Apps with FlightplanJS

I have been looking for a clean way to push to a production server for a while, and a while ago I read about FlightplanJS. Flightplan is basically a wrapper around some bash commands, namely rsync, ssh, scp, rm, and a few others. It's going to SSH into your server