Re:Why must you laugh at my back end?
by dasil003 on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @07:07PM
(#2943601)
I'm not going to jump down your throat on this, because everyone is inexperienced at some point, and you can never know everything, so on one hand your attitude of "just ship" is healthy.
That said, one of the things that (hopefully) comes with experience is knowing when and where to cut corners. Basic security practices are one place where you need to bake your understanding into everything you do from a low level, because security is one of the hardest "features" to retrofit. Also because basic security does not have to be hard. Hell, you can make an informed decision not to use SSL on your login page, but it must be just that, informed.
Unlike the language du jour, security principles are something that will apply to all programming you do for the rest of your life. So, though you may decide not to use trendy framework x, y or z today, failing to learn basic security and apply it consistently will slowly turn you from a young developer with bright ideas and a lot of potential, to a middle-aged hack developer with a defensive chip on his shoulder.
That said, one of the things that (hopefully) comes with experience is knowing when and where to cut corners. Basic security practices are one place where you need to bake your understanding into everything you do from a low level, because security is one of the hardest "features" to retrofit. Also because basic security does not have to be hard. Hell, you can make an informed decision not to use SSL on your login page, but it must be just that, informed.
Unlike the language du jour, security principles are something that will apply to all programming you do for the rest of your life. So, though you may decide not to use trendy framework x, y or z today, failing to learn basic security and apply it consistently will slowly turn you from a young developer with bright ideas and a lot of potential, to a middle-aged hack developer with a defensive chip on his shoulder.