Dave Rael is a dedicated father and husband and a seasoned software professional. He specializes in building distributed systems and understanding problem domains, especially via Domain-Driven Design and Behavior-Driven Development. Outside work, he’s usually playing with kids, playing basketball, lifting weights, coaching youth sports, and enjoying dirty jokes. He blogs at optimizedprogrammer.com about writing software and getting the most out of life and is the host of the Developer on Fire podcast at developeronfire.com, where he extracts inspiring stories from successful software geeks.
Dave is the voice behind the popular Developer on Fire podcast, but he is also a seasoned developer, and just like you and I, he’s down in the trenches. He’s learned a lot about software security over the years and his experience and journey has been similar to a lot of developers. In this interview, we get to learn some of Dave’s thoughts, experience, revelations and tips on developing secure applications.
Below are some highlight points of the interview:
(00:02:30) A bit about Dave.
(00:12:00) Eye opening Threats.
(00:14:50) Updates, Updates, Updates.
(00:25:00) Bolted on or Baked in?
(00:30:00) Hardest part about writing secure software
(00:32:00) Dave’s security recommendations for leaders
The podcast can be found on Lock Me Down, Stitcher and iTunes.
