Brian Vallelunga
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So, you know, every time someone has read a secret, written a secret, changed some settings on every device with their IP address, you get a whole picture about everything that's going around or going on around your secrets. And then the other key part is that it's deeply connected to their workflows and their infrastructure.
So, you know, every time someone has read a secret, written a secret, changed some settings on every device with their IP address, you get a whole picture about everything that's going around or going on around your secrets. And then the other key part is that it's deeply connected to their workflows and their infrastructure.
So on the workflow side and like local development, we want you to be able to edit your secrets side by side with your code. So you have a VS code extension. And so those secrets actually kind of look like a YAML file, but they're actually not. It's like something called a virtual file system. So it behaves like a file, but it's actually not as connected with Doppler in the back end.
So on the workflow side and like local development, we want you to be able to edit your secrets side by side with your code. So you have a VS code extension. And so those secrets actually kind of look like a YAML file, but they're actually not. It's like something called a virtual file system. So it behaves like a file, but it's actually not as connected with Doppler in the back end.
So it's super secure. And then on the orchestration side for production is we will write into AWS Secrets Manager and Kubernetes or wherever it may be so that your infrastructure immediately gets those secrets when they change and restart your deployment so you don't have any downtime.
So it's super secure. And then on the orchestration side for production is we will write into AWS Secrets Manager and Kubernetes or wherever it may be so that your infrastructure immediately gets those secrets when they change and restart your deployment so you don't have any downtime.
I am too, for that matter. You got to make it like we have this theme at Doppler and it's quite simple. It's make vegetables taste like candy. Vegetables being the security, candy being the developer productivity. If you do not make it, if the tool does not make the developer's lives better, like you can't just say, hey, use this tool because it's more secure.
I am too, for that matter. You got to make it like we have this theme at Doppler and it's quite simple. It's make vegetables taste like candy. Vegetables being the security, candy being the developer productivity. If you do not make it, if the tool does not make the developer's lives better, like you can't just say, hey, use this tool because it's more secure.
Like that doesn't fly because developers care about moving fast and shipping product. And so you have to aid them in that. Like in our case, we try to get them two hours a day, or sorry, two hours a week back in productivity. And so if you do that, if you give them good candy, then you'll get the vegetables too. Yeah, that makes sense.
Like that doesn't fly because developers care about moving fast and shipping product. And so you have to aid them in that. Like in our case, we try to get them two hours a day, or sorry, two hours a week back in productivity. And so if you do that, if you give them good candy, then you'll get the vegetables too. Yeah, that makes sense.
So I like to kind of bucket the risk in, in, or sorry. Yeah. Bucket the risk into two buckets. The first is like the risk to the company. And the second is the risk to people. And I think the company side is like pretty well understood, right? You're going to have a pretty, if you have a data breach, you're going to have a pretty big brand hits and trust hits.
So I like to kind of bucket the risk in, in, or sorry. Yeah. Bucket the risk into two buckets. The first is like the risk to the company. And the second is the risk to people. And I think the company side is like pretty well understood, right? You're going to have a pretty, if you have a data breach, you're going to have a pretty big brand hits and trust hits.
You're going to probably have some unexpected spend because now you're investing in legal, PR, insurance. You may get sued as well because if you're not managing your secrets and the secrets are things that get leaked that leads to a data breach, that's just straight up negligence and the customers are in their rights to sue.
You're going to probably have some unexpected spend because now you're investing in legal, PR, insurance. You may get sued as well because if you're not managing your secrets and the secrets are things that get leaked that leads to a data breach, that's just straight up negligence and the customers are in their rights to sue.
But I think the thing that's most of the time not talked about is like the cost to real people. At the end day, all these companies that we use, we're trusting them to store our data and keep our private data private. Imagine if like every YouTube video that you ever saw got out or every ride you ever took on an Uber, every transaction you ever made on a credit card all got out.
But I think the thing that's most of the time not talked about is like the cost to real people. At the end day, all these companies that we use, we're trusting them to store our data and keep our private data private. Imagine if like every YouTube video that you ever saw got out or every ride you ever took on an Uber, every transaction you ever made on a credit card all got out.
And I actually have a real personal story of how this has impacted me. Sadly, I've been part of a couple of data breaches now from some of the services I've used. And that came back and really bit me in an interesting way. So I just moved to Austin, Texas a couple of months ago from California.
And I actually have a real personal story of how this has impacted me. Sadly, I've been part of a couple of data breaches now from some of the services I've used. And that came back and really bit me in an interesting way. So I just moved to Austin, Texas a couple of months ago from California.
And I convinced my mom to fly out with me and see Austin for herself when we were at this barbecue joint. And while we're eating food, I get a call from, uh, the Texas customs and borders. And they say, Hey, we found a package in your name that has, uh, illegal money and drugs in it. And we're, uh, federally investigating you now.
And I convinced my mom to fly out with me and see Austin for herself when we were at this barbecue joint. And while we're eating food, I get a call from, uh, the Texas customs and borders. And they say, Hey, we found a package in your name that has, uh, illegal money and drugs in it. And we're, uh, federally investigating you now.