Luke Stutters

If you want to get to grips with networking, this is a great book to really drill into detail. So there we go. TCPIP Illustrated, recommended to me many years ago by a man from Florida. And boy, was he right.

If you want to get to grips with networking, this is a great book to really drill into detail. So there we go. TCPIP Illustrated, recommended to me many years ago by a man from Florida. And boy, was he right.

Hey, everybody, and welcome to another episode of the Ruby Rogues podcast. This week on our panel, we have Luke Stutters. Hello. We have Dave Kimura. Hey, everyone. I'm Charles Maxwood from devchat.tv. Quick shout out about mostvaluable.dev. Go check it out. We have a special guest this week, and that is Paul Zeich.

Hey, everybody, and welcome to another episode of the Ruby Rogues podcast. This week on our panel, we have Luke Stutters. Hello. We have Dave Kimura. Hey, everyone. I'm Charles Maxwood from devchat.tv. Quick shout out about mostvaluable.dev. Go check it out. We have a special guest this week, and that is Paul Zeich.

Now, you're here from Checkr. You gave a talk at RailsConf about how you broke stuff or somebody broke stuff. Do you want to just kind of give us a quick intro to who you are and what you do? And then we'll dive in and talk about what broke and how you figured it out?

Now, you're here from Checkr. You gave a talk at RailsConf about how you broke stuff or somebody broke stuff. Do you want to just kind of give us a quick intro to who you are and what you do? And then we'll dive in and talk about what broke and how you figured it out?

at the company. Very cool. I actually have a Checkr t-shirt in my closet that I never wear. It's Checkr for those that are listening and not reading it. Yeah. So why don't you kind of tee us up for this as far as, yeah, what happened? What broke? Yeah. Give us a preliminary timeline and explain what Checkr does and why that matters.

at the company. Very cool. I actually have a Checkr t-shirt in my closet that I never wear. It's Checkr for those that are listening and not reading it. Yeah. So why don't you kind of tee us up for this as far as, yeah, what happened? What broke? Yeah. Give us a preliminary timeline and explain what Checkr does and why that matters.

Oh, that's interesting. Yeah, I think a lot of the background check portals that I've seen, they're like the fully baked portal instead of being a background service that somebody else can integrate into their own app.

Oh, that's interesting. Yeah, I think a lot of the background check portals that I've seen, they're like the fully baked portal instead of being a background service that somebody else can integrate into their own app.

I know, right? I want to know everybody's dirty secrets. Interesting. So, yeah, why don't you tell us a little bit about what went down with the app, right?

I know, right? I want to know everybody's dirty secrets. Interesting. So, yeah, why don't you tell us a little bit about what went down with the app, right?

Yeah. So people that aren't aware, PII is an acronym for Personally Identifiable Information. and is usually protected by law.

Yeah. So people that aren't aware, PII is an acronym for Personally Identifiable Information. and is usually protected by law.

Gotcha. So I'm curious, as you work through this, what did you add to your workflow to make sure that this doesn't happen again? Because I mean, some of it's going to be technical, right? It's testing or, you know, maybe you set up a staging environment or something like that. And some of it is going to be, hey, when this kind of alert comes up, do this thing, right?

Gotcha. So I'm curious, as you work through this, what did you add to your workflow to make sure that this doesn't happen again? Because I mean, some of it's going to be technical, right? It's testing or, you know, maybe you set up a staging environment or something like that. And some of it is going to be, hey, when this kind of alert comes up, do this thing, right?

Because it sounded like you did have some early indication that this happened.

Because it sounded like you did have some early indication that this happened.

Code drama.

Code drama.