Background: 15 years of experience in software and apparently spoiled because it was already set up correctly.

Been practicing doing my own servers, published a test site and 24 hours later, root was compromised.

Rolled back to the backup before I made it public and now I have a security checklist.

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[–] 48 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I've gotta say this post made me appreciate switching to lemmy. This post is actually helpful for the poor sap that didn't know better, instead of pure salt like another site I won't mention.

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  • [–] [S] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I shared it because, out there, there is a junior engineer experiencing severe imposter syndrome. And here I am, someone who has successfully delivered applications with millions of users and advanced to leadership roles within the tech industry, who overlook basic security principles.

    We all make mistakes!

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There's a 40 year I.T. veteran here that still suffers imposter syndrome. It's a real thing I've never been able to shake off

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Just look at who is in the White House, mate - and not just the president, but basically you can pick anyone he's hand-picked for his staff.

    Surely that's an instant cure for any qualified person feeling imposter syndrome in their job.

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