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Craig Nicol (he/him)
Craig Nicol (he/him)

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Litterboxing

Sandboxing is a great idea. Isolate your processes. Isolate your data. Chinese Walls everywhere to ensure everything is kept separate, independent and secure. Whether that’s containers or SELinux

Litterbox – it’s like a sandbox but when you look closer it’s full of shit

“There’s the inkling of a good idea in there. He’s almost describing a sandbox (without, of course, any of the isolation required) and front-end microservices (without a pipeline, or components). Can we call this pattern litterboxing? It’s a sandbox until you look closer and see it’s full of catnip.”

https://thedailywtf.com/articles/comments/classic-wtf-i-am-right-and-the-entire-industry-is-wrong/1#comment-506416

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