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David J Eddy

PHP - balancing upside-down near a ledge - doing crazy risky things for no apparent reason. Alluding to the meme of PHP being inherently more insecure than the rest.

  • Feather: Apache web server, PHP is used with Apache... A LOT.
  • Database slices: PHP mysqli has been insecure, and in production, for over 15 years.
  • Balancing on a cliff: 'cause YOLO