Also, why haven't you learned it yet?
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#2Archery. Lack of time/motivation.
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#3Public speaking.
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#4Clay target shooting - not a lot of facilities on the south side of chicago
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#5I've always wanted to understand Wiles proof for Fermat's Last Theorem. I have started on it but I have no good idea on how to approach the subject. Experts say that it takes decades of studying for a layman to understand it.
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#6Web security because I'm a web developer who definitely builds unsecure applications. Unfortunately (and incorrectly, IMO) the full stack dev market doesn't really value security too much as it pertains to marketable job skills. For instance, I spend my time improving my Javascript skillset which has a greater impact on my bottom line at the moment.
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#7French. I have no patience for such an endeavour.
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#8Threads. I can't find any example that shows you how to do more than printf in a thread.
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#9Web security because I'm a web developer who definitely builds unsecure applications. Unfortunately (and incorrectly, IMO) the full stack dev market doesn't really value security too much as it pertains to marketable job skills. For instance, I spend my time improving my Javascript skillset which has a greater impact on my bottom line at the moment.
If you can identify you're writing insecure code or building insecure apps you are just being lazy to do it proper way. Web security IMO isn't about learning a new thing, these are concepts that are part of the development flow.
Good resources to start with:
OWASP Top Ten Project https://goo.gl/yv6D4t
OWASP REST Security Cheat Sheet https://goo.gl/93VPKD
Re: Ask HN: What's the one thing you've always wanted to learn?
#10Web security because I'm a web developer who definitely builds unsecure applications. Unfortunately (and incorrectly, IMO) the full stack dev market doesn't really value security too much as it pertains to marketable job skills. For instance, I spend my time improving my Javascript skillset which has a greater impact on my bottom line at the moment.
If you can identify you're writing insecure code or building insecure apps you are just being lazy to do it proper way. Web security IMO isn't about learning a new thing, these are concepts that are part of the development flow. Good resources to start with: OWASP Top Ten Project https://goo.gl/yv6D4t OWASP REST Security Cheat Sheet https://goo.gl/93VPKD
Thanks for the resources. Not sure if calling me lazy is fair, I don't know what I don't know, but I'm almost certain my code isn't 100% bulletproof. Not because I see something blatantly broken and just decide not to fix it.