Mike Bursell

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I've been in and around Open Source since around 1997, and have been running (GNU) Linux as my main desktop at home and work since then: not always easy... I'm a security bod and architect, co-founder of the Enarx project, and am currently CEO of a start-up in the Confidential Computing space. I have a blog - "Alice, Eve & Bob" - where I write (sometimes rather parenthetically) about security. I live in the UK and like single malts.

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Authored Content

Why and how to handle exceptions in Python Flask

Why I switched from Java to Rust

Rust feels like the place to be: it's well-structured, it's expressive, it helps you do the right thing.

Why I'm enjoying learning Rust as a Java programmer

Notes from a (budding) Rustacean.

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Questions we should ask about COVID-19 contact-tracing apps

Three ways to judge contact-tracking apps from the point of view of "openness."

Improve your DevOps security game with Ansible Vault

Stepping WebAssembly up a notch with security

Wasm offers the sort of platform-independence and easy integration that security-conscious developers and enterprises are looking for.

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Why diagrams are critical to your open source project documentation

Learn about the importance of architecture and specifically about the importance of diagrams.

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7 things I learned from starting an open source project

It's not really about project mechanics at all.

Authored Comments

26 May 2020

Questions we should ask about COVID-19 contact-tracing apps

I agree: the information that the UK government (for instance) has put out on this has not been sufficient in my view.

18 May 2020

Why diagrams are critical to your open source project documentation

Good point. I'd generally use something like LibreOffice, but if you want pen support, then Krita is impressive.