The ProdFix Blog

Open redirects enable phishing attacks. Here's how to detect and prevent them in your application.

Deserializing untrusted data is dangerous. Here's how insecure deserialization works and how to prevent it.

You can run basic penetration tests yourself. Here's the tools and techniques for solo founders.

Security logs enable incident response and compliance. Here's what to log in your production SaaS.

If you're in healthcare-adjacent SaaS, here's the minimal technical HIPAA requirements.

Broken access control is the #1 web security risk. Here's how to detect and prevent it in SaaS.

Secrets in git repositories cause breaches. Here's how to scan and prevent secret exposure.

Passkeys are the future of authentication. Here's how to implement them in your SaaS production app.

Pinned dependencies prevent supply chain attacks and ensure reproducible production builds.

TOTP 2FA reduces account takeover risk. Here's the production implementation guide.

GDPR requires user data deletion on request. Here's the technical implementation that satisfies auditors.

Session management mistakes cause account takeovers. Here's the secure implementation guide.

MIME type sniffing enables certain attacks. Here's the headers that prevent it.

Audit logs are required for compliance and useful for debugging. Here's the production implementation.

If you're running Kubernetes, security defaults aren't enough. Here's the minimal security hardening.

Every third-party tool you use is a risk. Here's how to assess and manage third-party security risk.

OpenTelemetry is the open standard for observability. Here's what it does and whether solo founders need it.

Distributed tracing follows requests across services. Here's when you need it and when you don't.

Synthetic monitoring runs automated tests. RUM captures real users. Here's the difference and when to use each.

Chaos engineering deliberately causes failures to find weaknesses. Here's the solo founder version.

Mean Time to Repair and Mean Time to Detect are the core reliability metrics. Here's what they mean.

Technical debt explained without jargon. What it is, how it accumulates, and when to pay it down.

Feature parity matters for API compatibility and migrations. Here's what it means in practice.

Dark launches deploy code that's not yet activated. Here's how they work and why they're useful.