David Wong

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cryptography, security, and random thoughts

Hey! I'm David, cofounder of zkSecurity, research advisor at Archetype, and author of the Real-World Cryptography book. I was previously a cryptography architect of Mina at O(1) Labs, the security lead for Libra/Diem at Facebook, and a security engineer at the Cryptography Services of NCC Group. Welcome to my blog about cryptography, security, and other related topics.

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Where have I been?

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I’ve been on holidays, not doing much, mostly enjoying what is sadly my very last summer holiday sheds a tear.

But as usual, when I’m not productive I get all grumpy and I feel like I’m losing precious time.

Before holidays: “I’ll have plenty of time to learn and code!”
During holidays: “Man I’m just gonna watch another episode of this new tv show”

So these past few weeks I chose to put android, google glass, unity and oculus asides. I’ll deal with them later.

Now It’s time to learn. And you can’t create without learning the technologies first!

So the first thing I did was take a look at React and MongoDB. After spending a few hours with React I knew I didn’t need it and fell in love with Angular. MongoDB seems pretty cool and it’s my first time with a noSQL database (I followed the awesome Andrew Burgess tutorial on Tutsplus).

I’ve been reading a lot about Rails lately and I’m trying to gather all the info I need before starting my next project which will involve those technologies that I’ve never used before:

  • Ruby on Rails

  • Slim

  • Angular

  • CoffeeScript

I already have a simple but useful project in mind.

I start school on September the 1st and I also want to be able to spend a week with GOlang before having too many things to do what I want.

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Real-World Cryptography is available from Manning Publications.
A practical guide to applied cryptography for developers and security professionals.
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