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Cake day: June 25th, 2024

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  • Simply removing the two-factor auth element which does nothing to access the main page underneath. I do that shit with newspaper paywalls. That is wild.

    Also having a script in there that just resets a password no questions asked. WTF is going on with modern software development? It isn’t just Subaru. It’s almost everything in the last 15 years. Behind all the pretty lipstick, IT systems are jankier than ever.

    For any aspiring programmers, remember, never ever assume the user is rational, expecting them to follow the rules. At least half of your user data-handling code should be validation and sanity checks. Code defensively.