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Colin Bitterfield

Colin Bitterfield

I’ll Never Use Geometry After High School — I was wrong

I am working on adding “Starlink” to my RV and needed to make a bushing for the pole mount to connect it to a chainlink fence pole. $20 v…

4 min readJan 8, 2024

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I’ll Never Use Geometry After High School — I was wrong

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Colin Bitterfield

AI Code Generation is not ready for prime time

Over the last year, I have been asked about the security concerns with AI-Generated source code and “code assistants” like Tab9, CodePilot…

15 min readMay 18, 2023

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AI Generated Image

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Colin Bitterfield

Secure Delete in OSX (Ventura)

Recently, I was asked how to securely delete the free space of a file on OSX. Back in the OSX El Captain days finder had an option “Secure…

5 min readMar 27, 2023

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Secure Delete in OSX (Ventura)

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Colin Bitterfield

Setup your MacBook Pro Ready for Developing in Ventura (OSX 13)

When you change laptops, upgrade OSX, or set up a new employer laptop, there is a litany of installation and configurations just to get…

10 min readMar 20, 2023

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Setup your MacBook Pro Ready for Developing in Ventura (OSX 13)

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Colin Bitterfield

I am going to try to follow in your footsteps and see how it goes

1 min readSep 30, 2022

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Colin Bitterfield

Create a python module shell in under 5 minutes

I routine create python modules for security work and personal fun projects. Getting a directory structure prepared and prepped takes way…

5 min readDec 9, 2020

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Create a python module shell in under 5 minutes

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Colin Bitterfield

Setting up your MAC OSX 11 to use the AWS CLI and other python tools for accessing Amazon Web…

Every time that I change work laptops or upgrade my laptop to a new version of MAC OSX, I need to remove and reconfigure parts of MAC…

6 min readNov 30, 2020

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Setting up your MAC OSX 11 to use the AWS CLI and other python tools for accessing Amazon Web…

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Colin Bitterfield

Installing SuiteCRM in the Cloud

I am working with several small businesses with business development and automation issues. We evaluated SalesForce.com and some other CRM…

9 min readDec 26, 2019

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Installing SuiteCRM in the Cloud

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Colin Bitterfield

Common Infrastructure Security Mistakes Made by Startups

Throughout my career, I observe that we are solving the same security issues over and over. The technology may change, but the problems…

23 min readDec 23, 2019

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Common Infrastructure Security Mistakes Made by Startups

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Colin Bitterfield

Building an eCommerce Site with Drupal Commerce

I started this journey because the eCommerce site we built with OpenCart 3 was too slow and we needed a better alternative. These are my…

7 min readDec 12, 2019

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Building an eCommerce Site with Drupal Commerce

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Colin Bitterfield

Colin Bitterfield

NIST certified Security Professional | 10+ years experience in infrastructure security and compliance | Experienced in creating security programs.

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