Ready to Ship – Commits and Conflicts

Commits and Conflicts, Episode 11: Ready to Ship. Four-panel comic strip; full transcript below.

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The scan came back clean. The code was secure. The test user was admin, password admin.

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Read the transcript

Panel 1: The Final Check

Paul: The site’s built. Custom plugins are done. Run a vulnerability scan before we release.

Nova: All clear. Ready to ship!

Panel 2: The Launch

Paul: We’re live!

Nova: Another smooth launch!

Panel 3: The Morning After (one day later)

Paul: We’ve been hacked?! How did anyone get in?

Nova: Remember that test user in development? I copied it to production.

Panel 4: Less Technicality

Paul: What user?

Nova: Admin.

Paul: And the password?

Nova: …Admin.

Nova: I told you the code was secure.