2025-01-18 · Sofia Martins

Teaching signed commits without fear-mongering

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Signed commits show up in procurement questionnaires even when teams barely understand them. We introduce signing as a contract between engineering and risk: what it proves, what it does not prove.

Our labs use disposable keys and stress rotation rituals. We also discuss where server-side controls matter more than client-side hooks, so learners do not overfit on local tooling.

The final paragraphs outline how we coach managers to read coverage metrics without turning signing into a vanity scoreboard — compliance theater helps nobody.

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