The security checks in every Lionshead PR
The author outlines an automated security stack implemented in every pull request for Lionshead products to prevent vulnerabilities from reaching production. The process uses tools like Trivy, Gitleaks, and Checkov to scan for secrets, dependency issues, and infrastructure misconfigurations.
Why it matters
It highlights the necessity of 'shift-left' security practices for solo developers and small teams to mitigate the existential risk of data breaches.
At enterprise scale, a breach is a bad quarter. You have a legal team to coordinate disclosure. A disaster-recovery plan you drill annually. A PR team to control the narrative. A security team to quarantine, investigate, and triage the incident. A bank account big enough to absorb regulatory fines, class-action settlements, and the customer churn that follows.
At solo scale, you have none of those. A real breach of user data will almost certainly end the product. Not "hurts the brand," not "sets us back a quarter." Ends it.
The security stack in every Lionshead PR is an automated self-breach. Every merge attempt is scanned by tools a mid-sized security team would run against production code weekly. If any of them find something, the merge blocks. The vulnerability never reaches production, and the version of me that would have caused an incident never gets the chance.
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