In this episode, Allen, Adi, and Sascha are joined by Michael Lubas, the founder of paraxial.io, as they delve into the world of bot defense. Michael highlights the importance of bot defense, especially for small companies who are often deliberately targeted. The group examines the issues with "man-in-the-middle" solutions like Cloudflare and how this can be avoided by having bot defenses built into the application itself - the approach paraxial.io is taking. He explains how paraxial's bot detection and defense work on a high level, how it tries to reduce the runtime overhead to a minimum, and what other security topics are relevant for the day-to-day Elixir developer. SponsorsChuck's Resume TemplateDeveloper Book ClubBecome a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership LinksElixir and Phoenix Application Security PlatformGitHub - michalmuskala/plug_attack: A plug building toolkit for blocking and throttling abusive requestsGitHub - nccgroup/sobelow: Security-focused static analysis for the Phoenix FrameworkGitHub - mirego/mix_auditmix hex.audit - Hex v2.0.6GitHub - dimitarvp/trie: A basic Elixir implementation of the Trie data structurePhoenix Application SecuritySecuring Elixir/Phoenix Applications: 5 Tips to Get Startedpersistent_term Get in touch with Michael Lubas  [email protected]: Paraxial.ioLinkedIn: Michael LubasTwitter: @paraxialioParaxial.io PicksAdi - Hogwarts LegacyAdi - Captain Sonar GameAllen - Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo on SteamMichael - 3Blue1Brown (YouTube Channel)Michael - Deus Ex™ GOTY EditionSascha - Disco ElysiumSascha - GitHub - ExHammer/hammer: An Elixir rate-limiter with pluggable backends Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy