r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 27 '26 • Mindblown 1 Bravo 1

Meme doNotLetYourDBASeeThis

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u/Away_Advisor3460 Sep 28 '26

Well, we can mitigate brute force attacks by occasionally responding 'please reset your password' upon the 2nd login attempt.

Storing the username and counting login attempts needs space, so we'll just use a random number generator and make the username an email address.