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James Okafor

James Okafor

Developer Advocate at Codequiry

James writes about code integrity for practicing engineers and helps teams wire Codequiry into their CI and review pipelines.

Articles by James Okafor

The 37% Problem in Your Intro to Java Course Academic Integrity 2 min
James Okafor James Okafor • 5 months ago

The 37% Problem in Your Intro to Java Course

A 2023 multi-university study found that 37% of introductory programming submissions showed signs of unauthorized collaboration, undetected by traditional string-matching tools. The culprit isn't copy-paste—it's structural plagiarism, where students share solutions and rewrite them line-by-line. Here’s how algorithms that compare Abstract Syntax Trees are exposing this silent epidemic.

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Your Static Analysis Tool Is Missing the Real Security Flaws General 9 min
James Okafor James Okafor • 5 months ago

Your Static Analysis Tool Is Missing the Real Security Flaws

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tools promise a secure codebase but often drown teams in false positives while missing critical, context-rich vulnerabilities. This guide walks through a tactical, five-step methodology that moves beyond syntax checking to analyze data flow, library interaction, and business logic—the flaws that attackers actually target. We'll implement it using a mix of open-source tools and precise manual analysis.

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