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One of my most proud accomplishments of late is finally, after 7 years of <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/web-development" target="_blank">web development</a>, having one of my personal sites be secured with a valid SSL certificate. Now, this may not sound like such a big thing to some more seasoned developers, but to me, it’s kind of a big deal. My wife had to witness me have a nerdgasm afterward, as I tried to explain to her the significance of having an SSL certificate. Mainly it came down to having that satisfying little green lock with the word “Secure” next to it.