[dcminter]

I think anyone who just copies and pastes from SO is indeed "brave" for pretty much exactly the same reason.

> I'm willing to accept the risk of ocassionally making S3 public

This is definitely where we diverge. I'm generally working with stuff that legally cannot be exposed - with hefty compliance fines on the horizon if we fuck up.

[simianwords]

That's fair - I would definitely use stackoverflow liberally and dive into documentation when situation demands it.