Insights on DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, and Automation
How we implemented anonymous mailboxes with blind signatures to defeat Statistical Disclosure Attacks, based on the NDSS 2021 paper 'Improving Signal's Sealed Sender'
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They found your Log4j vulnerability. They're in. But in a distroless container, 'getting in' means being trapped in an empty room with no tools, no shell, and no way out.
Read full article: Your App Got Hacked. Now What? How Distroless Containers Turn RCE Into a Dead End Article →
A no-nonsense guide to learning DevOps fundamentals: Linux, AWS, Docker, Python, and everything you need to land your first permanent DevOps role
Read full article: So You Want to Learn DevOps: A Practical Roadmap from Zero to Hired Article →
How I forensically analyzed a malicious 'demo app' recruitment scam targeting developers, uncovered crypto wallet harvesting code before it could compromise my system—plus a defensive playbook for safely analyzing suspicious code
Read full article: Anatomy of a Developer Recruitment Scam: A Technical Forensic Analysis Article →
A deep dive into the Signal Protocol's cryptographic foundations and how we implement X3DH, Double Ratchet, and Sealed Sender in Chatter
Read full article: The Cryptographic Elegance of the Signal Protocol: How Chatter Implements End-to-End Security Article →
Reflections on writing 'The Silence After' and exploring what happens when freedom means losing yourself
Read full article: The Resonant Grave — Writing Chapter 2: When Liberation Becomes Its Own Prison Article →
A comprehensive guide to rolling updates—understanding the mechanics, implementation strategies, and best practices for achieving zero-downtime deployments in production environments
Read full article: Mastering Rolling Updates: The Art of Zero-Downtime Deployments Article →
How to architect secure, scalable, and cost-efficient AWS infrastructure for businesses using multi-account strategy, Landing Zones, and the Well-Architected Framework
Read full article: Building Production-Grade AWS Infrastructure in 2025 Article →
Battle-tested patterns for Infrastructure as Code: state management, CI/CD pipelines, and environment separation from real-world production experience
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Battle-tested practices for running secure, cost-efficient, and scalable Kubernetes clusters in production
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Reflections on creating a dark sci-fi story and the uncomfortable parallels I see between a dystopian future and our present reality
Read full article: Why I Started Writing 'The Resonant Grave': Finding Parallels Between Fiction and Reality Article →
How Protocol Buffers deliver 10x faster serialization, 5x smaller payloads, and compile-time type safety compared to JSON REST APIs
Read full article: Why Protocol Buffers Are the Superior API Format: Speed, Type Safety, and Developer Experience Article →
Exploring how Domain-Driven Design principles and modular architecture create maintainable monoliths
Read full article: Building Chatter: A Domain-Driven Monolithic Architecture Article →
Sharing insights on cloud infrastructure, automation, and modern DevOps practices
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