Things I build, break, fix, and write about

7 July 2026
Tracing acme.sh certificate handling in TLS interception

I spent too long chasing the neat version of TLS wiretapping reconstruction, then found the mess: shell parsing, token limits, and renewal timing. The interesting bit is not the packet capture, it is the point where certificate handling quietly hands trust to something you did not mean to trust.

7 July 2026
Reverse engineering game binaries with static analysis

Game binaries give up more than they should, if you know where to look. I start with binary analysis, not the folklore around the game, then use...

6 July 2026
Agentic AI still needs domain judgement

Agentic AI can write the thing, but it still cannot tell you whether the thing is right. That is where domain expertise matters, because a clean...

6 July 2026
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26 May 2026
Why AI-promoted commencement speeches backfire

AI-promoted commencement speeches fail for the same reason most institutional waffle does, they sound prepared for approval, not for people. Graduates can spot that instantly, and once they do, the...

25 May 2026
Global domain takedown order and DNS controls

A global domain takedown order sounds neat on paper, but the web is stitched together by registries, registrars, proxies, and hosts, each with their own limits. I have seen enough of DNS controls to...

25 May 2026
Home Assistant wall controller for local bulb control

Zigbee wall switch controllers are one of the few smart home bits I trust not to annoy me later. Keep the bulbs live, keep the wall position, and let Home Assistant handle the logic; it feels ordinary...

25 May 2026
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24 May 2026
Detecting node contention with Pressure Stall Information

Kubernetes PSI metrics are useful because they show waiting, not just work, and that is where the awkward node problems usually hide. I trust them more than busy-looking charts, but only after I have...

24 May 2026
Topology-aware scheduling with PodGroup and DRA

Kubernetes PodGroup scheduling only makes sense once you stop treating the group as a template trick and start treating it as live state. I like that split, because it forces the scheduler to deal...

23 May 2026
Kubernetes Service externalIPs deprecation and replacements

Kubernetes Service externalIPs has always been a bit too trusting for my taste, and 1.36 finally starts treating it that way. If you still rely on it, now is the time to move the address ownership...

23 May 2026
Mixed Version Proxy during Kubernetes 1.36 upgrades

Kubernetes Mixed Version Proxy is one of those fixes you only notice when it is missing. During a 1.36 control plane upgrade, it stops an older API server from handing out tidy little lies, the sort...

22 May 2026
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22 May 2026
Measuring route_controller_route_sync_total in Kubernetes

`route_controller_route_sync_total` is the sort of metric I trust only when I put it next to real node activity. By itself it tells you little; alongside churn, it shows whether the route controller...