Things I build, break, fix, and write about

16 September 2026
Monitoring radio, transport and core faults

Private 5G resilience does not come from a cheerful dashboard or a nice radio map. I want to see where the attach failed, which path dropped, and whether the core is quietly spoiling the whole thing; otherwise you are guessing, and guessing is a poor plan when the network is already sulking.

16 September 2026
Pre-boot authentication for BitLocker

TPM-only BitLocker is convenient, but convenience is not the same as a proper boundary. BitLocker PINs push that line back to pre-boot, which is where...

15 September 2026
Single-sided BPool joins drain mOCEAN via SideStaking

Ocean Protocol BPool single-sided join exit math is where this one falls apart, and I have a soft spot for bugs that look tidy until another contract...

15 September 2026
ecrecover checks for Lixir Vault permit signatures

Lixir Vault permit signatures looked ordinary until the final check was missing. If `ecrecover` only needs to return a nonzero address, you have not...

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