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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Skia integration for Rust image decoding

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22 August 2026
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21 August 2026
Tool boundaries in incident response for AI agents

When an autonomous AI intrusion lands, I care less about the model’s output and more about whether my tools still work. If a hosted service refuses the forensic workload, your response path is already...

21 August 2026
Flatpak pipewire escape through module loading

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20 August 2026
Founder-led startups and the cost of replacing generalists

AI can make founder-led startups look busier than they are, which is exactly why I distrust it when the team is already thin. The easy wins are real, but once you remove the generalist, you often...

20 August 2026
RCU and refcount faults in Linux kernel net/sched

RCU and refcount faults in the Linux kernel net/sched path are the sort of bug I like least, because the refcount check arrives after the damage is already done. On a busy CentOS 9 box, the race is...

19 August 2026
Simple Caddy access rules for cgit

I keep cgit behind Caddy access rules because the decision belongs at the front door, not buried in the app. It is a blunt setup, but it keeps browser noise out, leaves Git clients alone, and avoids...

19 August 2026
Skipping fenced code blocks in Neovim Markdown outline

Neovim Markdown outline navigation gets ugly fast if you let fenced examples count as headings. I fixed that with a small state flag, a blunt scan, and no ceremony; the sort of change that quietly...

18 August 2026
LLM-assisted pull requests and CLA friction

LLM-assisted pull requests tend to look harmless until the CLA, provenance, or disclosure rules kick in. I have seen good fixes stall there, not because the code was bad, but because the project had...

18 August 2026
CVE-2020-8561 and DNS proxy TOCTOU risk

CVE-2020-8561 is the sort of Kubernetes CVE records problem I trust least, because the bug is in the behaviour, not a neat patched release. If your tooling only reads version fields, it can miss the...