Things I build, break, fix, and write about

9 July 2026
Checking Logpush field mappings after schema updates

Cloudflare Logpush datasets do not always announce when they change shape, and that is where the trouble starts. I check the field map against real exports, because a parser that still runs can be quietly throwing away useful data.

8 July 2026
Local DNS proxy now preserves DNSSEC records

Cloudflare One Client for Windows now leaves DNSSEC records alone, which is exactly the sort of change I like, because it stops the client quietly...

8 July 2026
Cloudflare One Client for macOS DNS search suffixes

Cloudflare One Client for macOS can make a short hostname behave very differently, and most of the pain sits in the suffix list rather than DNS itself...

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...

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22 May 2026
Incident response after GitHub code exposure

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21 May 2026
Rebuild WinRE trust after CVE-2026-33825 changes

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21 May 2026
Malicious VS Code extensions and workstation compromise

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20 May 2026
Arch Linux PinTheft patch validation steps

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20 May 2026
Least privilege for agentic AI tool calling

Agentic AI is easiest to trust when it has very little to do, and even less power. I prefer to treat tool calling like any other risky admin path, with tight permissions, short-lived credentials, and...

19 May 2026
Fraud detection signs in redirector and payment domains

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19 May 2026
Using ISC Stormcast to set patch priority

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