Things I build, break, fix, and write about

SANS Internet Storm Center diary indicators are only useful once they stop being a header and start becoming something you can test. I treat the stub as a pointer, not evidence; until there is a...

React dashboards make web honeypot logs readable, but only if you strip out the noise first. I prefer to reduce the stream to a few hard facts, then let the interface show the pattern; anything else...

ISC Stormcast is useful when it changes the queue, not when it just adds another tab to the pile. I care less about loud advisories than about whether a service is exposed, reachable, and already...

AWS Cognito’s awkward bit is not token issuance, it is timing. If `AWS Cognito PreSignUp_ExternalProvider` is not doing the real gatekeeping, you are already in cleanup territory, and I have no...

Federated sign-in in Cognito is less tidy than people assume. If you put the check in the wrong trigger, AWS Cognito PreSignUp_ExternalProvider can still let a user record land before anyone else gets...

Blocking AI traffic starts at the resolver, not the firewall. I’d rather break a query cleanly with DNS filtering than watch it slip through a public resolver and look ordinary, which is exactly why...

n8n v2 19 4: bugfix release, dynamic Quick Connect disclaimer, webhook mode hooks, GIT SSH COMMAND restored, Snowflake Insert and Update fixed

Siri privacy settings are only useful if the microphone is not sitting in the wrong room, listening for the wrong thing. I trust fewer devices in shared spaces, because voice assistant privacy usually...

AI token spend caps are one of the few sane ways to stop convenience from turning into a bill I have to explain later. Alerts are useful, but they arrive after the request has already spent the money;...

Discover the Bosch High Pressure Washer EasyAquatak 120 and two more tech bargains this week.