When Bots Pretend to Be Google: How Modern Scanners Hide in Plain Sight
Modern scanners do not always look like attackers. Some impersonate legitimate search engine crawlers, mixing normal-looking requests with…
FeedSanitizer: Building a Chrome Extension for Myself
I've built Chrome extensions for clients before. FeedSanitizer was the first one I built to solve my own…
Debug Pages Left Public: What Attackers Learn Before They Attack
Debug and diagnostic tools exist to help developers. Left accessible on production servers, they give attackers a detailed…
Discussion of the Week: Skill, Will, and What the World Cup Teaches About Talent vs. System
Brazil has more talent than almost anyone at the World Cup and still went home early. Here is…
The Tech Alchemist II: Twelve Years of Decisions
Twelve years of career decisions in tech and product management. Practical lessons on depth, risk, relevance, and community…
How Coordinated Botnets Scan WordPress Sites for Plugin Vulnerabilities
Multiple countries probing your WordPress site at once? Learn how botnet scans work, why they happen, and the…
Discussion of the Week: The PM Skills Crisis in AI
AI startups have smart engineers and capital. What's missing: PM thinking. Technically impressive ≠ strategically sound.
Your Website Is Being Scanned Right Now. Here Is What That Looks Like.
Automated bots scan millions of websites every day using the same playbook. Here is what modern website reconnaissance…
Later… (The Technical Debt Story)
A poem about technical debt, quick fixes, legacy code, and the true cost of postponing quality. Because later…
The Individual Contributor Track: Why Staying Technical Is a Legitimate Career Choice
Staying on the IC track is not a fallback. Staff and Principal Engineers solve problems nobody else can.…
The Solution Architect Path: The Underrated Career Pivot for Senior Developers
AI generates code but cannot own system coherence. The Solution Architect path rewards depth and systems thinking. Here…