Writing
Security, technology, opinion
Unfiltered by a company style guide. Filed under one of three loose categories.
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Getting heating, lighting, alarms and cameras to work as one system
Most smart homes are a pile of separate apps, not a system. The difference is one local hub, a handful of routines, and subsystems that react to each other.
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Rebuilding this site
syn1cal started as a technical networking and security outlet over twenty years ago. Here's why it's changing.
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Cloud-native firewalls vs. IaaS firewalls, honestly compared
Managed cloud firewall services promise less ops burden; virtual appliances promise more depth and portability. Neither claim is free. Here's how I weigh them.
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The control problem isn't AI. It's who's watching it.
AI doesn't need less capability so much as the discipline we already expect of anyone with too much access, and the ways that discipline quietly gets skipped.
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Shift left without the platform bill
Secrets vaults, SAST and DAST don't need a six-figure platform. Docker and an IDE plugin get most of the value, and they're what developers will actually run.