2026
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Why One Key Shouldn’t Rule Them All: Threshold Signatures for the Rest of Us
Mar 18
Private keys are the backbone of digital security — and a single point of failure. Threshold signatures split that risk across multiple parties, and the DKLS23 protocol does it in just three rounds. Here’s how it works and why it matters.
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The Upfront Investment That Saves 10,000 Hours
Mar 11
There’s a pattern in tech where people mock the setup cost of automation without accounting for the return. I spent a day building a Grunt-based WordPress bootstrapper in 2013. Fortune 500 companies are still running code built on that foundation today.
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From Defense AI Drift to Policy Enforcement: Why I Built Firebreak
Feb 28
I wrote earlier about why defense AI companies drift toward offensive applications. Today for a hackathon I built the engineering solution I wish had existed when I was inside that world. Firebreak is a policy-as-code enforcement proxy that makes pre-negotiated AI boundaries hold — automatically, at machine speed, with full audit trails.
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AI Slop and the em-dash
Feb 27
There’s a common perception that em-dashes may indicate AI-generated writing. But for those of us who use tools like WordPress for publishing … we might be using em-dashes regularly without even knowing. Our tools polish our typography, letting us focus on the content. While em-dashes can signal professionalism, they shouldn’t be solely equated with AI…
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The Gravity Problem: Why Defense AI Companies Drift Toward Offense
Feb 26
The Secretary of Defense has pressured Anthropic to permit military use of its AI for “all lawful purposes,” threatening to invoke the Defense Production Act. Anthropic refuses to enable mass surveillance or autonomous weapons, highlighting the industry’s shift from defensive to offensive applications. The situation reflects broader challenges in maintaining ethical AI boundaries amidst government…
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PHP Tek 2026: Kubernetes and Semantic Search for PHP Developers
Jan 26
In May, I’ll present two talks at PHP Tek. The first focuses on streamlining production deployments. The second on AI-powered semantic search in Laravel. Connect with me at the conference!
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The gap between Docker Compose and production Kubernetes
Jan 13
Docker Compose and Kubernetes solve the same problems with different vocabulary. Once you see the translation, production deployment stops feeling impossible.
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Why I built a Kubernetes deployment tool
Jan 6
After years managing production PHP infrastructure and watching teams burn weeks on Kubernetes adoption, I built the deployment tool I wished someone had given me.
2025
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When it rains …
Oct 20
Planning for an AWS outage might seem like overkill until you need to evacuate vacation rental guests during a tropical storm and your entire infrastructure goes dark. Sometimes the improbable becomes critical, and understanding your business continuity options can mean the difference between frustration and tragedy.
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Your Return-to-Office Policy is Killing Your AI Strategy
Sept 9
Organizations struggling to trust and manage remote workers will find themselves completely unprepared for the autonomous nature of AI agents. The same control issues that drive return-to-office mandates will cripple AI adoption.
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WordPress Infrastructure in 2025: Time for a Modern Approach
Aug 27
After 8 years away from WordPress, returning to WordCamp US revealed a stale hosting ecosystem. Here’s why I built Displace CLI to bring modern Kubernetes infrastructure to WordPress developers.
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Signal vs. Noise: How AI Slop Kills Conversation
Jul 24
AI-generated content is everywhere. It’s flooding our professional networks. Destroying social media. Filling news feeds. Each with generic, templated posts that follow predictable patterns. AI slop destroys meaningful discourse and makes it harder than ever to find authentic insights. But the patterns make it easy to find and ignore.