2026
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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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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…
2022
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Own your mistakes
Feb 4
What’s the largest mistake you’ve made in your career? Did you hold yourself accountable for it? What did you learn through the experience?
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Ethics in technology and advertising
Jan 25
Ethics is one of the more complicated concepts in tech. Everyone knows what it is, but ethics become frighteningly easy to ignore.
2014
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Moral Absolutes
Dec 14
Regardless of the culture involved, there are some things that are always wrong whether or not the culture recognizes them as such.
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Dec 4
I’m angry that we’ve let our country get to this point. I’m also ashamed that my silence in the face of this injustice has let it continue to grow.
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White Hat Documentation
Dec 1
I learn things because I’m interested in them. I teach about things because I’m interested in learning more about them. I write about things because I want those around me to be well-informed, in this case about basic security.
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Credit Where It’s Due
Oct 27
When you work with consultants, be classy and give credit where it’s due after the project is complete.
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Ethical Quandary: iPhones and Encryption
Oct 14
Is Apple’s new stance on phone data encryption a good thing or a bad thing? The FBI, at least, thinks it’s bad. I say they’re wrong.
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Expect the Unexpected
Sept 7
You can’t prevent every unintended setback, but you can prepare in such a way that their effects are minimized.
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The Right to Assemble
Aug 30
If you ignore injustice in any form, you’re silently consenting and just as damnable as the perpetrators.
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Mixing Faith and Politics
Aug 17
The Bible seems to both promote and condemn standing against governing authorities dispensing injustice. What is a faithful follower of God to do?