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The Blind Spot Problem: Using CliftonStrengths for Self-Awareness and Team Composition

Your dominant talents shape what you naturally perceive - and what you systematically miss. Here's how to diagnose your perceptual gaps, calculate team-level domain debt, and build partnerships that compensate for what you can't see on your own.

lock-1 By Chris Groves 24 Dec 2025
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Choosing a VPS for Penetration Testing: Provider Comparison December 2025

Most VPS providers ban pentesting. Here's why I use a dual-VPS architecture and a comparison of 7 providers with verified December 2025 pricing and policies.

By Chris Groves 21 Dec 2025
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API-Driven Zero-Trust Infrastructure: GraphQL Automation for Home Lab Deployment

Complete technical breakdown of building production-ready zero-trust network access to home lab infrastructure using Hyper-V, Ubuntu 24.04, and Twingate API automation.

lock-1 By Chris Groves 21 Dec 2025
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Rapid Pentest Infrastructure: API-Driven Deployment with Docker + Twingate

Deploy security testing infrastructure rapidly with API automation. Real workflow for consultants using VPS, Twingate zero-trust access, and Docker containers.

lock-1 By Chris Groves 21 Dec 2025
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Zero-Trust Docker Lab: Localhost Binding + Twingate for Production Scale

How to deploy security tools across VPS instances with zero public exposure using Twingate and Docker. Complete 7-step workflow with validation procedures for production and testing environments.

lock-1 By Chris Groves 21 Dec 2025
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Dual-VPS Hardening: Balancing Availability and Security Across Different Infrastructure Tiers

Implementing defense-in-depth across dual VPS instances with 7 security layers. Production (Hostinger) prioritizes availability, security testing (OVHcloud) prioritizes lockdown.

lock-1 By Chris Groves 21 Dec 2025
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Hierarchical Context Loading: Why Progressive Disclosure Beats Monolithic Prompts

A deep dive into the Intelligence Adjacent framework - from hierarchical context loading to VPS-deployed security tools. Every component explained.

By Chris Groves 21 Dec 2025
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Remote Execution with Local Summaries: The Wrapper Pattern for Token Efficiency

Run security tools remotely, get summaries back. Professional infrastructure at a fraction of the cost.

By Chris Groves 21 Dec 2025
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The Job Market in 2025: Year-End Reality Check

The official 4.6% unemployment hides a darker truth. When you count contractors, discouraged workers, and the H-1B exodus, the real number approaches 9%. Here's what a full year of data shows.

By Chris Groves 21 Dec 2025
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Democratizing expertise through deployable modules within Intelligence Adjacent. I'm Chris Groves, sharing lessons learned building AI systems that augment human capability instead of replace it.