culture
The AI Investment Reckoning: No Profits, No AGI, No Plan
OpenAI will burn $143B before turning a profit. AGI has no agreed definition. Data centers are draining aquifers. The architecture has provable limits. The math doesn't work.
infrastructure
Building reliable systems through VPS deployment, container orchestration, networking, and hardening—infrastructure that supports human decision-making.
infrastructure
The Real Cost of AI Tokens: What Happens When Employee Reliance Scales
Token prices are falling fast. Enterprise AI bills are rising faster. Here's the data on why usage growth outpaces price decline — and what Jevons Paradox means for your AI budget.
infrastructure
NotMint: Building a Self-Hosted Finance Dashboard with Bank-Grade Security
When Mint shut down, I built NotMint -- a self-hosted finance dashboard with SimpleFIN, passkey auth, AES-256-GCM encryption, and zero-trust networking.
infrastructure
Hard Lessons from a Failed Framework Redesign
I spent 8 days rebuilding the IA Framework from the ground up. It failed spectacularly. Here's what I learned about engineering reality, AI behavior, and the value of boring solutions.
infrastructure
Turn Any VPS Into a Remote Pentest Platform with Twingate
How to use Twingate's zero-trust architecture with Docker containers to conduct security assessments against private networks from anywhere - including the gotchas that'll save you hours of debugging.
compliance
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.
infrastructure
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.
career
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.
infrastructure
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.
security
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.
infrastructure
VPS Server Tools Overview: Token-Efficient Security Infrastructure
Run security tools remotely, get summaries back. Professional infrastructure at a fraction of the cost.