The Return of the Deferred Builder
For experienced technologists with ideas, taste, judgement, and half-finished projects...
Designing a ‘Get Home’ Wallet
A small exercise in payment resilience.
The Shape of Unicode Corruption Is a Clue
If you are debugging broken accented characters, do not stop at “Unicode is broken.” The shape of the corruption often tells you which part of the pipeline to inspect next.
Samsung, Hiya, and a Very Short Transparency Horizon
Samsung’s `Caller ID and spam protection` prompt leads into a real data-sharing arrangement. I wanted to know who gets my call data. Beyond Samsung and Hiya, the documentation gave me categories instead of names.
How to write security findings for systems that are still being implemented
Security reports on work in progress often fail in one of two directions: caveat-laden mush or false certainty. The job is to make implementation state, evidence, intent, timing, and residual uncertainty legible to both implementors and management.