Updated July 15, 2025

Hello! This blog is currently a work in progress, but should hopefully replace my old blog, cronokirby.com, eventually. About ----- I’m currently a core protocol engineer at Penumbra Labs, working on Penumbra a private payments network. Beyond that, I’m a generalist software engineer and cryptographer, and like to dabble in a few different things. Links ----- * Github * * *

Updated July 15, 2025

I am currently: * working with an awesome digital experience team. * raising a preschooler with Eleanor. * watching and listening to the Amazin’ Mets ⚾ broadcasts. 📍 ABQ NM USA ------------- (Forecast by OpenWeather) The Duke City has been home since 2023. I am slowly making more friends here! 📚 Reading ---------- I use Literal and The StoryGraph to keep track of my reading. 🎧 Listening ------------ My last.fm account keeps track of music I listen to throughout the day. Stats are fun. I’m also scrobbling to Libre.fm as much as I can. This page uses a few third-party widgets and APIs to display my current status, weather, books, and music. _Last manually updated July 15, 2025._ Inspired by Derek Sivers’ nownownow.com. This page has its own profile, too.

Updated July 15, 2025

Bok! I'm Hrvoje, but you can call me Shime. I'm a web developer from Croatia. I like Borges, Emerson and, of course, Christopher Alexander. I don't like big cities, bureaucracy and, of course, LinkedIn. My most popular blog post is Do whatever you can't stop thinking about, but The second promise is my favorite. I love hearing from people who read my blog posts. You're always welcome to send me an email to shime@hey.com.

Updated July 14, 2025

I lead growth marketing at Profound, helping brands monitor and optimize their rankings in ChatGPT and other LLMs. Say hi on LinkedIn. Experience ---------- Growth Marketing May 2025 - Present First marketer at Profound. Building the best way for brands to monitor and optimize their rankings in ChatGPT and other LLMs. Founder May 2023 - May 2025 Built a 2,000+ subscriber newsletter talking about how I started and grew my $30k/month consulting business. I wanted to demystify what it's like to quit your job by sharing transparent updates, tips, and strategies. Growth Marketing Consultant Freelance May 2023 - May 2025 I built a $30k/month solo growth marketing agency that drove tens of millions of dollars in pipeline for B2B SaaS companies via Google Ads and LinkedIn Ads. Head of Growth Marketing Jul 2021 - Jan 2023 I started and grew Loom's paid media, SEO, and affiliate programs from scratch to support self-serve sign-up and revenue goals. I also helped generate sales pipeline via 1:1 ABM campaigns. $1B exit to Atlassian Head of Growth Marketing Mar 2020 - Jul 2021 I led Mailgun's growth marketing team as we grew from $30M to $70M in ARR and acquired two companies: Mailjet and Email on Acid $2B exit to Sinch Notion OKR templates to organize your personal and professional objectives and key results. The Notion affiliate program is great but a better way to earn income is to sell Notion templates. Learn how in this article. The best Notion templates for teachers, homeschool parents, and educators to organize your classes. The best Notion second brain templates to capture and organize your thoughts, feelings, and life experiences. Learn exactly how to make money selling Notion templates. It's easier than you think. More Finance and Budget Tracking Notion templates than any one person reasonable needs. The most comprehensive list of aesthetic Notion templates I could possibly find. Notion is a powerful tool but compelling alternatives exist. Compare Notion to monday.com, ClickUp, Almanac, Hubstaff, and more. Superhuman is the best email client I've ever used. But is it worth the high price? Quitting video games was the best decision of my life, but only because I chose to spend that time in other more productive ways. Compare Notion to Monday.com, Evernote, Trello, and Airtable to see what is the best productivity tool. A slightly biased list of the best AI Visibility Tools for improving your visibility in AI search.

Updated July 13, 2025

Also found on the /Now project. Here is what I am doing ----------------------- I mixed feelings about vibe coding. As an experienced engineer, I find it powerful to delegate routine but important tasks. Not sure how someone with no experience will find space, however... Now that this website is live and publishing quarterly Logs, it is time to grow the swamp. Several pages need growing and there's some new content on the way. I also learned about IndieWeb, so am trying to connect. I'm also updating my resume to give to an AI agent. It's part of the beta program for Cardinal Refer, currently only for Stanford engineering alumni. Work is going well. Otherwise, just trying to live. * **May 2025**: website go-live * **March 2025**: published a new paper with **Frontiers in Imaging** * **August 2024**: stardust kitchen manager at ttitd * **July 2024**: engaged <3 * **April 2024**: Mazatlán solar eclipse * **April 2023**: New Zealand van-life * **February 2023**: Greta adoption * **September 2022**: promoted to senior engineering * **August 2022**: alto saxophone with the black rock philharmonic * **September 2021**: Iceland van-life * **April 2020**: legendary defender of Ascalon (Guild Wars) * **November 2019**: published main paper with Journal of Neural Engineering graduate from UC San Diego, joined LookDeep Health as Computer Vision Engineer, moved to Oakland, CA * **October 2019**: phd thesis defense * **August 2019**: joined stardust at ttitd * **September 2018**: Nigel adoption * **August 2018**: first time camping... solo at ttitd, census and barista volunteer. * **Summer 2017**: National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies * **September 2013**: joined Translational Neuroengineering Lab * **July 2013**: moved to San Diego, CA for phd at UC San Diego * **June 2013**: graduated from Stanford University * **Summer 2012**: internship in Yokohama (Furukawa Electric) * **Spring 2012**: study abroad in Kyoto (Doshisha University) * **Summer 2011**: XOX co-op * **September 2009**: move to Stanford, CA for Stanford University, joined LSJUMB * **June 2009**: graduate from Sycamore High School * **June 2000**: moved to Cincinnati, OH * **January 1995**: Great Hanshin earthquake displacement (HK->PH->JP) * **January 1993**: moved to Kobe, Japan * **September 1991**: born in Manila, Philippines * * *

Updated July 13, 2025

Last updated on July 13, 2025 My name is Marcus Crane and you're logged on to my personal website! I live in Auckland, New Zealand where I work as a Lead Platform Engineer at Halter. When I'm not computering at work, I tend to enjoy computering at home.

Updated July 12, 2025

Last login: Sat Jul 12 09:10:28 2025 +00:00 **WARN:** Your screen is a little too compact. Some command outputs may become garbled. **WARN:** Construction in progress! pwd && eza -D ~/pages whoami site site whoami my name is cassie, but i'm more commonly known as soopy and sophie. i am currently studying for an associate's degree of network and systems administation. i manage my own network of servers and host a bunch of services on each of them. see miku.@ for status of the hosted services. i am also a maintainer for the t2linux (on nixos) project. trying not to use the character "i" so much but sentences look weird without that. site finger as a chronically online person, i have a wide range of contact methods. here's a mostly complete exerpt of my online presence. SNS --- Services -------- Code Forges ----------- Games ----- Miscellaneous -------------

Updated July 12, 2025

**Human, Engineer, Scientist.** About Me -------- **guestbook#Contact:** `contact` at this domain Biography --------- Hi, my name is **Paolo Gabriel** (1/tm)! I was born in the Philippines, grew up in Japan, and now reside in the United States of America. Here is what I am up to right now. Reason for being ---------------- An "ikigai" (生き甲斐) probably won't extend my life, but I like the framing. _(source: Héctor Garcia)_ ### What I get paid to do I am a Senior Computer Vision Engineer on the AI team at LookDeep Health. We put cameras in hospital rooms to assist with continuous patient monitoring. I design computer vision pipelines, analyze patient activity, and curate multi-modal datasets. ### What I am good at I have solid skills in programming and math. I use these skills in machine learning, signal processing, and data science. Others have described me as a supportive leader, an excellent communicator, and an inquisitive thinker. I earned my PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering at UC San Diego. I worked in the Translational Neuroengineering Lab there. I completed my undergraduate BS in Engineering Physics at Stanford University. **Technical interests** * Brain-Machine Interfaces * Clinical Monitoring * Machine Learning / Computer Vision / LLMs * Interdisciplinary Research * Multimodal Data ### What I love I am grateful for my community, especially my family, partner, and cats. I like painting portals, cooking anything, playing music, and lifting weights. ### What the world needs Still figuring this one out, but I want to connect people with their data. Learn more ---------- * * *

Updated July 12, 2025

**Listen to our latest podcast!** --------------------------------- Welcome to **Feeding Curiosity**, the brainchild of Erich Wenzel, an engineer by trade and a voracious learner at heart. Erich's passion for exploration and discovery led him to create this platform, where like-minded individuals can delve into various subjects, exchange ideas, and inspire others to learn and grow. At Feeding Curiosity, we believe in nurturing a well-rounded understanding of the world, transcending traditional boundaries, and embracing the vast expanse of human knowledge. Our podcast features riveting conversations with experts, innovators, and creative thinkers from various fields, including science, technology, philosophy, and the arts. These dialogues offer unique perspectives, fascinating stories, and invaluable insights that help you tap into your potential and develop a deeper understanding of the world around you. Our website further enriches your experience with curated content, such as articles, essays, and resources, designed to fuel your curiosity and ignite your passion for learning. Whether seeking to explore new ideas or challenge yourself with stimulating discussions, Feeding Curiosity is your ultimate intellectual and personal growth destination. Join us on this journey of discovery as we embark on an adventure to unlock the world's mysteries, one conversation at a time. Welcome to Feeding Curiosity, where we feed your curiosity and inspire you to embrace life's endless possibilities. **BLUEPRINTS** -------------- ### The blueprints are our unique take on summaries. Blueprint will help you absorb information quickly and allow for the synthesis of ideas! Blueprint: Range by David Epstein --------------------------------- Welcome to the blueprint for Range. David Epstein is the author of Range. This book explores why generalists succeed in a specialized world. This blueprint will break down the core ideas, connect ideas outside of the book, and apply these ideas in your life! **Stress doesn’t always scream.** Most days, it whispers—tight shoulders, racing thoughts, and that low hum of “too much” in the background. You don’t need hacks. You need habits. This isn’t about escaping stress—it’s about reshaping how you meet it. From five-minute silences to movement that resets your mind, these simple shifts help you build calm instead of chasing it. Real tools, for real life. Let’s get grounded. Under one roof, three generations—each with their own rhythms, needs, and voices—come together not just to live, but to thrive. A multi-generational home can be a haven of support, love, and shared strength—but it takes more than just extra bedrooms to make it work. From carving out personal space to protecting peace of mind, here are seven smart strategies to help every generation feel at home, together. **“Being brilliant isn’t enough — you’ve got to be visible.”** You’ve spent years honing your craft, perfecting every detail with heart and grit. But talent without strategy is like shouting into a void. _Eyes on the Work_ is your wake-up call: a guide for creatives ready to stop waiting for permission and start building a career on their own terms. Whether you're a fashion designer, painter, maker, or multidisciplinary artist, this is your roadmap to getting discovered — and staying sustainable. From harnessing the power of social media to mastering pricing and business strategy, this isn’t just about making art. It’s about making art that gets seen, shared, and sold. Explore how history offers a continuum of human cultures through Paul Cooper's 'Fall of Civilizations.' From mighty empires to their inevitable decline, this article sheds light on the rise and fall of civilizations, the resilience of human spirit, and the impact of technology and disease. Gain a new perspective on how past civilizations are much like our own and ponder the legacy we will leave behind for future generations. Subscribe to our newsletter --------------------------- We respect your privacy. Thank you!

Updated July 12, 2025

Nix Sanctuary is an independent publication launched in May 2022. If you subscribe today, you’ll get full access to the website as well as email newsletters about new content when it’s available. Your subscription makes this site possible, and allows Nix Sanctuary to continue to exist. Thank you! **Fresh tech analytics from \*nix point of view.** We’re trying to bring the hard truth about modern tech : software reviews, technology insights and more. From early Unix Philosophy times to pragmatism, business and futurology. ### Access all areas By signing up, you’ll get access to the full archive of everything that’s been published before and everything that’s still to come. Your very own private library. ### Fresh content, delivered Stay up to date with new content sent straight to your inbox! No more worrying about whether you missed something because of a pesky algorithm or news feed. ### Meet people like you Join a community of other subscribers who share the same interests.

Updated July 12, 2025

**Last Updated: 07/12/2025** The "/now" page highlights stuff I'm into or doing currently. Check out other personal website /about, /ideas, and /now pages on aboutideasnow.com. **Creative** Working on AuGhost 2024 prompts retroactively. Hoping to get 'em all done by the time AuGhost 2025 rolls around, but may still procrastinate and do the 2025 round later. Doing more Haiku poetry here and POSSEing/PESOSing to/from Bluesky, many augmented by new and older cartoons, illustrations. Dabbling in Blender 3D yet again. Finally picked up the paint brush again with an emphasis on Expressionism in acrylic at this juncture. **Personal** Getting back to a primarily vegan and vegetarian diet after too many visits from the Gout Fairy over the past year.5 ☹️ Working in daily prayer and guided meditations. **Reading** Mostly spiritually and consciousness focused books. **Social** Still have an un-deactivated main account on Bluesky 😛 My newest mantra: Be **_on_** social, not **_of_** social. I'll let you know how that works out 😁 **Techie** Still using Debian Linux as a desktop since migrating circa June-ish/July-ish 2024. **Television** Getting disillusioned with most of the movies and crap on TV, mostly watching spiritual and consciousness related content. **Website** Fixing stuff that has been broken for a while. This page is one of those things 😬 Culling some of the older long form posts and mostly doing micro and mini ones.

Updated July 11, 2025

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Updated July 11, 2025

What I'm doing now ------------------ #### This is a now page inspired by Derek Sivers. Updated 11 July 2025 from a week where everything is sunny and green. 🖥️ **Working:** with clients and projects at Orbit29 in the health space. I feel so very grateful for this. At the moment, I'm spending particular time on a project I really enjoy where my brain is getting a good workout. 🎨 **Personal projects:** building out this site with case studies and some favorite link pages I'm tinkering with on the backend. Supporting my musical partner with music beyond the first album. 📚 **Reading:** Too many books at once. Currently mostly reading Soufi, mon amour, but there are so, so many books on my shelf waiting to be picked up. 🍓 **Eating:** Lots of salads and fruits that have come back into season. Also blending any teas and fruits to pop into the freezer for ice-pops. ☀️ **Spending:** time with my mum, dates with friends, planning a camping trip, swimming outside on every warm day, going to concerts. 🏍️ **Watching:** the MotoGP each weekend it appears. I don't have streaming apps but I'd like to watch the Bear I think. I miss Blockbuster. We had it so good. 🥂 **Recently:** spending countless hours with Apple support. I'm both stunned at how available and human (a rarity these days) their customer service is, and how impossible their processes and getting anything fixed outside of a major city is. 💤 **Dreaming:** of the jungle in Belize. 📆 **Regularly:** going to singing classes (still can't sing but learning how to make a head voice and my lung voice), exercising (getting fit for those mountain hikes), cooking (always), eating cookies, sitting in front of fans. 🧳 **Haphazardly:** knitting things that are far too complicated for me, pinning lakes to places to visit, scribbling down draft poems, working out how to see West Africa. 🤷‍♀️ **I still can't believe:** the entire state of our world. 👀 **Looking forward to:** more waterfalls, shutting my brain off from work for the summer break, no more wars?

Updated July 11, 2025

I am currently: * working with an awesome digital experience team. * raising a preschooler with Eleanor. * watching and listening to the Amazin’ Mets ⚾ broadcasts. 📍 ABQ NM USA ------------- (Forecast by OpenWeather) The Duke City has been home since 2023. I am slowly making more friends here! And among an abundance of breakfast burritos, I’m searching for the best one. 📚 Reading ---------- I use Literal and The StoryGraph to keep track of my reading. 🎧 Listening ------------ My last.fm account keeps track of music I listen to throughout the day. Stats are fun. I’m also scrobbling to Libre.fm as much as I can. This page uses a few third-party widgets and APIs to display my current status, weather, books, and music. _Last manually updated July 11, 2025._ Inspired by Derek Sivers’ nownownow.com. This page has its own profile, too.

Updated July 10, 2025

Hello! I'm Vadym Diachenko (also known as YellowAfterlife), a Ukrainian software engineer. I'm best known for my work on Nuclear Throne, Nidhogg series (1, 2), Forager, and Rivals of Aether. The full list of projects includes a wider range of videogames and software. I primarily work with C++, C#, Haxe, and GameMaker (full list of what I'm familiar with). I also write tutorials and technical posts on this blog. My username is `yellowafterlife` on most places and I can be reached in a number of ways: * Email: (username) `@hotmail.com` * Bluesky: yellowafterlife.bsky.social * Discord: (username) Availability may vary due to ongoing war in Ukraine, but please ask. If you've sent me an email and have not gotten a response in several weeks, please send a follow-up to verify that it didn't get lost. ### Want to inquire about guest posts, ads, or other once-in-a-lifetime offers? But have you noticed that this is a personal blog and I have no intention of running it into the ground?

Updated July 10, 2025

What I'm Doing Now 😎 --------------------- Last updated: 2025-07-10 AI or Die --------- What is the future of work? What is the future of business? What is the future of humanity? And how can we prepare for it? Location -------- Currently based in The Midlands, England, UK

Updated July 9, 2025

**2025 Jul 9** SWU Card Reader Neural Net P1 **2025 Jun 28** SWU Health Counter **2024 Dec 31** Reasons to Not Be Hard on Yourself (CTFs) **2022 Mar 16** Sim 7: A failed attempt at an exact critical temperature for 3D Ising **2022 Jan 25** Sim 6: Ising Model Pt. 1 **2022 Jan 17** Sim 5: Wien's Law from Plank's Blackbody Radiation Formula using Sympy **2021 Dec 29** Sim 4: Clebsch-Gordan Coefficients **2021 Dec 22** Sim 3: Kepler Problems **2021 Dec 19** Sim 2: Effective Potential **2021 Dec 19** Sim 1: Two Body Central Force **2021 Oct 11** Slack LaTeX **2021 Aug 10** Quantum Circuit Editor Pt. 1 **2021 Jul 27** Randomized Benchmarking of a noisy quantum simulator Pt. 2 **2021 Jul 24** Prime Walker **2021 Jul 22** Randomized Benchmarking of a noisy quantum simulator Pt. 1 **2021 Jul 20** Density Operators **2021 Feb 28** Mulbrute **2021 Jan 18** Plasma Leak **2021 Jan 11** Laplace's/Poisson's Equation via Method Of Relaxation **2021 Jan 8** Thermoshat Pt. 3 **2021 Jan 7** Thermoshat Pt. 2 **2021 Jan 5** Thermoshat Pt. 1 **2020 Oct 20** Feynman Diagram Editor Pt 2 **2020 Oct 17** Feynman Diagram Editor Pt. 1 **2020 Oct 15** Independent Study **2020 Oct 12** Effective Nuclear Charge Calculations **2020 Oct 3** SO(3) Lie Group Generators via Brute Force **2020 Sep 30** EM Particle Motion **2020 Sep 12** Klein Gordon Eqn via Connected Springs **2020 Sep 9** Spherical Bug **2020 Aug 30** Scattering Angles **2020 Aug 29** Hydrogen Spectral Diagram **2020 Aug 18** Interference **2020 Aug 7** Matrix Inversion **2020 Jul 21** Vector Calculus Part 3: Electric Dipole **2020 Jul 20** Vector Calculus Part 2: Visualization **2020 Jul 19** Vector Calculus **2020 Jul 11** Numerical Integration **2020 Jul 10** Numerical Differentiation **2020 Jul 10** Shor's Algorithm **2020 Jul 7** Simulating Quantum Fourier Transform **2020 Jul 3** Quantum Teleportation Algorithm **2020 Jun 29** Florida **2020 Jun 20** Electron Wavefunctions for Hydrogen Part 2 **2020 Jun 16** Reflections on 6 months solo SaaS startup **2020 May 28** Electron Wavefunctions for Hydrogen Part 1 **2020 May 27** GiNaC on Macos **2020 May 22** Quantum Infinite Well **2020 May 18** Calculating Collisions Pt. 2 **2019 May 17** Calculating Collisions **0001 Jan 1**

Updated July 9, 2025

Latest ------ **. Jul 9, 2025 .** . Almost climbed a V6 yesterday :D . A change of plan - Moving from C to Lua Thailand is our new home for possibly until 2030 as we’ve recently had our DTV (Destination Thailand Visa) approved. It will be an interesting 5 years, that’s for sure. But again, I feel our lives have always been quite interesting in recent years. We’ve been experiencing different ways of life for the past 10 years not only because the inflationary economy is engulfing us but also because we enjoy experiencing the different ways people from other cultures go about their days. However, we would also like to have a semi-permanent base that we could return to. For the next couple of years, that will be in Chiang Mai, Thailand. In terms of work, I’m currently in a transition period, a career shift – Trying my shot at Data Analysis. Currently experimenting with: * Expressing who I am and demonstrating what I can do using this personal space * Learning two new languages – a spoken language and a computer language * Exploring deep research and data analysis to see where it leads Before I have to leave Thailand in April next year to renew my entry, I have three goals (in no particular order): * Being able to hold a basic conversation in Thai * Knowing enough Lua (the programming language) to start developing a playdate game without relying on AI * Climb at least one V7 boulder I will keep logs on each of these goals, in order to keep tab and share my progress.

Updated July 9, 2025

winther blog ------------ / /blog /about /now /ideas /postroll /bookmarks /guestbook My life is pretty routine, and I am actually quite happy that way, so this page probably won't have dramatic changes. I do like the concept though as a replacement for what social media used to be about. 🕶 Life: > The school year for the kids is ending soon, so looking forward to a long vacation in Italy with the family 🎸 Listening: > I try to keep up with especially new black metal releases, but I keep coming back to bands I have listened to for 20 years. Sodom has released a new album, and it is great, so that is on my rotation. I am also rediscovering some Danish black metal bands like Afsky, Heltekvad and Solbrud1 📽️ Watching: > I am mostly watching what would be called arthouse type films, but I am also currently exploring spaghetti westerns more in depth. This has also led me recently to dabble a bit in other Italian genre films from the 1970s with giallo and poliziotteschi films. This year I also have an ambition of watching even more non-English movies, and there is a new generation of Danish directors that are making very interesting new films these years2 📖 Reading: > I subscribe to several science fiction magazines and try to read at least some of the stories that sound good based on reviews.3 Haven't read a novel in years, but will occasionally pick up a non-fiction book. Right now, I am going through Source Code - My Beginnings by Bill Gates 🎮 Playing: > Currently not much gaming on my own, though I do try to keep with the DLC releases in Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator. Looking forward to the upcoming additions to Scandinavia. The most gaming is done on the Nintendo Switch with my daughters, which at the moment is mostly Mario Kart and Yoshi's Crafted World 🧩 Jigsaw puzzle: > 1000 pieces Steve Read: Colourful Bakery, Schmidt4 Part of the /about and /ideas concept from aboutideasnow.com Updated July 9, 2025 1. All my music is tracked on Last.fm↩ 2. My film watching is logged on Letterboxd↩ 3. I write short reviews of most stories I read↩ 4. I have a log of all previous jigsaw puzzles done↩

Updated July 8, 2025

Welcome to my website! I'm a software engineer, tinkerer, electronics enthusiast, and webmaster. I have a passion for building and creating, and I enjoy exploring the intersection of technology and everyday life. On this website, you will find information about my various projects, research, and thoughts on a variety of topics related to technology, entrepreneurship, and more. At the moment I'm focused on the emerging developments in artificial intelligence and language models. Follow along as I prepare for AGI 🤖. ### Latest Post ### Two years of computers drawing unicorns Published 8 July 2025 in artificial-intelligence with tags gpt-4 , gpt-4o , gpt-4.1 , openai , ai-experiments , language-models , unicorns , drawing Every day, for over 700 days, GPT has drawn a unicorn. From scribbles and circles to real artwork, this is its journey so far. Continue reading … ### Projects * GPT Monitor * GPT Prompts * GPT Unicorn * IP Lookup * LaTeX Editor * Edge Network * XE Blockchain ### Socials * GitHub * Twitter * LinkedIn

Updated July 8, 2025

This is a now page. It was last updated July 8, 2025. So what am I up to now? * I’ve been in the DC area for a couple years now (but I still try to get back to New England whenever possible) * I’m a father now! Adaline was born in April 2024 😄 * I’m hoping to start writing more again - I’m back from hiatus * I’ve started a company called Flojo, which helps people get 1-on-1 help with learning software tools * I’ve gone all-in on Elixir as my “bread and butter” stack * I continue to explore new ways of building software with AI… Cursor is my tool of choice (for now) * I’m trying to be more active - my wife and I have been playing tennis, and I’m thinking about getting into golf (it seems like everyone I know is doing it) * I’ve been listening to probably way too many podcasts

Updated July 7, 2025

### The Corps December 13, 2000 — the day I stepped onto the legendary yellow footprints at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. Those footsteps marked the beginning of a journey that would shape my perspective on life and lay the foundation for the man I would become. I deployed twice to Iraq. The first was in November 2002, attached to the Marine Expeditionary Brigade in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). The second came just a few months later. On March 19, 2003, I crossed the Line of Departure (LOD) as part of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, again with the Marine Expeditionary Brigade. I remained in-country through July 2003, serving through the completion of the first offensive. After returning home, I was attached to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable (MEU SOC) aboard the USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3). I often refer to it as “the MEU that would never be,” because unlike most MEUs that operate as maritime forces, we were re-deployed back into Iraq. In July 2004, we assumed control of the Karbala, An Najaf, and Al Qadisiyah provinces, eventually completing one of the longest land-based deployments for a MEU at that time — over seven months on the ground. Much to my surprise, I left the Marine Corps on December 13, 2005 — five years to the day from when it all began. I transitioned to the Reserves between my EAS and 2007, but eventually stepped away from that chapter as well. ### The Defense Contractor Between 2006 and 2011, I worked as a Defense contractor, providing Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in geospatial technologies to the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and NATO allies including Canada (CA), the United Kingdom (UK), and Australia (AUS). During this time, I held a variety of roles — analyst, technical architect, project manager, and program manager — focused on the design and implementation of enterprise systems that supported range management and sustainment operations across the globe. In 2011, I deployed to Afghanistan as the lead SME responsible for the development and rollout of an enterprise GIS capital asset system designed for the Afghan Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior. It was one of the most challenging and rewarding projects of my career — blending technology, cross-cultural collaboration, and mission-critical execution in an active conflict zone. ### **The Founder** In March 2011, while deployed in Afghanistan, I was invited to join the founding team of Sucuri. At the time, it was just three of us—curious minds exploring a project with no bigger ambition than creating something meaningful and maybe earning a little extra cash. By January 2012, we realized the potential and made the leap to go full-time. I served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) from 2011 to 2014, helping lay the foundation of the company. My focus was on scaling our operational infrastructure—support, finance, administration, and more. At every step, our guiding question was: _How do we deliver a high-quality service that truly makes a difference, in a way that is sustainable, repeatable, and scalable?_ In June 2014, I was appointed CEO by the board, taking on a renewed focus on the company’s strategy and long-term direction. I worked closely with my friend and business partner, Daniel Cid—Sucuri’s founder and the creator of OSSEC—as we steered the company into its next chapter. The questions evolved: _What problem are we really solving? What unique value are we bringing to the market?_ It became less about building just a business and more about building a solution that mattered. #### An Exit Arrives On April 4th, 2017, Daniel and I signed the deal to sell Sucuri to GoDaddy. At the time of acquisition, I was appointed General Manager (GM) of Sucuri, which became a specialized unit within GoDaddy’s broader Security Product Group. By October 2017, I was given the opportunity to lead the entire Security Product Group as General Manager—overseeing a much larger portfolio while continuing to advocate for strong, accessible website security solutions at scale. ### **Exploring New Ideas** In the fall of 2016, Daniel and I started voicing our frustrations with the lack of effective tools to secure our home networks. That conversation sparked an idea. Over the next two years, Daniel began experimenting with a solution that eventually became CleanBrowsing, officially launched in June 2018. By 2020, after our departure from GoDaddy, we found ourselves once again in need of the very tools we had spent a decade building. With the world deep in a global pandemic and our own personal projects lacking adequate protection, we realized we couldn’t rely on free or inactive accounts. So we built NOC.org—founded in 2020—as a solution to our own problem, just like we had with Sucuri. Then in 2022, we launched Trunc. While third in line, its roots actually go back further—originally intended as a fork of Daniel’s OSSEC project. That version never took off due to other priorities, but the need never went away. Years later, with a clearer vision and renewed urgency, we built Trunc to address a growing gap: a simple, affordable way to collect, store, and analyze logs at scale. And in 2024, we released DNSArchive.net, a threat intelligence platform built on the vast amount of DNS data we were collecting across all our platforms. It’s the culmination of years of visibility into network-level behavior—transformed into actionable insights to help the broader security community detect and respond to emerging threats.

Updated July 7, 2025

### **Hardware, Embedded Systems & Strange Projects** I design, build, and reverse-engineer **hardware, embedded systems, and unconventional tech**. My work spans **low-level firmware, PCB design, industrial design, and creative problem-solving**—whether that’s modernizing a **1970s electric car**, designing a **$15 Linux handheld**, or reverse-engineering **legacy consumer electronics**. 🛠 **What I Do Best:** ✔ Embedded Systems (RP2040, STM32, AVR, Linux SBCs) ✔ Hardware & PCB Design (High-Speed, CAN Bus, DAQ, Power Systems) ✔ Industrial Design & Manufacturing (3D Printing, CNC, Injection Molding) ✔ Reverse Engineering & Hacking (Legacy Hardware, Retrocomputing, UI/UX) 🆕 Latest Work -------------- * ### Babelscope Bablescope: Finding algorithms in random data with CUDA Last updated on July 07, 2025 * ### Finite Atari Machine Discovering Atari Games in Randomly Generated Data Last updated on June 09, 2025 * ### Reverse Engineering the NVIDIA SXM2 Socket Detailed guide on reverse engineering NVIDIA's SXM2 socket, including complete pinout, schematics, and PCB design for a PCIe adapter Last updated on June 03, 2025 **📌 Featured Projects** ------------------------ ### 🕵️ **Reverse Engineering** 🔹**Reverse Engineering Nvidia’s SXM2 Socket** – Because **I had to do it for another project** 🔹**Copying 20 year old USB devices** – When you can only find **one on eBay** ### 💻 **Coding Projects** 🔹**Babelscope** – A **massively parallel emulation framework** that found absolutely nothing 🔹**Finding Atari Games in Randomly Generated Data** – 30 billion ROM files **and only one broken game** 🔹**A port of Mbed-TLS for the Classic Macintosh OS 7/8/9** – SSL/TLS **for something that was never meant to have it** 🔹**Embedded SSL and GZIP** – Because **you don’t need to run everything in Linux** ### 🚗 **Restoring & Modernizing a 1970s EV** 🔹 **The Citicar Restoration** – Bringing a **vintage electric car back to life** 🔹 **Car CAN Bus Conversion** – Replacing **all relays & analog systems with a CAN-based network** ### 💻 **Embedded & Open Hardware** 🔹 **The $15 Linux Machine** – A fully functional **Linux handheld** for under $15 🔹 **Isolated Thermocouple Reader** – A **low-cost alternative** to a $2,000 industrial module ### 🔬 **Reverse Engineering & Retro Tech** 🔹 **BaudBox: A 256-Key ASCII Keyboard** – A serial input device for **manual debugging & obscure ASCII characters** 🔹 **Rebuilding a Zip Drive Tower** – Stacking **fifteen ATAPI Zip-100 drives into a USB RAID array** ### 🎨 **Industrial & UI/UX Design** 🔹 **Custom Silicone Keyboards** – Designing **low-cost, high-durability keyboards** 🔹 **Full-Color Circuit Boards** – Experimental **multi-color PCBs beyond standard manufacturing** 🔹 **Portable Dumb Terminal** – A **VT100-style ANSI terminal** in a pocket-sized form factor **📄 About Me & Work** ---------------------- I specialize in **building functional, practical, and sometimes ridiculous hardware**. My goal is to **design great products**, solve difficult engineering challenges, and push the boundaries of **low-cost, hackable, and open-source hardware**. **⚡ Want to Work Together?** ---------------------------- I’m open to **collaborations, consulting, and full-time roles** in: 🔹 **Embedded Systems & Hardware Engineering** 🔹 **Industrial Design & Product Development** 🔹 **Automotive and EV** 💬 **Let’s Talk → Email Me** * * * **🚀 Bonus: Want Something More Fun?** -------------------------------------- 🔄 Switch to System 7 Mode → _(For the full retrocomputing experience!)_ * * * **📷 Gallery** --------------

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Recent posts ------------ 1. 4 Apr ### Building Audiophile.fm: The Lossless Internet Radio Platform My HiFi journey started just recently with an unexpected dive into higher-quality audio equipment and recordings. What initially seemed like a minor budget upgrade quickly unfolded into a profound revelation about what music could truly sound like. As I delved deeper, the layers of music became more discernible, each song a story told in greater depth. However, this newfound appreciation for HiFi … Show more * #hifi * Permalink 2. 7 Mar After wrapping up my second full run of “The Office,” (yes, it’s that good!), I found myself in the all-too-familiar void that comes after saying goodbye to your favorite characters. The quest for my next lunch break companion had some pretty specific criteria: it had to be funny, shorter than 25 minutes an episode, and easily accessible on Prime Video or Netflix. Enter … Show more * Permalink 3. 4 Mar * Permalink 4. 19 Jun ### Embracing the IndieWeb: A New Chapter for My Website In the ever-evolving digital landscape, I’ve embarked on an exciting journey to reshape my online presence. Today, I am thrilled to share that my personal website is undergoing a transformation, becoming the primary hub for all my content. Inspired by the IndieWeb movement, I am embracing the concept of owning my online identity and syndicating my work across various social networks. … Show more * #indieweb * Permalink 5. 14 May ### Creating a changelog page for this website Lately, this website has gone through so many changes, and considering it's just the beginning I decided to create a Changelog page to keep track of them. It will serve me and my visitors to understand the evolution of this website and the work I’m putting into it. I’m in the process of building a dedicated Changelog page! This new addition will provide you with a transparent and insightful glimpse into the evolution and progress of my website. What is a Changelog, you may ask? Well, think of it as a chronological record of updates, improvements, and changes made to my website over time. It’s like a behind-the-scenes journal, documenting the … Show more * Permalink 6. 15 Jan ### Setting Up My Now Page After reading about the now page, I decided to join the tribe and do something similiar. Now I'm trying to figure out the best use of it. 💻 After reading about the now page, I decided to join the tribe and do something similiar. Now I’m trying to figure out the best use of it. * Permalink