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Technical writing on sovereign AI, local infrastructure, cybersecurity, and the engineering behind Project Kaizen.

March 22, 2026

Fortified — Hardening a Self-Hosted Mail Server on Debian 13

Building production-grade security around a 19-container Mailcow Docker stack on peered infrastructure. Custom firewall, kernel hardening, automated auditing, off-box monitoring. From zero to a 94/100 automated security audit score.

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March 3, 2026

The Diamond in the Rough: Apple Silicon and the Future of AI Infrastructure

Is Apple sitting on the most important AI infrastructure play that nobody's talking about? Four Mac Studios. 2TB unified memory. 600 watts. The math is changing.

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February 16, 2026

Agent Citadel: The Local-First AI Architecture That Runs My Home

Most people use large language models to generate text. I built one that locks doors, arms alarms, adjusts thermostats, and reasons about who just pulled into the driveway.

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January 8, 2026

I Built a Private AI Platform in My Closet. Here's What 28 Years of Tinkering Taught Me.

In 1998, I co-founded a cybersecurity company called INTRAC.NET. Nearly three decades later, the same question drives me: how does every layer of a system talk to every other layer? The answer now fits in a rack in my closet.

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