Systems, security, and automation

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Old notes on systems, insecure devices, automation, and the kind of production behavior that only shows up at the worst time.

Oct 15, 2016 4 min read

A look at AI botnets, insecure devices, DDoS risk, and who needs to fix the mess.

Mar 19, 2016 5 min read

Automation, AI, cloud, and the jobs most exposed to software and machines.

Feb 28, 2016 2 min read

Credit for these thoughts goes to Steve Stady and Seth Vidal.

A small static corner for technical memory: what broke, what was overhyped, and what should have been obvious before rebooting.

S Sysadmin
Production readiness, operational habits, and old lessons that still apply.
I Security
AI messes, botnets, weak defaults, and the cost of pretending automation is harmless.
A Automation
Machines, software bots, and the uncomfortable parts of replacing human work.

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