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Security engineer, Teacher and Creator. This is my online abode.

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Security Engineer Kaun?

Security engineering is not just hacking, scanners, or tools. It is people, context, systems, automation, and reducing risk without slowing everyone down.

Security Engineering Is a Context Problem

Security work isn't building — it's a permanent triage queue. The bottleneck isn't tooling or knowledge. It's context. Part 1 of a series.

The Newness Illusion: Why Everything Was Better 'Back in Our Day'

Why do people always say 'it was better back then'? The answer lies in three cognitive biases that distort how we experience repeated events - from conferences to movies to travel.

I Made Claude and Codex Argue Until My Code Plan Was Actually Good

A Claude Code skill that pits Claude against Codex in an iterative review loop. 3 rounds, 14 issues caught, zero manual effort.

2024 : Year End Review

Internet on Flights

Fresnel Lens And Lighthouse

Difficulties in isolating 'Fluorine'

How 'traceroute' works ?

Web Performance Monitoring

Strangler Fig

Anting

Survivorship Bias

Blue Hole

Rasputin - The Russian 'Mad Monk'

Lets Learn English - Hacking 10M+ Users

OWASP A7 Controversy

Why do long options in *nix start with two hyphens

authbind - Exposing non-root processes on privileged ports ( < 1024 )

If wood decomposes how do we have coal 🤔 - Carboniferous Age

Pepsi Cola - World's 6th Largest Military & The Barter System

QAnon - Conspiracy Theories ?

Fireside Chats

Dandi March - Why Boycott Salt Tax ?

bcrypt - Future proof hashing

Our Moon is Lemon Shaped

Dragon's Breath - Death By Chilli Pepper

$2.5M For a Tweet - Non-Fungible Token

Mind Controlling Fungi - Ophiocordyceps unilateralis

Tipu Sultan And America's National Anthem