Blog
Notes from the field.
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2026-05-24
AI should not leave local people behind
AI is moving fast, but many local business owners and community members are being left behind. Here is why practical, calm, hands-on technology help matters now more than ever.
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2026-05-17
Why I require AI in my database class
Notes from teaching database systems and information governance at Western Washington University. AI is required in my classroom, not banned. Here is the integrity framework, the course project, and the philosophy behind both.
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2026-05-16
Running fiber 400 feet under my own property
How I got gigabit to an outbuilding 400 feet up a hill, for the price of a mid-range mesh router and a day and a half of digging.
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2026-05-16
Why I run my own email server (and what it actually costs)
I spun up a $6/month box, dropped Postfix and Dovecot on it, and routed outbound through a relay so the mail actually lands. Here's the stack, the gotchas, and the real annual cost.
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2026-05-16
What this blog is for
Field notes from a one-person shop, fiber I ran, servers I administer, what AI is actually good at, and the work I do for my own family before I'd sell it to yours.
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2026-05-16
Make your traffic look like it's coming from your couch
A two-router setup, a GL.iNet Flint 2 at home and a travel router on the road, that tunnels all your traffic over WireGuard back to your residential IP. Works from hotels, Airbnbs, and coffee shops without breaking your work VPN.
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2026-05-16
What submarine sonar teaches you about detection engineering
Sonar operators don't chase the loudest signal. SOC analysts shouldn't either. Notes on transients, biologics, and the discipline of pattern recognition, learned the hard way underwater, applied to SIEM work.