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Artificial Intelligence

LLM security, AI systems, production ML, and the risks you didn't sign up for.

Why Quantized Small Models Will Dominate AI's Future — An Honest Take
AI5 min readApr 22, 2026

Why Quantized Small Models Will Dominate AI's Future — An Honest Take

The shift from giant generalists to tiny specialists. Why INT8/INT4 quantized small language models — not ever-larger frontier LLMs — are where most real business value will actually be captured.

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Build LLM Vocab: Tokens, Embeddings, Vocabulary Size, and Context Windows Explained
AI7 min readApr 22, 2026

Build LLM Vocab: Tokens, Embeddings, Vocabulary Size, and Context Windows Explained

The core plumbing behind every large language model — tokens, tokenisation, embeddings, vocabulary, and context windows — explained in plain English with examples you can actually try.

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Cybersecurity

Threat models, zero-trust, ransomware anatomy, and hands-on defensive techniques.

Zero Trust Architecture: What It Actually Means to Implement It
Cybersecurity7 min readMar 28, 2026

Zero Trust Architecture: What It Actually Means to Implement It

Zero Trust has become enterprise security's most abused term. Strip out the vendor marketing and what's left is a coherent, measurable, implementable model. Here's how to build it without the buzzword bingo.

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Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack: From Phish to Ransom Note
Cybersecurity8 min readJan 14, 2026

Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack: From Phish to Ransom Note

Ransomware isn't a hacker in a hoodie anymore — it's a specialised industry with a supply chain, affiliates, and KPIs. Walking the full kill chain, with the detections that actually fire before the encryption does.

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PKI & Cryptography

Certificate lifecycle, CAs, ACME, HSMs, and the math behind trust.

Passkeys: The Future of Web Authentication
PKI6 min readApr 22, 2026

Passkeys: The Future of Web Authentication

Passkeys replace passwords with asymmetric cryptography bound to your device and unlocked by a biometric. How they actually work, why they're better, and where they still fall short.

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Certificate Lifecycle Management: From Issuance to Revocation
PKI8 min readMar 10, 2026

Certificate Lifecycle Management: From Issuance to Revocation

Expired certs cause outages. Mis-issued ones cause breaches. A disciplined lifecycle process kills both failure modes — here's how to build one that actually survives contact with production.

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Commands

Terminal recipes, PowerShell one-liners, and shell snippets worth remembering.

Top 10 Netcat Commands for Advanced Networking
commands4 min readFeb 20, 2026

Top 10 Netcat Commands for Advanced Networking

Ten practical netcat (nc) patterns for troubleshooting, testing, and automation — with parameters, examples, and the use cases that actually come up in the field.

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10 Must-Know and Powerful cURL Commands
commands4 min readFeb 18, 2026

10 Must-Know and Powerful cURL Commands

Practical cURL debugging patterns for APIs, TLS, DNS, redirects, and payload inspection — commands, what they reveal, and when to reach for them.

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Others

Everything that doesn't fit a neat label — notes, experiments, stray ideas.

First Step Towards CISSP Certification: A Practical Starter's Guide
others5 min readApr 22, 2026

First Step Towards CISSP Certification: A Practical Starter's Guide

A field guide to starting your CISSP journey — prerequisites, domains, the study materials that actually helped, and the exam-day strategy I wish someone had handed me on day one.

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