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Systems Engineer in public safety focused on tech resilience. I write about local AI, virtualization, and cybersecurity. Currently building secure, sovereign home labs and documenting what I learn.

Location United States Joined Joined on  Personal website https://blog.vertexops.org

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WhatsApp's Encryption Stack: What It Covers, What It Doesn't, and What a Federal Agent Spent 10 Months Investigating
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WhatsApp's Encryption Stack: What It Covers, What It Doesn't, and What a Federal Agent Spent 10 Months Investigating

#news #cybersecurity #privacy #security
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Your Patch SLA Was Written for a Different World
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Your Patch SLA Was Written for a Different World

#security #ai #cybersecurity #devops
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The Week the Toolchain Became the Kill Chain
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The Week the Toolchain Became the Kill Chain

#security #devops #ai #programming
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I Used Gemma 4 to Simulate an Entire Emergency Command Team -- One Model, Six Roles, Real Doctrine
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Gemma 4 Challenge: Build With Gemma 4 Submission
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I Used Gemma 4 to Simulate an Entire Emergency Command Team -- One Model, Six Roles, Real Doctrine

#devchallenge #gemma #gemmachallenge
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I Used Gemma 4 to Simulate an Entire Emergency Command Team -- One Model, Six Roles, Real Doctrine
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Gemma 4 Challenge: Write about Gemma 4 Submission
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I Used Gemma 4 to Simulate an Entire Emergency Command Team -- One Model, Six Roles, Real Doctrine

#devchallenge #gemmachallenge #gemma
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Instructure Got Breached Again. Here's What Your Canvas Integration Stack Inherited.
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Instructure Got Breached Again. Here's What Your Canvas Integration Stack Inherited.

#security #devops #cloud #infosec
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Beyond the Hype: The 2026 Systems Engineering Realignment (and what it means for your stack)
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Beyond the Hype: The 2026 Systems Engineering Realignment (and what it means for your stack)

#ai #devops #cybersecurity #webdev
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I Let Claude Code Build My Self-Hosted AI Stack Unattended. Here's What Actually Happened.
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I Let Claude Code Build My Self-Hosted AI Stack Unattended. Here's What Actually Happened.

#ai #webdev #programming #productivity
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I Built a Guardrailed, RAG-Powered AI Workspace for My Autistic Teenager. Here's What Actually Broke.
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I Built a Guardrailed, RAG-Powered AI Workspace for My Autistic Teenager. Here's What Actually Broke.

#ai #devops #beginners #machinelearning
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