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“Everyone Else” is Just Now Finding Out…
7–11 minutes1,702 wordsRead more: “Everyone Else” is Just Now Finding Out…When you’ve been doing something long enough, you tend to forget about the things that scared you when you first started. It’s not really apathy or carelessness, it’s falling into a comfort zone as you solve increasingly large problems. You build habits to protect yourself: you check your side mirrors before merging, ensure your knives […]
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Asbestos, Mesothelioma, and AI
Read more: Asbestos, Mesothelioma, and AIAsbestos is a group of naturally-occurring fibrous silicate materials (amosite, chrysotile, crocidolite, tremolite, actinolite, and anthophyllite). They’re flexible enough to be woven and heat resistant, so at one point, humans used them in…well, just about everything. From car parts (brakes, clutches, transmission parts, etc.) to packing materials, heat-resistant fabrics, and even toothpaste, asbestos has been […]
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Why AI Gives Me Affiliate Marketing Flashbacks
5–7 minutes1,093 wordsRead more: Why AI Gives Me Affiliate Marketing FlashbacksOne of my recent hobbies has been reviewing open source tools created with AI, and determining the relative safety (or lack thereof) within them. I really liked the idea behind supermemoryai’s Claude Supermemory, but I didn’t love that they forced everything to write to their servers. With a long history in online and affiliate marketing, […]
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5 Essential Cybersecurity Practices Every Remote Worker Must Follow in 2026
6–9 minutes1,394 wordsRead more: 5 Essential Cybersecurity Practices Every Remote Worker Must Follow in 20265 Essential Cybersecurity Practices Every Remote Worker Must Follow in 2024 The shift to remote work has fundamentally changed how we approach workplace security. While working from home offers flexibility and convenience, it also introduces unique cybersecurity challenges that traditional office environments don’t face. Home networks, personal devices, and distributed teams create new vulnerabilities that […]
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How is AI Revolutionizing Small Business Operations?
5–8 minutes1,275 wordsRead more: How is AI Revolutionizing Small Business Operations?**Meta Description:** Discover how AI is transforming small business operations in 2026. From automation to customer service, learn practical ways AI can boost efficiency and growth. **Tags:** artificial intelligence, small business technology, business automation, AI tools, digital transformation, business efficiency, machine learning, entrepreneurship # How AI is Revolutionizing Small Business Operations in 2026: A Complete […]
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From AI Skeptic to Strategic User, or How I Changed my Mind on AI
8–13 minutes1,971 wordsRead more: From AI Skeptic to Strategic User, or How I Changed my Mind on AIFrom AI Skeptic to Strategic User: My Journey of Changing Minds on Artificial Intelligence Change is uncomfortable, especially when it involves admitting you might have been wrong about something you felt passionate about. As someone who spent the better part of two decades in software development and technology consulting, I prided myself on being able […]
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Alex Pretti Was a Hero
1–2 minutes229 wordsRead more: Alex Pretti Was a HeroI’m not gonna sugar-coat it, I did not expect to revisit a post from 2014 today (High Treason). Nor did I ever think I’d see conservatives assailing 2A rights, especially after they were so vocal when Kyle illegally crossed state lines with a rifle he couldn’t legally own and used it to kill protestors. I […]
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Back at Long Last?
1–2 minutes216 wordsRead more: Back at Long Last?I’ve promised myself for the last few years I would bring this blog back…there aren’t a ton of posts from the past, and some of them were written in the frustration we all know when we find a problem that doesn’t have a clear solution… After consideration, I’ve left them as-is; while there’s no need […]
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SFTP to S3 with S3FS and EC2
1–2 minutes342 wordsRead more: SFTP to S3 with S3FS and EC2I’ve been looking for an SFTP to S3 solution for years now. In an infinite number of universes, I’ve had an infinite number of experiences where team members and/or outsource teams need to upload files to clients’ S3 buckets. If you’re just seeing the AWS console for the first time, it’s overwhelming. Even limiting access […]
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How Can I Become a Developer and Make Tons of Money Super Fast?
3–5 minutes768 wordsRead more: How Can I Become a Developer and Make Tons of Money Super Fast?Spoiler alert: you can’t. You won’t become a developer overnight, and it won’t happen fast. I’ve seen (and feel like I’ve answered) this question so many times on Quora, that I decided to just write an answer here and link it often. Mostly because I don’t like to write things more than once, but also […]
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DoCuMenTaTiOn DoEsN’T MatTer
1–2 minutes316 wordsRead more: DoCuMenTaTiOn DoEsN’T MatTerHo. Lee. Fuck. Two fucking days. Two mother-fucking shit-eating stupid-waste-of-time days… Technically, the last couple of hours of one day and all of another. Lost. Gone to the great timekeeper in the sky. There’s something about “assume” and “making an ass out of ‘u’ and me…” Where does this come from? Thanks for asking! Thomas […]
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Dear Recruiters…
2–3 minutes426 wordsRead more: Dear Recruiters…It’s not you, it’s me. I’m an asshole…I know this. I come from a long line of assholes: my father before me, his before him, and I’m sure all down the line back to my roots in the frozen wasteland of Northern Europe. Look, I know you have to meet goals. I understand you have […]
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Surprise! Private IP’s Can Move…
1–2 minutes272 wordsRead more: Surprise! Private IP’s Can Move…The AWS adventures continue… I’ll keep this short and sweet, because it was almost life-changing and I’m tired of ranting. Something something be more positive something attitude affects everything something something eat a dick. I noticed, previously, when adding additional private IP’s to an AWS instance, the input field has a placeholder value of Auto-assign. […]
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Slaying the Dragon
3–5 minutes716 wordsRead more: Slaying the Dragonor “How I Figured the Fucking IP’s Out and Learned to Love netplan“ I suppose it’s that time of year again, where I write one of my two annual posts. Some years I only get through one. I actually enjoy writing, I just never seem to find time to do it. Oh, well, as the […]