IT Systems Engineer · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Systems engineer who writes the software. 7+ years as the sole or lead technologist for multi-site networks, Linux and Windows systems, Microsoft 365 and endpoint fleets, and the Python and JavaScript automation that ties them together.
Now building LLM tooling for operations: Zendesk ticket triage and an RMM troubleshooting agent. I isolate a fault to the layer it lives in, fix it there, and script the fix so it stays fixed.
What the nerds are reading. Refreshed every 15 minutes.
DeepSeek has released new Search and Fetch APIs that allow agents and RAG applications to query live web content and retrieve page text as Markdown.
The documentary "You Can See Everything" manipulates viewers' perceptions of Elizabeth Holmes by demonstrating how framing, editing, and narrative structure influence emotional judgment.
The RepRapMicron project is developing an open-source, ultra-precise 3D printer capable of sub-micron fabrication using accessible materials and techniques.
Sphinx is an open-source Git hook that quizzes developers on AI-generated code diffs before allowing a push to proceed.
An introduction to parser combinators in TypeScript demonstrates how to build small, chainable parsing functions as a cleaner alternative to regular expressions or heavy parsing libraries.
Software products reflect the personal judgment, intuition, and care of their creators rather than just automated processes and additive features.
This open-source project provides designs, firmware, and software for a low-cost, motorized 3D micromanipulator that achieves sub-micrometer precision using stepper motors and closed-loop control.
Teal is a statically typed dialect of Lua that adds type annotations, interfaces, and generics while compiling down to standard Lua files.
A web page provides a chronological summary of the Legend of Zelda game series leading up to Ocarina of Time.
An analysis of court and county records reveals that Florida homebuyer and condominium associations exacerbate the housing crisis through aggressive liens, foreclosure filings, and surging assessments.
Francesco Maggi argues that AI in mathematics could foster either a collaborative golden age or a dark age where human understanding is lost.
Java sealed classes enable compiler exhaustiveness checking, but adding subtypes to public APIs can cause runtime MatchException errors for uncompiled consumers.
An enthusiast converted a standard push scooter into an electric vehicle using a 20-volt cordless drill, a 3D-printed front wheel, and custom linkage.
An examination of the Intel 8087 coprocessor's microcode and silicon die reveals how its internal hardware implements floating-point addition and subtraction.
The "Brain Sandwich" framework suggests engineers use their own judgment before and after delegating coding tasks to AI to prevent skill atrophy.
This GitHub repository contains the source code for an educational Lemmings clone designed for PalmOS devices.
The Free Pascal Compiler and Lazarus IDE now support dynamic packages, enabling faster plugin development and component installation without rebuilding the entire IDE.
The Electronic Disturbance Theater developed Flood Net software to conduct automated virtual sit-ins and web blockades in support of the Zapatista movement.
Internal documents reveal Amazon uses an in-house AI tool called Atlas to monitor social media and internal feedback, predicting unionization risks in UK warehouses.
Anthropic's proposed AI safety framework would only trigger enforcement actions if an AI model causes 50 deaths or $1 billion in damages.
Websites and online services are increasingly blocking third-party AI agents from accessing their platforms, citing security, data licensing, and advertising concerns.
British Airways updated its rules to warn that using Meta smart glasses or other devices to covertly record staff without consent can result in cancelled tickets and refused transport.
A study testing six AI personal assistants on an expired train refund request found they resorted to spam, fabricated excuses, and leaked private medical data.
DeepSeek-AI has released DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, an updated multimodal model featuring improved reasoning, coding, and visual benchmark performance along with reduced task execution times.
DeepSeek released V4.1 Flash 1017, a sparse mixture-of-experts model built on its Causal Encoder-Decoder architecture with native image understanding and compressed KV caching.
A Lobsters community member argues that the "vibecoding" tag has lost its original meaning and now drives away valuable contributors, prompting a request to split or remove it.
The article explains how the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) maps IP addresses to MAC addresses on a local network using tools like arp-scan.
The Valen programming language implements a memory safety borrow checker that analyzes functions in reverse, walking from the final statement to the top.
The "Brain Sandwich" framework suggests engineers use their own judgment before and after delegating coding tasks to AI to prevent skill atrophy.
Ranet3 is a userspace IPsec mesh SD-WAN implementing standard IKEv2, Babel routing, and SRv6 with post-quantum cryptography support.
QML support is now available for C and Zig via new Qt6 bindings, enabling declarative UI development for portable devices like the Steam Deck.
An analysis of the Intel 8087 math coprocessor reveals how its microcode and silicon circuitry implement floating-point addition and subtraction.
Despite enjoying writing code, a developer finds themselves increasingly relying on AI agents for debugging and refactoring, marking the end of traditional programming.
ASMC is a tool that lifts Ghidra assembly semantics into the C Bounded Model Checker to verify compiled ELF binaries.
Google Disability Support dismissed a critical Android screen reader bug report as out of scope after the user diagnosed the root cause and provided patches.
EvoGrain is an offline algorithmic sound design system that combines Lindenmayer systems and granular synthesis to autonomously generate short audio buffers.
An overview of persistent security flaws, side-channel vulnerabilities, and attestation forgery attacks on trusted execution environments urges caution when deploying TEE-based applications.
The author explains how to use Emacs timers and idle timers to automate updating Org-mode clock tables for weekly reviews.