Secure Simplicity for the Rest of Us It started as a side feature. A “what if” on a different project. And seventy-some hours later, I’m staring at a fully functional, shipping, hardware-secure text vault — VaporVault 3.0  — wondering how we got from idea  to inventory  this fast. This isn’t a prototype.This isn’t vaporware. This is VaporVault , and it’s real. The Problem That Shouldn’t Exist You know exactly what I’m talking about. Every IT guy, every cybersecurity professio

I don’t even know if it’s still night or already morning.I just know that VaporVault 3.0  is done — and it’s good . Like, shockingly good. Not “cool prototype” good. Not “it boots without catching fire” good. I mean finished product  good. If this thing were in an enclosure instead of hanging off my desk with a spaghetti mess of jumper wires and a button dangling from a breadboard, I’d buy it. Full stop. It’s clean. It’s stable. It’s slick. You connect to it and it just feels

We’re living in a strange, beautiful time — a time where a thought can become a thing overnight. Not through teams, or funding, or decades of engineering — but through collaboration with machines that think just enough to amplify us. It feels unreal, but it’s not. It’s the most human thing we’ve ever done. Because at our core, that’s who we are. We are creators — designed by a Creator. If you cracked open the source code of humanity, the header on that file would read: "MADE

So… remember how I said VaporVault  was an offline, personal password vault? Yeah — about that. Apparently, it’s also a collaboration tool now. I didn’t plan this, but the Node firmware kind of turned into something way  cooler than I expected. The Idea The standard VaporVault is totally offline — your private Wi-Fi network, your private data. But then I thought, what if a small team or family could share one safely? So I built VaporVault Node. It runs the same hardware, sam

Somewhere between fixing a few other projects and dodging the holidays, I ended up back in Firefly’s firmware . I hadn’t really touched it in close to a year, but it’s one of those projects that just won’t leave me alone. Every time I think it’s “done,” something small catches my attention — a better way to handle power, a cleaner interface, a new use case I didn’t think of. So yeah, Firefly got a refresh. And it’s probably the most “grown-up” version of itself yet. The Updat

Beacon 3.0 — From Signal to System Firmware, NFC, and the future of an AI-built side project that refuses to stay small. I didn’t mean to build a product. I meant to see what would happen if you could wear Wi-Fi. Beacon started as a curiosity — a weekend experiment that just… never stopped working. Then people started asking for it. Then those people had ideas. And now here we are: firmware updates, new hardware tricks, a web companion, and a community that’s quietly forming

There was a time when tech innovation was about discovery, creativity, and progress. Now it’s about doing strange things for strange APIs — and honestly, I’ve never been happier. We’ve reached a point where “making it” in tech feels less like engineering and more like light digital prostitution.  You build your little Franken-app, slap a “powered by Base44” tag on it, and wait for the algorithm to bless you with tokens and validation. It’s ridiculous. It’s shameless. It’s hil

I stumbled into this by accident. It started with boredom, Zoom fatigue, and the unholy marriage of my curiosity and too many AI tools. I’d been recording calls for transcripts—just like everyone else—when I decided to feed them into an AI analyzer. I wasn’t chasing self-awareness; I was chasing efficiency. Instead, I got a mirror. Turns out, I communicate like a human compression algorithm—talking in verbal zip files, pop culture fragments, and analogies that make people lau

I just got back from a data conference in Chicago, and I left honestly stunned. Not by the technology — by the people. Panel after panel, supposedly “leaders” in data science, logistics, and analytics — all of them dancing around the same idea: “We’re being cautious about AI.” Cautious. That word kept coming up like a reflex, a corporate mantra. “We’re waiting for regulation.” “We’re concerned about bias.” “We don’t trust the outputs.” It was like watching a room full of data

The good news is: if you’re producing AI slop and vibe-coded trash… you’re already here. Let’s not sugarcoat it — the internet right now is flooded with junk.AI-generated slop. Vibe-coded “masterpieces.” Instagram philosophers with diffusion filters and Canva quotes. Every feed looks like the world’s biggest art school critique, and half of it feels like someone just learned where the “generate” button lives. But here’s the thing: that noise? That chaos? That’s the sound of t

There are days when I leave a session feeling like we just cracked a new code for what’s possible. And then there are days like this . Yesterday was Alchemy at AI Speed —eight and a half hours of pure momentum. One client, one mission, one day. A full platform, born from nothing, live by dinner. That’s what it looks like when the spark hits oxygen. Today? Today was the opposite. Five months (actually five years ) into a project that should’ve taken five days . A team of smart

There’s a guy on YouTube — a seemingly innocent man — who builds these tiny remote-control cars in his garage. They're adorable. They’re fast. They corner like little rally demons. He even programs them with wireless remotes and custom PCBs and prints the enclosures on what appears to be a farm of 3D printers. He’s smart. Creative. Focused. Wholesome, even. I hate him. Now to be clear, my hatred has nothing  to do with the cars. The cars are great. I hope they go to nationals

So I’ve been tossing around an idea — part experiment, part hangout — where we spend a couple hours together learning how to vibe-code  our own custom GPTs and web apps. Picture this: laptops open, coffee in hand, me walking you step-by-step through how to take an idea and turn it into something real  — something that actually runs on the internet before you leave the room. No coding degree. No dev team. No five-figure contracts. Just you, a laptop, and a couple hours to brin

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