iCloud Keychain Security
April 24, 2022Apple claims that iCloud Keychain items are end-to-end encrypted, but recoverable with an Apple ID and device passcode even if all devices…
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KN95 Mask Price Dataset
October 11, 2020I’ve started putting together a dataset on KN95 mask prices after seeing masks from AliExpress being sold at a tenfold markup on European…
AWS Serverless Provider Review
April 23, 2020Serverless Pioneers Amazon Web Services (AWS) pioneered serverless computing and continues to innovate at the highest velocity in the space…
The Serverless Stack
April 23, 2020What Is Serverless A serverless app is a collection of managed services and some code that ties them all together. The value proposition of…
Introducing Dokklib-DB
February 28, 2020I’ve released a new Python library for the DynamoDB single table pattern called Dokklib-DB. It’s built on top of Boto3 and should feel…
A Forkable Company
January 29, 2020A forkable company’s code is not only open source, but also makes it easy to replicate its services. This post explains how that works.
A New Open Source Business Model
January 29, 2020Independent open source developers need a business model. I believe a subscription model for documentation sites backed by a paywall is the best solution.
Dokknet Paywall Design
January 29, 2020Dokknet is a paywall-as-a-service for open source documentation sites. This post explains the rational and technical details of the its paywall design.
Mapping Crypto: The Minority Rule
June 19, 2019A look at how a small, privacy-conscious group can transform personal payments through an asymmetric mechanism.
Mapping Crypto: Common Pitfalls
June 14, 2019This post maps the challenges of launching a novel payment solution in detail and looks at how the Litecoin, Monero, Ripple, Stellar and Z-cash projects handled them compared to Bitcoin.
Mapping Crypto: A Primer
June 02, 2019An introduction to Wardley mapping through a simplified example of Bitcoin payments.