In thinking about creating and maintaining this blog I had a few requirements to keep it simple, learn a few things along the way and hopefully work on my goal of coding more this year.

You can find the an example git repistory here to start with.

Requirements

1. Keep it …

This post originated from comments John Carmack made on Lex Fridman's podcast (41:04) about motivators for software developers "Everything we're doing really should flow from user value". He goes on to talk about how exercises like code golf are great challenges and completing or "winning" them is a great …

This post is adapted from a paper I wrote for a masters course in early 2024.

Introduction

Ransomware is a global problem that has significant financial and business operations impact to organisations that are victims of attacks. The proliferation of Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) has led to an explosion …

Taking a page from Will Larson's blog and his year in review postings I decided to start tracking my own goals. I haven't decided on the actual timelines for these goals but based on what I am putting here today these 12 month to 6 year goals.

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Hello everyone. I'm Keith Lawson, a lifelong IT professional and technical enthusiast. I have spent most of my career building and managing solutions on top of open-source technologies. I thrive on using technology to solve problems.

Bio

With over 25 years in cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, and engineering, Keith has spent …