I asked my gemini-sysadminhelper to assess the migration path for me today for a very old FOSS tool I need to swap out to get modern OAUTH2. Instead, it hot-patched the source to handle OAUTH2 because that's easier than migrating. I now wonder whether my tech-debt problem will improve because the agent can autonomously handle step-upgrades and I won't accrue the tech debt, or whether it will worsen because to the agent it's just as easy to refactor and hot-patch as it is to apply updates.
Given the big PyPI, Node and Github supply chain attacks in the last month or two I am *very* curious:
Orgs who have walked far down the SBOM path - are you feeling pretty good about that right now? Is it genuinely helping you respond to supply chain attacks?
While I'm throwing out unimportant musings: What's up with real estate agents putting "Drone shot" photos from 100 feet above a house showing the great view from up there?
Unless there's a patio 100' up I can sit on, that's a blatant misrepresentation of the situation.
In a similar vein to how Johnny Cash now owns "Hurt", I can no longer listen to George Jones' version of "He stopped loving her" because Alan Jackson owned that song so hard at George's funeral.
In times of stress & uncertainty, it's a smart move to circle the wagons & protect your family first. HOWEVER: I do believe that there are important parts of our culture that are built on people helping people, and doing so on a volunteer basis, and that those are being fast eroded. I wonder what the eventual impact of that all will be.
One of my biggest worries today is that decreasing job security and declining volunteerism are going to multiply one another in ways that severely undercut the fabric of our country. An early indicator: The diminishment of volunteer firefighting.
https://www.nfpa.org/news-blogs-and-articles/nfpa-journal/2026/02/11/volunteer-fire-service-crisis
This trend is understandable. Who can afford to spend the time volunteering when the cost of living fast outpaces wage growth, and when job stability is low?
Volunteer Firefighter Crisis: U.S. Departments Struggle with Staffing Amid Growing Call Volume
Learn from experts about the challenges, solutions, and new research surrounding the ongoing exodus of volunteer firefighters in the U.S.
Confused that you have strong DKIM/DMARC rules & configured SPF, yet people are still spoofing your CEO's mail in fraud attempts? This may be because you included Salesforce, Mailchimp, or other SaaS in your SPF.
Abusers can use free/fraudulent accounts there to spam "as" you.
It appears that the death tool at the school in Iran that the USA bombed now equals the number (168, 19 of them children) killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. I have to wonder - if the OKC bombing had been committed by a foreign government, how the USA might have reacted to that.
Quick random thought: The most dangerous & difficult foe of security teams today - more than state attackers, poorly-written regulations, or advanced persistent teenagers - is the creeping poison of cynicism and defeatist thoughts.
Well, if there's going to be an energy crisis, it was very thoughtful of the Trump administration to have one going into spring and summer, so my solar will be at peak.
