Security. Software. Side quests.
Always learning.
Usually building.
I’m Derek—a security engineer, homelabber, and curious builder. These are my notes on things I’m learning, projects I’m tinkering with, and the occasional detour.

Cloud & security / AI & agents / Homelab / Life outside the terminal
On the workbench
A few things I’m building and exploring.
Learning lab
Agent Security Lab
Hands-on experiments with agent identity, permissions, and guardrails.
Quick Bits
Small discoveries, useful fixes, and things worth remembering.
Small discoveries and useful fixes will collect here as I share them.
More than what’s on the screen.
There’s also DIY, books, bourbon, and whatever rabbit hole comes next.