// Writing

Articles

Notes, investigations, and long-form writing. New pieces land here first, and older posts will be added over time.

security · privacy · anthropic Apr 22, 2026

I thought I locked the door

A personal essay and reproducible investigation into Claude Desktop creating native messaging bridges across browsers.

macos · codesigning · qt · packaging Jan 11, 2025

The Code Signing Diaries

A story about wrestling an old Python app through SDKs, symlinks, Qt plugins, signing, and notarization.

privacy · surveillance · technology Feb 20, 2024

The Quiet Trade: Convenience for Control

A reflection on how I'm old, nostalgic, and miss the privacy we gradually traded away.