A ground-level look at the daily dev workflow of a security engineer — tools, code review process, security automation, Git workflow, and incident response tooling.
Dev Workflow as a Security Engineer: What My Day Actually Looks Like There's a version of "security engineer workflow" content out there that's all threat models and compliance frameworks. That's real...
Cut through the vendor noise and learn what security tools actually do, when you need them, and when you don't.
Security Tools Simplified Let me paint you a picture. You're a developer or an ops engineer and someone from the security team drops into your Slack channel with: "We need to implement SAST, DAST, SCA...
Your hands touch the keyboard thousands of times a day — investing in that skill compounds over a career. Touch typing, vim motions, mechanical keyboards, ergonomics, and the resources that actually helped.
Get Better at the Keyboard: The Investment That Compounds Every Day Here's a rough calculation: if you type for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week, 48 weeks a year, you're at the keyboard for around 1,440 h...
A no-fanboy comparison of Notion and Obsidian covering local-first vs cloud, markdown vs blocks, plugins, pricing, collaboration, and privacy — to help you actually pick the right one.
Notion vs Obsidian: An Honest Take From Someone Who's Used Both Every few months someone asks me "should I use Notion or Obsidian?" and every time I give the same unsatisfying answer: it depends. That...
Stop forcing one tool to do everything. Real examples of when using the wrong tool cost hours, and a framework for choosing tools based on the problem rather than tribal loyalty.
Use the Right Tool for the Job: Stop Forcing One Tool to Do Everything I once spent three hours trying to manage a complex project in Obsidian before admitting I needed a proper project management too...