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AUG
220,000 open front doors
A tech executive posts a demo on LinkedIn. His "AI agent" reads his email, parses his calendar, and spins up tasks in Asana. Fifty thousand impressions. "The future of productivity." I have built this kind of automation for clients. Every single thing in that demo has been possible with n8n, Make, or Zapier wired to an LLM API since 2023. A cron job, an API call, an LLM wrapper. Calling it a
09
JUN
Vibe slop and the skills nobody cancelled
On May 23, the Wall Street Journal ran an interview that read less like a warning and more like a confession. Two of the people behind Pi, the agent harness at the core of the popular OpenClaw framework, turned around and warned the industry about the thing they helped build. Mario Zechner and Armin Ronacher gave us a name for what is now filling our repositories: vibe slop. It is two older ideas
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APR
The series of unfortunate events
March 31, 2026, was one of those days when the industry looked less like a machine and more like a pile-up. Anthropic accidentally shipped a release of Claude Code that exposed a large internal codebase through a source map. X had a U.S. outage the same day. OpenAI reported elevated failures for some ChatGPT Enterprise and Edu users joining workspaces through SSO. Anthropic's own status history also shows timeouts affecting Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 from March 31 into April 1. Then, as if the point still needed proving, reporting linked a major supply-chain attack on the widely used Axios npm package to North Korean operators.
04
JUL
Microsoft Entra essential configuration (security settings you can't afford to miss)
Microsoft Entra (formerly Azure Entra ID/Azure Active Directory) is the backbone of modern enterprise identity management, but a misconfigured tenant is a hacker's dream. After analyzing countless security incidents and Microsoft's latest 2025 updates, I've compiled the essential configurations that separate secure organizations from tomorrow's breach headlines.
09
JUN
2025 Big Data & Analytics summit in Toronto
2025 Big Data & Analytics Summit in Toronto review, covering key insights from AI sessions, networking experiences, and vendor interactions. The post highlights practical takeaways on data strategy implementation and infrastructure building, while providing recommendations for future attendees considering in-person versus online participation.
12
MAY
I'm Back! Introducing the New Strive2Code Blog Architecture
Hey everyone, it's been a while! Some of you might have noticed that I haven't published any new blog posts or videos lately. There's a good reason for that - I've been heads-down rebuilding Strive2Code from the ground up! For the past few weeks, I've been pouring my nights and weekends into completely revamping my blogging platform. After many years with BlogEngine.NET (which relies on the .NET
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FEB
You've been tracked. Scan your phone now!
Have you ever wondered if your phone is secretly being tracked? With so many spyware threats out there, it's crucial to stay ahead. In this video, I'll show you how to use MVT – Mobile Verification Toolkit – to scan your phone for spyware, analyze results, and secure your device. Whether you're an iPhone or Android user, this tool can reveal hidden threats that traditional antivirus apps miss.
14
JAN
Microsoft Security Intro
In today’s world, where cyber threats evolve faster than ever, securing your digital infrastructure isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity. That’s why I’ve created an in-depth YouTube video that explores the power of Microsoft 365 and Azure Security tools to help businesses of all sizes protect what matters most. If you haven’t watched it yet, here’s what you’re missing out on!
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DEC