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Systems engineer. Army veteran. Based in Tampa. I review the tech I actually buy, break down cybersecurity for normal people, and share what I learn along the way. No scripts, no sponsors. Just real talk.
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A 9.9 Severity Bug Dropped in My Router's Software. Here's What I Did.
CVE-2026-77547 hit the UniFi Access Application with a 9.9 CVSS score. What it is, whether you're affected, and the 5 minute fix.
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One AI Model on My Mac Mini Takes Up 19GB. That's Bigger Than My First Laptop's Hard Drive.
Running deepseek-r1:32b locally on a Mac Mini M4. What 19GB of model actually buys you, what it costs, and when local AI is worth it.