Touching the Stars - Becoming a Kubestronaut

I have, for the better part of two and a half years, been studying on and off to become fully certified in Kubernetes. As of this writing, I have completed all of the Kubernetes-related certificates that the Linux Foundation has to offer. I figured I’d take some time to talk about what each test covers briefly, why I decided to go for Kubestronaut, talk about my experience learning the material and applying it to my day job, things that I found great and not so great about the process, and what I want to focus on next in my own research around Kubernetes. ...

December 26, 2025 · 10 min · 1947 words · Modus

GrrCon 2025 Talk!

Your old pal Modus happened to be slotted in for a talk last-minute at GrrCon this year. I intend to write some articles to capture what the talk was about and why it all matters, but the tl;dr is that cost isn’t always a factor when looking to be secure- if you’re willing to put in the elbow grease you can be a lot better off from a risk mitigation perspective than you would have otherwise. ...

September 26, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Modus

Why Flipper Zero's U2F Implementation is a Mixed Bag

I’m not going to mince words, this is going to be a rant and it’s going to get messy. There’s going to be diagrams and everything. The Flipper Zero is amazing. It has an amazing capability set that is growing weekly, and is a great entry-level (Or perhaps not even entry-level depending on how hardcore you get) tool for exploring signals, networks, and computing. Kissing the ring aside, the addition of U2F capabilities feels like a mixed bag for a few key reasons. To get there though I’m going to have to create the universe first. To start… ...

October 7, 2022 · 12 min · 2409 words · Modus