Inspired by those before me. Building for those ahead.
I'm Karl, a software engineer based in the Isle of Man. Two generations shaped the way I think about machines, and their influence is in every project I touch. Here, I explore the ideas, tools, and experiments that carry that legacy forward.
- Mon Oct 05 2026
Simplicity is the best defence against AI attacks
A fortnight of security news, from a critical PHP flaw to Railway's breach and AI models chaining exploits on their own, showing that every component you run is something to patch. The teams that cope will be the ones with the fewest moving parts, the fastest path to a fix, and encryption that keeps keys well away from the data.
Read post - Sat Sep 26 2026
The best software often does less
Modern software makes it easy to keep adding features, integrations, and complexity. Better systems come from resisting that temptation and being precise about what the software actually needs to do.
Read post - Thu Sep 24 2026
When AI makes every hidden door worth trying
AI has made it cheap to scan, probe and adapt attacks against thousands of targets. GitLab's email-to-code behaviour shows why the safest system is often the one attackers can't reach in the first place.
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- /BeyondPrincipal Software Engineer2017 — Present
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