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Why Wired Builder exists
This is not a startup blog. It's a place to document how a builder actually thinks.
Jun 1, 2026 · 1 min ReadI Built the Thing I Hated Doing
Years of cut-and-paste proposal hell taught me the tools were never the answer. So I spent 16 hours building the machine instead of writing one more proposal by hand.
Jun 9, 2026 · 7 min ReadThe Superpower Nobody Caught
A billionaire says my kind of brain wins the AI era. I feel it firing across four projects. I also wish someone had caught it forty years sooner.
Jun 5, 2026 · 7 min ReadThe Tunnel and the Flood
My brain throws twenty urgent things at me before my feet hit the floor, and I either freeze or disappear down one of them.
Jun 3, 2026 · 7 min ReadThe Four Faces in a Room of 600
I walked into a room full of people who were happy to see me, and my brain only counted the four who weren't.
Jun 2, 2026 · 5 min ReadWho Am I When My Kids Aren't Here?
I sat in family court and learned that understanding someone doesn't mean you can fix it — and that peace isn't waiting on the other side of the problem.
Jun 1, 2026 · 5 min ReadRSAC 2019: Searching for authenticity at the 'Cirque de Security'
Many are criticizing RSAC for becoming a spectacle. Cmd tried something different, trading the booth for charity donations and 14 real conversations.
Mar 14, 2019 · 5 min ReadLocked in a soundproof booth: My experience at DefCon's SE-CTF competition
Part three. Taking the stage at DEF CON 26 for the live call portion of the SECTF competition, and what I learned going through the whole experience.
Aug 14, 2018 · 12 min ReadSalesman turned security operative: Putting together my first OSINT report
Part two of how a salesman infiltrated DEF CON. What it took to build the OSINT report, and some of the sensitive information I found on my target company.
Aug 2, 2018 · 10 min ReadHow a Salesman Infiltrated the World's Largest Hacker Conference: Part 1
I manage sales for Cmd. In two weeks, I'll be getting on stage in Las Vegas in front of over 1,000 hackers at DEF CON, the world's largest hacker conference.
Jul 31, 2018 · 9 min ReadNothing in that category yet.