Fresh/Brewed

Goodbye West

As they now demolish the massive Tomson Reuters, formerly Tomson West, formerly West Group headquarters in Eagan, I found this photo of a meeting in 2017 I got to take in the special conference room originally built for the owner/founder and not often used. Behind the panneled wall on the right was a small kitchen. If you stretch your browser window, you can see the flags on the left. Now look at this recent photo of the destruction and you can see the same flags

OS Scans: BadDNS and BBOT

Published Apr 22, 2025 by Isaac Johnson

In February, Mark Zorz, the content director at HelpNetSecurity, spotlighted BadDNS in an intriguing article. Ever since, I’ve been eager to dive into this tool and explore its capabilities.

Container Scanning: Defender for Cloud, Harbor and Scout

Published Apr 18, 2025 by Isaac Johnson

Recently the topic came up about scanning containers. I recalled that ACR used to have that feature built in but when I checked the few images I keep in ACR, I found no method to scan.

Chainguard Images

Published Apr 16, 2025 by Isaac Johnson

At GCP Next25 I had a great visit with the folks at Chainguard.dev about controlled images. I went to the site a few times (forgetting it ends in dev and getting chain oil).

Coder and Code-Server

Published Apr 14, 2025 by Isaac Johnson

At GCP Next25 I gravitated towards a smaller booth for Coder. The logo looked familiar but I couldn’t readily place it until I realized this is the same Coder app I’ve been using for years in my ...

AI Tools: Relume.io

Published Apr 8, 2025 by Isaac Johnson

As I write this I’m preparing for a week of AI information. It will be like drinking from the firehose I’m sure

RTO: Cluster Outtages, remote power and more

Published Apr 4, 2025 by Isaac Johnson

Something I am now just realizing having gone back to the office is that when things go down at home I cannot just get up and bounce a box.

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