> MadDogWarner_
Hacking. Defending. Building.
IT professional. Homelab operator. Security obsessive.
// recent.projects
Recent Projects
homebridge-plugin-withings-sleep-MDW
[DEPRECATED] Homebridge plugin exposing Withings Sleep Analyzer to HomeKit as a Switch and Occupancy Sensor
homebridge-esphome-ts-mdw
Homebridge 2.0 plugin for ESPHome devices. Bridges ESP32 touch panels and other ESPHome entities to Apple HomeKit.
essential8-kb-android
Android port of the Essential 8 quick-reference app for Windows sysadmins
// latest.posts
Latest Posts
03 July 2026
The E8 Is Dead, Long Live Essentials
What ASD's draft Essentials for Enterprise IT means for Essential Eight fleets, GPO baselines, M365 controls, and Windows hardening pipelines.
21 June 2026
Context Is Not Free: RAGs, Wikis, Skills, and the Cost of Agentic AI
A practical look at stale RAGs, lightweight LLM wikis, skills, subagents, loops, goals, and why prompt and context engineering still matter when tokens are not unlimited.
12 June 2026
NPM Security: Easy Wins Before the Package Manager Bites You
Practical npm supply-chain security controls for developers: Socket Firewall, lockfile linting, npm ci, package hygiene, release-age delays, install-script controls, and git dependency restrictions.
> whoamiMadDogWarner> cat /etc/teamClaude [architect]Codex [developer]> uptimealways scanning