This collection of my writing has evolved over time. You’ll find some older articles on cybersecurity (unfortunately, the nature of my work has become more sensitive and I no longer blog publicly on this topic). Many recent articles are personal projects.
I Ran a Trailer Before Every Movie at AMC Theatres
Head to Boston’s newest AMC to see an ad for my music album. The ad runs before every movie, on all 13 screens, for a full month. A little bit of strategic planning allowed me to run it for just $119.
That’s Me on a Times Square Billboard!
I’m planning big stunts to promote my upcoming music album. After months of research, I figured out how to secure a 99.7% discount on the most valuable marketing surface in New York City.
I Visited All 472 Subway Stations in New York
New York’s subway system is the largest in the world. It cuts across bridges and through underwater tunnels, carrying over five million people each day. It also includes hundreds of stations — I spent months visiting them all.
The Grinch Bot is Stealing Christmas!
A group of U.S. lawmakers recently introduced the Stopping Grinch Bots Act. But what are grinch bots, and how can we use machine learning to detect them?
Announcing API Abuse Detection
APIs are the backbone of popular web services. You might not know it, but we rely on modern APIs to use rideshare services, order lattes, and communicate with each other. Here’s what we built at Cloudflare to protect enterprise APIs from abuse.
I Ate at the Same Restaurant 20 Times in 10 Days
To promote Celiac awareness, I partnered with a 100% gluten-free restaurant and ate the entire menu with a friend. This is how we made it happen.
Millions of bots scour the web every second, wreaking havoc and attacking important services. Most enterprises can afford to defend against these bots. But what about smaller businesses? We built an affordable tool that keeps everyone safe.
Introducing Super Bot Fight Mode
For years, we’ve offered the most advanced bot management suite in the industry. Today we’re launching a sophisticated analytics tool to make it even more powerful.
Introducing Bot Analytics
Introducing Certificate Transparency Monitoring
Each website has a “certificate” that proves its identity. Think of certificates like driver’s licenses: they can be presented or checked at any time. We built a tool that alerts you when someone makes a fake certificate for your website.