I take things apart to understand them — from code to circuits to machines and culture. Some call it reverse engineering. I call it curiosity with purpose.
For over three decades, I’ve lived at the crossroads of art and engineering, exploring IoT, hardware, malware analysis, virtualization, and the quiet beauty of technology. I believe in responsible innovation, open source, and learning by doing, and sometimes, by breaking.
Woodworking became my counterbalance. Where technology seeks precision, wood reminds me of impermanence. Every grain, knot, and scar carries a story, a reminder that imperfection is not failure but character. The Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi resonates deeply with me: beauty lives in transience, in the marks of time, in the handmade.
Whether speaking at conferences like BlackHat and BSides or shaping reclaimed wood into something new, I chase the same feeling — that moment when curiosity meets creation, when systems (or stories) reveal their inner logic.
Hacker, maker, and philosopher at heart, still convinced that curiosity is the most powerful debugging tool we have.