Welcome
Through My Lens
Building trust & safety systems by day, capturing deep space after dark.
Writing about technology, astrophotography, photography, and the craft of making things with intention.
Recognition
Notable Achievements
NASA APOD
Astronomy Picture of the Day
December 25, 2025
Selected from thousands of submissions worldwide — one of the most prestigious recognitions in amateur astrophotography.
Astrobin IOTD
Image of the Day
June 28, 2023
Peer-reviewed by expert judges on the world's largest astrophotography community platform.
US Patent
Sole Inventor
April 13, 2021
Preventing Serverless Application Package Tampering — cryptographic integrity validation for cloud security, assigned to Intuit.
Explore
Areas of Focus
Software Architecture
Systems design, innovation frameworks, and engineering leadership.
Astrophotography
Deep-sky imaging, telescope setups, and chasing the cosmos.
Photography
Landscape, drone, and architectural photography from around the world.
Culinary Arts
Recipes, techniques, and the art of cooking with purpose.
Latest
Recent Writing
The Credential Model Problem Hiding in MCP Servers
A trending MCP install passes every "is this safe" check: no malicious code, real maintainer, clean dependencies. It also happens to expose your entire Google account, password and 2FA included. The risk isn't in the package. It's in how the MCP ecosystem handles credentials.
Three Beef Plates, Three Different Directions
Three recent beef plates from my kitchen, carpaccio and tataki, each shaped by herbs, citrus, and contrasting sauces.
How I Stopped an AI From Confidently Breaking Everything
A backend engineer's fraud-fighting instincts, applied to an AI coding partner
Introduction to Design Thinking – Part 4
The Prototype stage is about proving assumptions by creating low-fidelity models of promising solutions for testing and user feedback.
Visual
From the Gallery
Project
Stacking Starlight
An interactive guide to deep-space astrophotography. Explore how telescopes, mounts, plate solving, autoguiding, noise, calibration, and stacking work — through hands-on simulations.
