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12 Publications · 6 Research Programs · 2025–2026
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Trust Boundaries Nobody Owns

SSRF, CSRF, SameSite cookies, CORS, clickjacking, and CSP are usually written up as six unrelated exploits, each with its own header or check that prevents it. Read together, they are six instances of the same organizational failure: an implicit trust boundary, set once by whoever was unblocking an adjacent problem, that nobody was ever assigned to keep calibrated as the system around it changed.

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AI & Computation

3 publications
Research NoteAI & Computation

Context Rot in Tool Protocols

Analysis of context window saturation and token degradation in LLM tool interfaces.

AI SystemsProtocol EngineeringContext Optimization
EssayAI & Computation

Transformers vs Qubits

Comparative analysis of classical neural attention vs. quantum superposition.

Quantum ComputingMachine LearningTheoretical Computer Science
Research NoteAI & Computation

Contextual Multi-Agent Analysis

Experimental orchestration systems for real-time intelligence and state-aware event streams.

AI & ComputationSystems ArchitectureEvent Processing

Complex Systems

2 publications
EssayComplex Systems

Ecology & Machine Intelligence

Parallels between biological feedback systems and distributed computing architectures.

Complex SystemsBiological ComputingSystems Architecture
EssayComplex Systems

Evolution vs Software

Why biological systems adapt while software systems decay.

Systems EngineeringSoftware ArchitectureEvolutionary Dynamics

Data & Information Systems

3 publications
Architecture NoteData & Information Systems

Semantic Metadata Registry

Architecture, technical specification, and executive proposal for thin-projection analytics ontologies.

Systems ArchitectureData InfrastructureSemantic Engineering
Case StudyData & Information Systems

Desktop Synchronization Architecture

A case study in native change detection, transport design, and execution semantics.

Systems ArchitectureData Engineering
Research SeriesData & Information Systems

Architecture of Information Systems

Engineering principles on data modeling, state boundaries, operational vs analytical schemas, and infrastructure dynamics.

Data InfrastructureSystems ArchitectureInfrastructure Engineering

Distributed Systems

1 publication
EssayDistributed Systems

Network Dynamics in Distributed Systems

Understanding cascading failures, backpressure, and load propagation.

Distributed SystemsNetwork ArchitectureReliability Engineering

Hardware & Performance

1 publication
EssayHardware & Performance

The Silicon Ceiling

Physical and thermodynamic limits of hardware scaling.

Hardware ArchitecturePerformance EngineeringSystems Economics

Process & Practice

2 publications
Research SeriesProcess & Practice

Trust Boundaries Nobody Owns

A six-part series on the browser security model, read as organizational trust decisions nobody was assigned to own.

Application SecuritySystems ArchitectureOrganizational Theory
EssayProcess & Practice

The BIM Paradox

Waterfall is what the client wants. Agile is what BIM needs.

Systems ArchitectureAEC IndustryProcess Engineering
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