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James Socol

06 Jan 2007

Happy New Year!

I doubt many people read this, but if you do, have a good January.

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Introducing SPIFFE AuthZ Proxy

I made a tool to learn more about the SPIFFE and Spire libraries and APIs. And to make it faster and easier to adopt SPIFFE-based MTLS Authentication (AuthN) and Authorization (AuthZ) into older HTTP server applications, especially those built in languages or frameworks where handling short-lived certificates could be a

20 Jan 2026 1 min read

LLMs are not neutral tools, using them harms people today

I realize by saying this publicly I might be putting my own career and future opportunities at risk. I am saying it, anyway, because it is important to say. I am a vim user. Not even NeoVim, just vim. So I like to think I have a good sense of

15 Jan 2026 1 min read

Using Risk Taxonomies to Speed Up Development and Avoid Churn

We've all been there: the project is nearly complete, there's a deadline, and someone comes to a status meeting with a problem. A big problem. Something that puts the whole project at risk and means we have to delay, and maybe even rethink our approach. And

09 Jan 2026 3 min read

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