https://universalamateur.github.io/post/ Recent content in Posts on Universalamateur Hugo en-us Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://universalamateur.github.io/post/agent-governance-is-the-new-devsecops/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://universalamateur.github.io/post/agent-governance-is-the-new-devsecops/ I spent weeks building agent governance by hand. Then Microsoft open-sourced a toolkit that covers most of it. https://universalamateur.github.io/post/the-merge-request-is-the-center-of-everything/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://universalamateur.github.io/post/the-merge-request-is-the-center-of-everything/ IDEs change every 18 months. Agents are disposable. The merge request is the one artifact that survives. https://universalamateur.github.io/post/the-token-salary-tipping-point/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://universalamateur.github.io/post/the-token-salary-tipping-point/ Two budget lines are moving toward each other like scissors. For some companies, they have already crossed. https://universalamateur.github.io/post/what-if-the-best-ai-model-isnt-for-sale/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://universalamateur.github.io/post/what-if-the-best-ai-model-isnt-for-sale/ I ran a thought experiment on a hike. A company builds the most powerful AI model ever, then refuses to sell it. Two days later, I checked the news. https://universalamateur.github.io/post/zero-trust-patterns-for-ai-developer-tools/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://universalamateur.github.io/post/zero-trust-patterns-for-ai-developer-tools/ Six patterns for running AI coding agents in environments where the container is assumed compromised. https://universalamateur.github.io/post/building-an-air-gapped-pricing-calculator-with-zero-backend/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://universalamateur.github.io/post/building-an-air-gapped-pricing-calculator-with-zero-backend/ Two static HTML apps deployed to GitLab Pages, no server, no database, handling enterprise pricing workflows where data cannot leave the browser. https://universalamateur.github.io/post/what-i-learned-speaking-about-ai-at-an-automotive-conference/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://universalamateur.github.io/post/what-i-learned-speaking-about-ai-at-an-automotive-conference/ What happens when you present AI governance to 300 automotive executives on a Friday afternoon in Ingolstadt. https://universalamateur.github.io/post/the-billing-problem-nobody-talks-about/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://universalamateur.github.io/post/the-billing-problem-nobody-talks-about/ Every enterprise adopting AI coding tools hits the same wall within 90 days: nobody knows what it costs. https://universalamateur.github.io/post/configuring-ai-agents-that-dont-embarrass-you/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://universalamateur.github.io/post/configuring-ai-agents-that-dont-embarrass-you/ What goes into an AGENTS.md, why safety hooks matter, and what happens when you skip them. https://universalamateur.github.io/post/how-teamops-principles-foster-discontinuous-innovation-at-gitlab/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://universalamateur.github.io/post/how-teamops-principles-foster-discontinuous-innovation-at-gitlab/ How GitLab uses TeamOps to foster discontinuous innovation through decision velocity and empowerment. https://universalamateur.github.io/post/blog-setup-with-hugo-on-gitlab/ Mon, 26 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://universalamateur.github.io/post/blog-setup-with-hugo-on-gitlab/ Running a personal blog on Hugo with PaperMod, deployed to both GitLab Pages and GitHub Pages via push mirror. https://universalamateur.github.io/post/gitlab-ciphercube/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://universalamateur.github.io/post/gitlab-ciphercube/ Deciphering the GitLab security team’s laser-engraved wooden cipher cube. https://universalamateur.github.io/post/my-lasagna-recipe/ Mon, 07 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://universalamateur.github.io/post/my-lasagna-recipe/ The recipe for my favorite lasagne, finally written down after promising it for years. https://universalamateur.github.io/post/the-initial-post/ Sat, 05 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://universalamateur.github.io/post/the-initial-post/ Hello world, why this blog exists, and what to expect.