Rafael Alvarez

The Polite Kill Switch

Ending a sequence without burning bridges.

Jun 18 • Rafael Alvarez

April 2026

Enrichment, Decentralized

NIST stepped back. The work moves closer to where it belongs.

Apr 21 • Rafael Alvarez

Remediate Everything

Prioritization decides the order — never what you leave broken

Apr 21 • Rafael Alvarez

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The Wrong Thermometer

Stop quoting the CVE count as if cybersecurity were getting worse

Apr 20 • Rafael Alvarez

Benchmark fiction

Industry averages are comfort food for lazy operators

Apr 20 • Rafael Alvarez

The "Myth" of Mythos

or How to Navigate the Hype

Apr 17 • Rafael Alvarez

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May 2020

Why Nix?

From Slackware and Debian

May 2, 2020 • Rafael Alvarez

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September 2015

Testing Silver Bullets

A/B testing

Sep 14, 2015 • Rafael Alvarez

July 2015

Butt-hours

The fear of committing to results

Jul 25, 2015 • Rafael Alvarez

Running a Shop

Or a serious business?

Jul 25, 2015 • Rafael Alvarez

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June 2015

Lowest Cost of Registering

a business in Colombia

Jun 14, 2015 • Rafael Alvarez

May 2015

Working Reasonably

And Intelligently

May 24, 2015 • Rafael Alvarez

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