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?

I am a GNU/Linux user since 1996. During the first months, I tried to install Red Hat several times. Then, for four years, I loved to do everything from…

May 2, 2020 • Rafael Alvarez

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September 2015

Testing Silver Bullets

When creating a website for the first time, it’s common to turn to well-known experts in the field to get their magical solutions or “silver bullets” on…

Sep 14, 2015 • Rafael Alvarez

July 2015

Butt-hours

There’s a nasty little problem that’s been deteriorating the provision of technology services for some time now. People call it man-hours; I’m going to…

Jul 25, 2015 • Rafael Alvarez

Running a Shop

A long time ago I was a cashier at a store. One of my duties was to give the owner's son $2,000 COP for lunch money every day from the cash register. He…

Jul 25, 2015 • Rafael Alvarez

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June 2015

Lowest Cost of Registering

One of the most frequent questions when deciding to start a business is whether or not to formalize it. That is, to operate as a natural person or…

Jun 14, 2015 • Rafael Alvarez

May 2015

Working Reasonably

For years, when it comes to my style of managing teams of engineers, one of the things I'm known for has to do with accurately tracking work time. In…

May 24, 2015 • Rafael Alvarez

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