Is Writing a Book Worth It?

I’ve long realized that I love to write, but I just don’t have the time or the energy to do so. I enjoy pondering over things that might not even catch someone else’s attention. But, of course, it wasn’t always like this. Initially, I was an enthusiastic reader, devouring books whenever I had the chance. To this day, it remains my favorite pastime. Learning knowledge and new approaches. Today, I contemplated whether it’s possible to write a book through blog posts, what its theme should be, and, of course, whether it’s worth delving into. ...

March 13, 2024 · 7 min · Zoltan Toma

From Consumers to Creators: How Your Monitors Define You

I enjoy experimenting. This is yet another experiment of mine. Not long ago, I visited my parents’ house, which is when I got the chance to check in on my brother. Unlike me, my brother doesn’t work in IT; he’s in agriculture. It’s always a bit of a shock to think about how close I was to ending up in a similar situation. I don’t see this as a disadvantage, but rather as offering a different perspective. And my family has always been capable of approaching a problem from various angles. ...

March 10, 2024 · 16 min · Zoltan Toma

Beyond Note-Taking: Building a Second Brain in the Age of AI

I’ve been a subscriber to the Obsidian Publish service for a while now, and the idea of learning publicly sounds appealing. Plus, sharing a few of my notes publicly might make it easier to pass on what I’ve learned to my teammates, future assignments or to answer some interview questions before they are even asked. Like with everything, sharing the first note seems to be the hardest part… or is it? Okay, I struggled quite a bit to have a notes subdomain on my Hugo-generated static site, which is built with Netlify, version-controlled on GitHub, and hidden behind Cloudflare. This could potentially be another post or video. I created a few test notes and even thought about starting the camera to show how cool it is to manage content this way when I suddenly lost interest. ...

March 5, 2024 · 7 min · Zoltan Toma

Your job is your biggest vulnerability

When we hear about major hacks, data thefts, and ransomware in the news, we shudder at how vulnerable we are. It’s no wonder that companies spend billions to secure their operations. If you happen to enter an organization that takes security seriously, it won’t be long before you find yourself in a toxic environment that people are reluctant to participate in. Peeking behind the curtain of the mystical world of security quickly reveals that the most significant risk factor in every organization is people. This realization immediately leads to finger-pointing, something I’ve seen all too often. ...

March 2, 2024 · 11 min · Zoltan Toma

Observability for dummies

I like the for dummies books. They are easy to read and understand. I try to do the same with this post. I hope you will find it useful for learning concepts about observability. Observability in a nutshell. (I’ll need to lookup how thumbnails work in Hugo with the Cactus theme.) Video Script Hi all, Curious minds! ...

August 5, 2023 · 6 min · Zoltan Toma

Making my self supportable

Findable In the last couple of months, I have been working hard to make myself findable. The results of this are: I have this site. My Personal site of my shiny objects. (I have a story about why I refer to it like this) My Personal YouTube channel, which I try not to promote intensively… yet. A professional website, GoSecNinja. Well, I need to work on it in the future. And a YouTube channel for GoSecNinja, where I try to help the open-source community make the internet safer. Hireable I made efforts to make myself hireable. There are many Tax-related issues if you want to work on exciting projects around the world. The basic approach to this is you need to relocate to the given country. Well, at least one would like to hire me as an employee. ...

July 30, 2023 · 3 min · Zoltan Toma

A Security horror story

Intro My new teammates asked me if I had any juice security horror stories. This was a very memorable one. In the video above I tried to tell it in a standup-like fashion because if I write a script for it I would not publish it to day. ...

July 2, 2023 · 4 min · Zoltan Toma

Zero trust is not viable option

Script Hi, all curios mindes. I have been listening to Mo Gawdat’s Scary Smart audiobook for the last couple of days. I think if you love sci-fi, it is a must to listen to masterpiece. While he was reading the book, I was amazed by his brilliant humor. Despite the fact, he is talking about a serious topic. ...

June 25, 2023 · 6 min · Zoltan Toma

Future of Humanity

Script Hi, all curious minds! I planned to create a different video. I still have a couple of days before my next assignment. And the time I’m waiting, I do what I usually do. Geek-out. Diablo 4 is out, and I was watching tutorials about the different builds, and the YouTube algorithm suggested a video about the eminent dangers of AI. ...

June 20, 2023 · 5 min · Zoltan Toma

Which language should I use

Hi all, curious minds! And welcome to another episode about What I would like to see in an IT candidate. I often receive this question from those who are new to IT and are trying to make a carrier in it. Which language should I use or learn? This may sound rude, but I always answer like: English. If you have some experience in IT, you may skip this video. But I hope I will still be able to give you some value. ...

June 16, 2023 · 12 min · Zoltan Toma