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The Sovereign Sysadmin
Escaping the Collectivist Guest Account. Five essays on technology that earns its keep when the person who bears the cost can still read, modify and rebuild the configuration.
- Part 1 · 2026-10-23
Solutions Over Problems: What IT Is For
Technology earns its keep when the person who bears the cost can still read, modify and rebuild the configuration. - Part 2 · 2026-10-23
Zero-Trust: Never Trust Black Boxes
Pharma, regulators, media and cloud AI demand compliance while withholding the data needed to verify them. The right stance is zero-trust. - Part 3 · 2026-10-24
Root Access and the API of the Sovereign Mind: Outsourcing vs. Delegating
Outsourcing your thinking surrenders root access; delegating to tools keeps it, and that is what the gatekeepers fear. - Part 4 · 2026-10-23
State as Operating System: Citizens as Tenants
Most modern states run like a long-lived Windows install: accreting processes, high idle cost, no root and no rollback. Declarative systems point to another way. - Part 5 · 2026-10-23
The Configuration Grows: Notes on Canadian Digital Governance
Speech law, opaque labour-market systems and a captured information environment all follow the state-as-OS pattern: easy additions, rare removals, shrinking tenant control.