Writings.

Notes on security programs, compliance frameworks, and lessons from the field.

2018

2018 — Learning Beyond School

Dota 2 taught me English, YouTube gave me my first 1,000 subscribers, and junior high gave me some of the best memories of my life — right before the world stopped in 2020.

Sept 2018

personalstorygaming

2016

2016 — Hello, World.

The year I typed my first HTML tags, discovered cracked software from Bagas31, and somehow survived it all without a single malware infection.

Feb 2016

personalstorycoding

2014

2014 — More Than Just Games

A couple years later I'd become the "computer kid" at school. My first desktop was gone, I had a new laptop, and somehow I was already teaching myself things without even realizing it.

Jun 2014

personalstorychildhood

2012

2012 — The Computer That Changed Everything

Everything started in 2012, when I was just seven years old and a single click on Counter-Strike 1.6 opened a door to a world I never expected.

Feb 2012

personalstorybeginnings