Using AI to Analyze Log Files for Security Threats

Research-Based Guide: This post synthesizes techniques from security research, documentation, and established practices in AI-powered log analysis. Code examples are provided for educational purposes and should be tested in your specific environment before production use. The Log Analysis Challenge Modern systems generate massive amounts of log data. A typical web server might produce thousands of log entries per hour, while enterprise infrastructure can generate millions of events daily. Traditional log analysis approaches—grep commands, regex patterns, and manual review—simply don’t scale. ...

November 9, 2025 · 8 min · Scott

Understanding the Implications of Open-Sourcing AI Models

Understanding the Implications of Open-Sourcing AI Models Note: This analysis is based on public releases of open-source AI models (Meta’s Llama 2/3, Mistral AI, Stability AI, xAI’s Grok), research from AI governance organizations, and documented licensing frameworks. The landscape evolves rapidly - verify licensing terms and model capabilities from official sources. The open-sourcing of large language models and diffusion models represents a fundamental shift in AI development. Meta’s Llama 2 release (July 2023), Mistral’s series of open models, and subsequent releases have sparked debate about innovation velocity, safety considerations, and competitive dynamics. According to research from Stanford’s HAI, open-source models have enabled thousands of derivative applications while raising concerns about misuse potential and intellectual property frameworks. ...

August 26, 2025 · 10 min · Scott
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Feeling Dull in the Age of AI? It's Time to Become a Centaur.

It’s 3:00 PM on a Tuesday, and you’re in a state of flow unlike any you’ve experienced before. In the last hour, you’ve drafted a complex marketing proposal, summarized a dense report, and cleared a backlog of twenty emails. The to-do list shrinks, the work flows effortlessly, and you feel like a superhero of productivity. But this new superpower comes with a subtle trade-off. Later that day, you find yourself reaching for a calculator to figure out a 15% tip. The mental path to the answer feels strangely foggy. The moment leaves a quiet question that sounds a lot like, “Used to be, I could do that in my head.” ...

August 7, 2025 · 5 min · Scott Algatt
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AI-Powered Code Security: Production Vulnerability Scanning with OpenAI API

⚠️ Update Notice (October 2025) Lambda Inference API Deprecation: This post was originally written for Lambda Labs’ Inference API, which was deprecated on September 25, 2025. All code examples have been updated to use the OpenAI API with GPT-4, which provides similar or superior vulnerability detection capabilities. The core concepts, methodologies, and security patterns remain unchanged. Alternative Providers: The patterns demonstrated here work with any OpenAI-compatible API, including: OpenAI (GPT-4, GPT-4-Turbo) Together AI (various open models) Anthropic (Claude models via different SDK) Azure OpenAI Service (enterprise deployments) Research Disclaimer This tutorial is based on: ...

June 10, 2025 · 28 min · Shellnet Security

Building Production-Ready Resilient Distributed Systems: Circuit Breakers, Service Mesh, and AI-Powered Failure Prediction

Research Disclaimer This tutorial is based on: Resilience4j v2.1+ (Java resilience library) Polly v8.0+ (C# resilience library) Istio Service Mesh v1.20+ (traffic management, observability) OpenTelemetry v1.25+ (distributed tracing standard) Chaos Mesh v2.6+ (Kubernetes chaos engineering) Prometheus v2.47+ (monitoring and alerting) Grafana v10.0+ (visualization and dashboards) TensorFlow v2.15+ (machine learning for failure prediction) All architectural patterns follow industry best practices from the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) discipline and the Twelve-Factor App methodology. Code examples have been tested in production-like environments as of January 2025. ...

April 16, 2025 · 24 min · Scott