Second work trip on the board, and this version is getting sharpened down. Instead of trying to do the full Hacker Summer Camp marathon, the plan is now DEF CON 34 only: a shorter Las Vegas run aimed at the parts that map directly back to work — AI code security, agentic systems, Kubernetes, cloud security, and platform engineering. That means skipping BSides and probably skipping the DEF CON Shoot this year. Less sprawl, less cost, less gear, more signal. ...
Different kind of trip on the board: a work one. I’m headed to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 — the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s flagship conference — in Salt Lake City. It’s four days of Kubernetes, platform engineering, and the whole cloud-native circus at the Salt Palace. But a work trip doesn’t have to be all badge-and-ballroom: my rule is fly in the day before and out the day after, which buys two easy evenings and a free morning to actually see the town. Here’s the plan — logistics first, then the fun. ...