You keep everything running. No wonder you're tired.

I'm Mat — systems architect and wooden spoon survivor. I stopped trying harder and started building systems. This is what I found.

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Aug 26, 2026

Firewall Log Pipeline With Cursor

Build a local firewall log pipeline on Windows with NXLog and SQLite, then let Cursor query it read-only — no SIEM required.

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