Command Line Log Analysis Meets the Age of Agents

Command Line Log Analysis Meets the Age of Agents
Zine collage: a brass doorknob labeled Dead as a Doorknob, crossed out, next to a crank press turning a pile of log printouts into one short card, with a Petit Is Back tape strip

Petit, my command line log analysis tool from 2009, is back. It shrank logs for sysadmins, and now it shrinks them for AI agents too.

Defending Your Agents Against Adversarial Trajectory Guidance (And Other Gnarly Things)

Defending Your Agents Against Adversarial Trajectory Guidance (And Other Gnarly Things)
Prompt injection defense with Trentina MCP gateway - blocked packet quarantine

If you’ve been following Trentina, you know I’ve been beating the drum on prompt injection defense for a while now. I built a three-layer quarantine system, wrote about prompt injection in terms of epidemiology, and generally been that guy at the party who won’t shut up about how your AI agent is going to get

Synchronizing Red Hat Hardened Images Packages to Red Hat Satellite

Synchronizing Red Hat Hardened Images Packages to Red Hat Satellite
Zine-collage illustration of a satellite beaming RPM package crates into a container, thumbnail candidate

Sync Red Hat Hardened Images RPM packages to Red Hat Satellite with full GPG validation — ideal for building containers in disconnected environments.

Your Container Image Customizations Belong to You, Not Your Vendor

Your Container Image Customizations Belong to You, Not Your Vendor
Container image customizations shown as a complex Rube Goldberg build pipeline with multiple vendor portals versus a simple Containerfile

I’ve been having a lot of conversations lately with people who are evaluating hardened container image vendors, and one particular feature keeps coming up that, frankly, surprises me. Customers are asking vendors like Docker and Chainguard to pre-inject customizations into container images on their behalf, things like CA certificates, security configurations, and other environment-specific tweaks.

Red Hat Summit 2026: Introducing Fedora Hummingbird Linux

May 12-13, 2026 | Atlanta, GA Speakers: Stef Walter & Scott McCarty At Red Hat Summit 2026, Stef Walter and I introduced Fedora Hummingbird Linux — a new Linux for Builders. Abstract With more software being written faster than ever — driven by AI-assisted development — the security landscape is changing. More software means more

Red Hat Summit 2026: The Roadmap Beyond Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Building Platforms the Open Source Way

May 12-13, 2026 | Atlanta, GA Speakers: Brian Stinson & Scott McCarty At Red Hat Summit 2026, Brian Stinson and I presented “The Roadmap Beyond Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: Building Platforms the Open Source Way.” Abstract How do you build the world’s most trusted enterprise Linux platform — transparently, collaboratively, and in the open?

Red Hat Summit 2026: From Fedora to RHEL: Building the Future of Enterprise Linux Together

May 12-13, 2026 | Atlanta, GA Speakers: Jef Spaleta & Scott McCarty At Red Hat Summit 2026, Jef Spaleta (Fedora Project Lead) and I presented “From Fedora to RHEL: Building the Future of Enterprise Linux Together.” Abstract This session explores the pipeline from Fedora to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, covering the RHEL 10 launch and