Matt Sayar
@mattsayar.com
AI PM @Anomali | ex-Splunk | Learning to love code again with LLMs
It's cybersecurity awareness month. There, now you know it's October.
October 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It's cybersecurity awareness month. There, now you know it's October.
Me: *motioning my wrist with the smartwatch* do you take tap to pay?
Drug Dealer: ...
Drug Dealer: ...
October 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Me: *motioning my wrist with the smartwatch* do you take tap to pay?
Drug Dealer: ...
Drug Dealer: ...
Didn't expect this collab @simonwillison.net
October 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Didn't expect this collab @simonwillison.net
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"doxxing" was named after the first person doxed, Robert Dox, 4520 Jacobs Ave, Belview, MN
October 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"doxxing" was named after the first person doxed, Robert Dox, 4520 Jacobs Ave, Belview, MN
October 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Sonnet 4.5 is better, but it's not quite there yet for the dream of personalized software
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NOW is personalized software a thing?
Not that long ago, I tried to use Claude to customize Publii, the app I use to make this website. It didn't do so well. Literally the next day, Anthropic announced the Claude 4 family, and now Claude ...
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October 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Sonnet 4.5 is better, but it's not quite there yet for the dream of personalized software
mattsayar.com/now-is-perso...
mattsayar.com/now-is-perso...
I made a machine learning model to learn more about how they work. It even worked!
https://mattsayar.com/can-ai-tell-if-im-writing-ai-slop-a-machine-learning-journey/
https://mattsayar.com/can-ai-tell-if-im-writing-ai-slop-a-machine-learning-journey/
Can AI tell if I'm writing AI slop? A machine learning journey
Sometime around ChatGPT's initial release, everyone decided that Machine Learning (ML) is also going to be called 'AI' now. It's high time I learned a little bit more about creating machine learning models, so I thought it would be fun to make one trained on…
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September 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I made a machine learning model to learn more about how they work. It even worked!
https://mattsayar.com/can-ai-tell-if-im-writing-ai-slop-a-machine-learning-journey/
https://mattsayar.com/can-ai-tell-if-im-writing-ai-slop-a-machine-learning-journey/
This dumb cutie doesn't even know what ChatGPT is
August 31, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This dumb cutie doesn't even know what ChatGPT is
Such a great, intuitive intro to neural networks
How Can AI ID a Cat? An Illustrated Guide. | Quanta Magazine
Neural networks power today’s AI boom. To understand them, all we need is a map, a cat and a few thousand dimensions.
www.quantamagazine.org
August 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Such a great, intuitive intro to neural networks
How is Costco almost 3x cheaper for vanilla extract? I understand economies of scale and buying in bulk but... How??
August 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
How is Costco almost 3x cheaper for vanilla extract? I understand economies of scale and buying in bulk but... How??
@simonwillison.net did your speaker invitation get lost in the mail? www.airisksummit.com
AI Risk Summit | 2025 Conference | Register today
The AI Risk Summit 2025 brings together security and risk management executives, AI researchers, policy makers, software developers and businesses.
www.airisksummit.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
@simonwillison.net did your speaker invitation get lost in the mail? www.airisksummit.com
The irony of using AI to secure AI
https://mattsayar.com/letting-inmates-run-the-asylum-using-ai-to-secure-ai/
https://mattsayar.com/letting-inmates-run-the-asylum-using-ai-to-secure-ai/
Letting inmates run the asylum: Using AI to secure AI
One of Anthropic's quieter releases recently was their 'Security Review,' where Claude Code can identify and fix security issues in your code. But how good is it really? In my case, will it find issues with code it helped me write for my newsletter service…
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August 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The irony of using AI to secure AI
https://mattsayar.com/letting-inmates-run-the-asylum-using-ai-to-secure-ai/
https://mattsayar.com/letting-inmates-run-the-asylum-using-ai-to-secure-ai/
Am I the weird one for joining Zooms when they start instead of +2 minutes later?
August 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Am I the weird one for joining Zooms when they start instead of +2 minutes later?
My kid says "No I amn't" and I can't
August 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My kid says "No I amn't" and I can't
So NOT SentinelOne as previously rumored. PAM instead of Endpoint. Interesting
Palo Alto Networks could finalize a deal for CyberArk as early as this week. Assuming a typical deal premium, a deal could value CyberArk well above its $20 billion market value.
Palo Alto Networks Nears Over $20 Billion Deal for Cybersecurity Firm CyberArk
www.wsj.com/business/dea...
Palo Alto Networks Nears Over $20 Billion Deal for Cybersecurity Firm CyberArk
www.wsj.com/business/dea...
Exclusive | Palo Alto Networks Nears Over $20 Billion Deal for Cybersecurity Firm CyberArk
A deal for the Israeli firm would be the latest in big tech’s cybersecurity consolidation.
www.wsj.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
So NOT SentinelOne as previously rumored. PAM instead of Endpoint. Interesting
Tri-tip used to be a great value, but that's not true so much anymore. I recently bought four lbs of pork tenderloin for a grand total of $12 and half of it fed my whole family with leftovers. Highly recommend this recipe
www.menshealth.com/nutrition/a6...
www.menshealth.com/nutrition/a6...
This Pork Tenderloin ‘Steak’ Has 33 Grams of Protein Per Serving
It’s fit chef Giorgio Rapicavoli’s go-to healthy meal.
www.menshealth.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Tri-tip used to be a great value, but that's not true so much anymore. I recently bought four lbs of pork tenderloin for a grand total of $12 and half of it fed my whole family with leftovers. Highly recommend this recipe
www.menshealth.com/nutrition/a6...
www.menshealth.com/nutrition/a6...
This has been a really great way to show the power of LLMs at work
https://mattsayar.com/how-i-make-an-mcp-server-out-of-almost-anything/
https://mattsayar.com/how-i-make-an-mcp-server-out-of-almost-anything/
How I make an MCP server out of almost anything
Now that Anthropic has more support for connectors, I want to show you how I've been creating my own Model Context Protocol servers for months now. This lets you use LLMs to interact with just about any tool you have API access to, and it's…
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July 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This has been a really great way to show the power of LLMs at work
https://mattsayar.com/how-i-make-an-mcp-server-out-of-almost-anything/
https://mattsayar.com/how-i-make-an-mcp-server-out-of-almost-anything/
Brevo, the email service, is having an outbound email outage. The good news is you can subscribe to updates via email! status.brevo.com
Brevo Status
Latest service status for Brevo
status.brevo.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Brevo, the email service, is having an outbound email outage. The good news is you can subscribe to updates via email! status.brevo.com
It's like trying the doorknob before kicking in the door
https://mattsayar.com/never-hurts-to-ask-getting-a-drm-free-ebook/
https://mattsayar.com/never-hurts-to-ask-getting-a-drm-free-ebook/
Never Hurts to Ask: Getting a DRM-free eBook
I recently purchased a Kindle book from Amazon called Operationalizing Threat Intelligence. The book itself isn't important (well it is to me, but that's not the point of this post). It's a hefty book at 600+ pages, and I don't love reading textbooks on my…
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July 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's like trying the doorknob before kicking in the door
https://mattsayar.com/never-hurts-to-ask-getting-a-drm-free-ebook/
https://mattsayar.com/never-hurts-to-ask-getting-a-drm-free-ebook/
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Join me on July 24th for a webinar on how ransomware has evolved, why organizations keep getting hit, and how thinking like an attacker improves defense.
📅 July 24 2025
🕚 11:30 AM EST (slot 1)
🕚 10:00 AM GMT (slot 2)
🔗 www.manageengine.com/products/des...
📅 July 24 2025
🕚 11:30 AM EST (slot 1)
🕚 10:00 AM GMT (slot 2)
🔗 www.manageengine.com/products/des...
July 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Join me on July 24th for a webinar on how ransomware has evolved, why organizations keep getting hit, and how thinking like an attacker improves defense.
📅 July 24 2025
🕚 11:30 AM EST (slot 1)
🕚 10:00 AM GMT (slot 2)
🔗 www.manageengine.com/products/des...
📅 July 24 2025
🕚 11:30 AM EST (slot 1)
🕚 10:00 AM GMT (slot 2)
🔗 www.manageengine.com/products/des...
Reposted by Matt Sayar
Is it Calendar Month at every nonprofit this July??
July 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Is it Calendar Month at every nonprofit this July??