September 20, 2026
The External SSD Setup I Settled on for My Mac mini M4 Pro
Why I skipped Apple's storage upgrade pricing and paired an OWC Express 1M2 enclosure with a Samsung 990 PRO 2TB SSD instead.
Tech & Society
At The Engine Room, I work on Digital Security, Resilient Technical Infrastructures, and AI Accountability. I write about what I build and learn along the way.
- Previously
- Mozilla Tech & Society Fellow
- Work featured by
- Wired, BBC, Vice, The New York Times, and Rest of World
Recent Writing
Read all writingAugust 3, 2025
Building a RAG Pipeline in Digital Ocean plus attaching AI Agents
A practical guide to building a RAG pipeline and attaching an AI agent on Digital Ocean.
August 2, 2025
Uploading files to Digital Ocean Spaces using Boto3
A guide for using Boto3 and S3-Compatible Digital Ocean Spaces
Selected Work
View allCybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT)
Together with The Engine Room’s CAT team, I maintain the Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, improving accessibility and language support so civil society organisations can assess and strengthen digital security more easily.
JavaScript · Python · Docker · Kubernetes
MeringueOS
An ARM-based operating system built for educational purposes. I also published a step-by-step development guide that readers can follow and replicate.
ARM Assembly · Linker Script · C
Research
View allMozilla Foundation · September 8, 2021
Inside the Shadowy World of Disinformation-for-hire in Kenya
The Engine Room · September 16, 2026
Lessons from indigenous communities on the secure and community-led use of offline knowledge sharing tools
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