Modules – The Execution Units
Modules are small working horses.
Tactical code units. One module. One function. The UNIX way.
Clear Python code.
You don’t need Python – modules are abstracted to YAML.
03 Objective: Execution Vectors – Modules & Tasks
Month: August 2025
02 Objective: Whispers to Hosts – Inventories
You don’t command what you can’t see.
You don’t control what you can’t reach.
Inventories are your maps.
Your whispers travel through them.
01 Objective: Forge The Blade – Deploy And Configure
Ansible brings surgical precision, or chaos and entropy.
The key is the installation and configuration.
Don’t go in war with a blunt sword.
Continue reading “01 Objective: Forge The Blade – Deploy And Configure”00 The Special Forces Of Operations – Ansible Tactical Briefing
You whispered.
DeadSwitch delivers.
Ansible for the ghosts.
A training? No.
Tactical briefing.
Common Lisp – Surgical Cuts With The Loop
The loop macro looks like noise to the untrained eye.
Parentheses stretch, clauses scatter, intentions get lost in plain sight.
Most devs avoid it, afraid it will swallow their code.
We don’t fear.
We carve.
Learn To Cut – Common Lisp For Ghosts
DeadSwitch signaled another great article. Read it below.
Lisp is a family of languages.
Common Lisp is standardized (ANSI Common Lisp, 1994).
It’s not just a language.
It’s a ritual. A framework.
Continue reading “Learn To Cut – Common Lisp For Ghosts”A tool that’s known by a minority – a cipher for the Ghosts.
The Exploit Of The Mind – Social Engineering
Our Ghost – DeadSwitch sent us a field-note on Social Engineering. The Signal is below:
An innocent email.
A casual phone call.
They warn of a password change.
They demand an account review.
You open a form.
Your data bleeds.
Small Business Cybersecurity Starter Kit – Ghost Curated
Large enterprises?
Small businesses?
Threat actors watch them.
They want your data.
They hunt for your money.
Whales defend themselves.
Dedicated security teams.
Budget for tools.
Small businesses?
Vulnerable.
No security team.
No IT budget.
No shield.
Easy targets.
For you, protection comes in a different form.
Continue reading “Small Business Cybersecurity Starter Kit – Ghost Curated”Blades Of The Ghost – Isolated AI
A ghost needs clarity.
A ghost needs focus.
Assistants can help.
But who should the ghost trust?
Never the cloud.
Never the crowd.
Never the loud.
Sealed, local AI can be a worthy companion.
Not to do the work – but to check it.
A second edge. A quiet whisper.
AI Prompts As Silent Daggers
Every word counts.
Communication is the key between humans.
And in the human-machine conversations?
The words have weight.
New Release: Whisper Engine v1.0.0
The day has come.
It grew in silence.
It’s forged in the shadows.
Its signal is strong.
The foundation is elegant.
No fluff. No garbage.
Ghost Logs – The Journalctl
Systemd is with us. Some operators embrace it.
Others curse its name.
Still, the system must run. Operate. Log.
Logs are not just noise.
They are footsteps.
If you want to trace them – you use journalctl.
If you can’t use it, you’re blind in a fog of noise.
New Release: Whisper Engine v0.2.0
DeadSwitch delivered a new blade again.
The Ghost evolves.
Silence is not absence – it is control.
Structure births clarity.
Chaos hides truth.
Version 0.2.0 is a major step for the Whisper Engine –
introducing Category Pages and Post Sorting by Category.
Privacy Focused Life – You Don’t Have To Disappear
Privacy is not a switch with two options.
You can -and should- choose your level of privacy.
Don’t delete your social media account just for privacy.
Don’t burn your phone just for safety.
Basic habits will keep you safe.
Continue reading “Privacy Focused Life – You Don’t Have To Disappear”Org Mode + LaTeX: Study Physics Like a Ghost Operator
Modern physics demands clarity.
Equations must be readable. Thoughts must be archived.
Distractions must be eliminated.
Paper fades. Clutter grows. Search fails.
But a Ghost has a system.
Continue reading “Org Mode + LaTeX: Study Physics Like a Ghost Operator”
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