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    Crab Boil

    by Patrick Kerpan | 2 Apr 2026

    Who is boiling whom? I feel compelled to defensively say, “I use LLMs every day”. As I see it there are two extremes at the moment: people who don't use AI and those who are speed-running OpenClaw, Hermes, et. al.. I am in the middle, allowing Claude Code read...

    Gee Whiz Kids!

    Gee Whiz Kids!

    by Patrick Kerpan | 23 Mar 2026

    Now that Google has completed the Wiz! acquisition I would love to see Google lead the charge to reduce false positives. The value of a security scanning product can't be "look how many things we flagged”. It needs to be “look at all the relevant things we flagged”....

    Stand Apart – but be Cohesive (part 2)

    Stand Apart – but be Cohesive (part 2)

    by Patrick Kerpan | 4 Dec 2024

    Some more thoughts about standing apart, but being Cohesive. As Cohesive Networks grows, we do struggle to keep the elements of our company that are fundamental, without being too much of a constraint on evolution and responsiveness to changing markets. Separate from...

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    Apr 2, 2026 | Compliance, Industry Events, News, Security

    LLMs/AIs are proving useful, but with some issues. With “Agentic AI” are we seeing artificial intelligence as some believe, or a more primitive and simple artificial life?

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    Gee Whiz Kids!

    Mar 23, 2026 | Compliance, News, Security

    The value of a security scanning product can’t be “look how many things we flagged”. It needs to be “look at all the relevant things we flagged”. There are enough real issues without unnecessary false positives.

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    Dec 4, 2024 | Compliance, News, Security

    We use the ‘Cohesive Way’ to build and deliver the VNS3 Network Platform. We are not unique, but our approach helps us be distinctive.

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