serena (𝑂𝑓𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒)

this is not a new observation, but it bears repeating: out of all the engineers i've worked with, it's the most competent, productive, get-shit-done-and-get-it-done-well engineers who are the most burnt out.

seeing an ugly website at the dawn of personal computing in the 90s: rad, sweet, tubular

seeing an ugly ai generated poster in 2026: swagless, stale, cringe

so excited to announce a new Cybersecurity Partnership between me and the guy I just hacked 😌🌸

some of you are too well adjusted. go touch screen

touching grass: a comprehensive refusal

have you tried turning it off

well the great thing about generative AI is that it has cured my imposter syndrome!!!

a terrifying interaction at the ongologist: I ask a question, he opens up chatgpt and asks the same question to it, in front of me. Lets the phone talk back and then repeats what the phone said.

bro i could've done that myself. what are you here for

guys guys guys i'm gonna be in spain for the world cup final and i'm trying to stay so normal about it

I TRICKED THE ORGANISERS INTO LETTING ME TALK ABOUT THE LOCK ICON FOR 20 MINS. ENJOY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XewZd2sqVMg #bsides #security

upon reviewing my talk slides i caught a mistake — i said that 1994 was over 20 years ago but it is actually over 30 years ago. RIP me if you need me i will be lying face down in damp peat

i'm gonna be honest with y'all every time i write now it's like, is anyone actually gonna read this or are they going to put it into the meat grinder 3000

talking to computers pre 2022: sudo rm -rf
talking to computers post 2024: please please please can you please delete these files please i beg of you okay!!! try very hard please

@lcamtuf@infosec.exchange wait, this is my home

it's xkcd/538 all over again, except the $5 wrench is a Helpful AI Assistant

they horrors may persist but at least i've never posted an affiliate link

so on top of my wellness i’m listening to my guided meditation on 2x speed

I Don’t Care if A.I. is So Good We Can’t Tell it’s Not Human. That’s Not The Point. https://serena.nz/writing/the-quality-is-not-the-point/

gotta be honest with you i begrudgingly miss that time in my life when i was ignorant about everything and spent my time obsessing over shit that doesn't matter

"social engineering" but it's just me saying please and thank you

good things take decades to build and moments to undo

you godless heathens running Doom on DNS and CSS...... I simply close my eyes and See the Divine Pixels

ah, yes, the biblically accurate "under construction" tape

lord grant me the patience not to get annoyed at people who answer questions with AI generated text

good morning #bsidessf come see my standup routine at 11:15 in theatre 7 it will be a chill and fun story time and require very few brain cells 😇

In this essay, I won't

in a terminal in linux trying to get copy and paste to work and it's so awkward i feel like i'm learning to use a new limb

dropping excessive em dashes in my next essay bc i'm reclaiming it for the humans 😤

hi is this the void i can scream into?

guy on the bus is playing music super loud on his speaker... but ........ he's playing the CLEAN VERSION of all the songs. this is so funny to me .. man is being respectfully disrespectful....

the emails will not find you if you stay very still and quiet

Thank you to all the blood donors out there, you literally save lives and it is no small thing

why would i want AI do to make shitty writing for me when i can already do that myself 😤

going through archived work and got jumpscared by the fact that my podcast used to be broadcast on local radio in the manawatū