Rob Ragan
FOUNDING CONTRIBUTOROffensive security researcher and AI agent architect. Founder of Starlog.
offensive securityAI agentspenetration testingred teamingapplication security
1661 articles
Rob Ragan is an offensive security researcher and AI agent architect who has spent two decades breaking into systems and building tools to automate the process.
// ARTICLES BY ROB RAGAN
Developer Tools
Sleepy Puppy: Netflix's Deprecated XSS Hunter and the Evolution of Enterprise Security Testing
By Rob Ragan ★ 97 Unknown May 14, 2026
Infrastructure
How Netflix Taught the World to Containerize Microservices
By Rob Ragan ★ 405 Unknown May 14, 2026
Cybersecurity
Sleepy Puppy: How Netflix Built a Callback-Based XSS Detection System That Tracked Payloads Across Time and Applications
By Rob Ragan ★ 1.0k Unknown May 14, 2026
Developer Tools
Controlling Your Nest Thermostat Without Google's Permission: A Reverse-Engineering Story
By Rob Ragan ★ 298 Unknown May 14, 2026
Developer Tools
Parsing Mandrill Inbound Webhooks: A Minimal Python Wrapper Worth Understanding
By Rob Ragan ★ 18 Unknown May 14, 2026
Developer Tools
Building an SSL MITM Proxy in 100 Lines of Shell Script
By Rob Ragan ★ 183 Unknown May 14, 2026
Developer Tools
Skyline: Etsy's Ensemble Voting Approach to Zero-Configuration Anomaly Detection
By Rob Ragan ★ 1 Unknown May 14, 2026
Developer Tools
Pony: A GPG-Backed Secret Store That Fits in a Single File
By Rob Ragan ★ 150 Unknown May 14, 2026
AI Dev Tools
The Archaeology of Mac Dev Setup: What a 2012 Environment Guide Teaches Us About Developer Tooling Evolution
By Rob Ragan ★ 168 Unknown May 14, 2026
Cybersecurity
Wifiphisher: Building Convincing Rogue Access Points for Red Team Engagements
By Rob Ragan ★ 14.6k Unknown May 14, 2026
Developer Tools
Building a Magic: The Gathering Card Scanner with OpenCV Background Subtraction
By Rob Ragan ★ 68 Unknown May 14, 2026
Developer Tools
Building a Magic: The Gathering Card Scanner with Classical Computer Vision
By Rob Ragan ★ 115 Unknown May 14, 2026