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Rob Ragan

Offensive security researcher and AI agent architect. Founder of Starlog.

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1135 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. At Starlog, he curates expert deep-dives on the open-source tools reshaping offensive security and AI agent development.

// ARTICLES BY ROB RAGAN

ByteRover CLI: Building a Persistent Memory Layer for AI Coding Agents

By Rob Ragan ★ 4.0k TypeScript Apr 4, 2026

Developer Tools

dns-zonefile: Making DNS Zone Files Programmable with JSON

By Rob Ragan ★ 167 JavaScript Apr 4, 2026

Developer Tools

S3Scanner: How a 3,000-Star Go Tool Hunts Misconfigured Cloud Storage at Scale

By Rob Ragan ★ 3.0k Go Apr 4, 2026

Statistically Likely Usernames: Why Smart Pentesters Count Names Like Casinos Count Cards

By Rob Ragan ★ 1.3k Python Apr 4, 2026

gograbber: When Pentesting Tools Choose Speed Over Polish

By Rob Ragan ★ 52 Go Apr 4, 2026

ZAnnotate: Enriching Billions of IP Addresses Without Crushing Your Pipeline

By Rob Ragan ★ 112 Go Apr 4, 2026

Teaching AI Agents to Think Like CIA Analysts: Inside Structured Analysis Skill

By Rob Ragan ★ 4 Python Apr 4, 2026

Data & Knowledge

Project Wycheproof: How Google's Test Vectors Catch Crypto Bugs Before Hackers Do

By Rob Ragan ★ 3.0k Go Apr 4, 2026

Developer Tools

Building a Firebase Security Scanner: Lessons from a 100-Line Go Tool

By Rob Ragan ★ 10 Go Apr 4, 2026

Developer Tools

Building a Local Mirror of 70,000+ WordPress Plugins with SVN Revision Tracking

By Rob Ragan ★ 203 PHP Apr 4, 2026

Sysdig Inspect: Forensic-Grade System Call Analysis Without the Command Line Chaos

By Rob Ragan ★ 998 JavaScript Apr 4, 2026

Developer Tools

nmap-scrap: Turning Nmap XML Into HTTP Reconnaissance Pipelines

By Rob Ragan ★ 5 Python Apr 4, 2026