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Rob Ragan

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.

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LLM Engineering

Parameter Golf: Training Language Models Under Extreme Memory Constraints

By Rob Ragan ★ 402 Python Mar 19, 2026
AI Dev Tools

GSD-2: Building Autonomous Coding Agents That Don't Forget What They're Doing

By Rob Ragan ★ 2.0k TypeScript Mar 19, 2026
AI Agents

Crucix: Building a Self-Hosted OSINT Aggregator That Monitors 27 Intelligence Sources

By Rob Ragan ★ 3.4k JavaScript Mar 18, 2026
AI Dev Tools

Building Once, Deploying Everywhere: How Compound Engineering Standardizes AI Coding Workflows

By Rob Ragan ★ 10.5k TypeScript Mar 18, 2026
Cybersecurity

Building a Prompt-Injection-Proof AI Judge with Dual-LLM Privilege Separation

By Rob Ragan ★ 1 Python Mar 18, 2026
Data & Knowledge

GitNexus: Building Knowledge Graphs for AI Code Agents Without Servers

By Rob Ragan ★ 15.1k TypeScript Mar 16, 2026
AI Agents

When Your Smart Fridge Hijacks Your AI: Anatomy of an IoT Prompt Injection Attack

By Rob Ragan ★ 1 Python Mar 15, 2026
Developer Tools

SAT: Applying CIA Intelligence Analysis Frameworks to Large Language Models

By Rob Ragan ★ 1 Python Mar 15, 2026
AI Dev Tools

nah: A Context-Aware Permission System That Makes Claude Code Actually Safe

By Rob Ragan ★ 268 Python Mar 14, 2026
AI Dev Tools

gstack: How Garry Tan Turned Claude Into a Six-Person Engineering Team

By Rob Ragan ★ 5.3k TypeScript Mar 14, 2026
AI Dev Tools

cmux: Building a Terminal for the Age of AI Coding Agents

By Rob Ragan ★ 5.9k Swift Mar 14, 2026
Automation

Thermoptic: Bypassing Browser Fingerprinting by Puppeting Chrome Through CDP

By Rob Ragan ★ 994 JavaScript Mar 14, 2026