Rob Ragan
FOUNDING CONTRIBUTOROffensive 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
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