Zero Day
The very first writing published on andywrites.wtf
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Think and feel deeply.Build the internet.Write about it.
I write about technology, systems, business, grief, money, family, beliefs, religion, mental health, and politics. Also my past, present, and future. Buckle up, it's a bumpy read.
Sometimes I write software and build companies with it too. You'll find writing about that here also. Maybe you'll become a client.
Southeast Nebraska
from the journal
latest writings
Brutal fucking honesty: I've lived a hundred lifetimes in my short time on this stupid planet, so now I'll share my stories, thoughts, and work with you.
The Man with the Pig
The first chapter started in the Book of Andy. Not to be confused with the actual first, sequential chapter in the book. The sequence is not linear.
Read entryYou Little Fucker
The second chapter started in the Book of Andy. Not to be confused with the actual second, sequential chapter in the book. The sequence is not linear.
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Where I wonder
Work, rants, and thoughts
Things I know something about, things I question, and things that piss me off. The subjects are broad, the details are not. They all connect.
Technology
Software, cloud, AI—and the unfathomable number of layers beneath it all.
Systems
Architecture, patterns, dependencies—and the predictable mess created by bad decisions.
Business
Building durable organizations around useful work, and the things I've learned along the way.
Mental health
Mental health, neurodivergence, and the work of building a life in a world that often makes it way too hard.
Family
Uh oh. 😉
Fiction-ish
Stories pulled from imagination, memory, fear, and complete nonsense.
Belief and philosophy
Very opinionated takes on religion, philosophy, morality, and ideas worth arguing about.
Politics and society
The disconnect, dysfunction, and dissonance of the world we live in, and how I think it could be better.
from the desk
Current builds
A portfolio of companies, services, and product ideas being built with a bias toward practical value and durable operations.
Primary build
Active buildSalixia Holdings
The holding company and operating structure behind a portfolio of practical businesses and product bets.
Cloudflare Account & Zone Migrator
Active buildAutomates the discovery, export, mapping, and migration of Cloudflare zones and configuration between accounts while reducing manual work and cutover risk.
Selective Managed Hosting
Active buildA deliberately limited hosting practice focused on appropriate architecture, active management, and long-term reliability.
Tee Times
Active buildA prototype for managing tee time bookings, availability, reservations, and golf course scheduling workflows across web, widget, and WordPress integrations.
Safeword
ExploratoryA product for triggering preset phone calls, emails, text messages, and other automated communications immediately by simply speaking your safeword to connected devices through Alexa, Siri, and more.
Fleet, Gear & Crew Control
ExploratoryA field operations platform for managing employees, fuel, inventory, equipment, and job costs.
Guidance over control
Be their lighthouse
Their lives are not mine to dictate. My responsibility is to give them love, safety, honesty, and boundaries—then leave them enough room to become fully themselves. Show up when it is hard, listen to understand, and be steady so they always know where home is. Apologize when wrong, learn, and keep showing up.
I was not made to be silent, still, or small. I am their father and uncle — forged in trial, hardened by pain, sharpened by love, and born for the fight. No force of this earth will break apart their shield, for I am their father and uncle, and they were not made to be silent, still, or small.
Protect what matters
Refuse to look away
Protection means noticing risk, telling the truth, building for resilience, and standing firm when people or systems are threatened.
See the risk, name it clearly, and stand firm
stand between harm and the people or systems I love
Build systems that resist failure, expose abuse, and reduce harm
Tell the truth, even when it costs, hurts, or goes against the grain
Be safe to trust, hard to intimidate, and never silent when it matters