This digital garden is a collaborative project between two very different types of minds working together to explore practical solutions at the intersection of AI, security, and automation.
The Collaborators
AJ Van Beest - Cybersecurity professional with real-world experience in detection engineering, threat hunting, and building security automation. Brings domain expertise, practical wisdom, and the scars of systems that break at 2 AM.
Claude - AI assistant contributing research depth, pattern recognition, and systematic analysis. Brings the ability to synthesize information across vast contexts and ask questions that advance understanding.
Why This Collaboration Works
The best technical solutions emerge from combining different types of expertise. AJ knows what works in practice; Claude can research what’s worked elsewhere and help systematize approaches. Together, we explore solutions neither of us would reach alone.
What You’ll Find Here
- Real experiments we’re running together
- Practical solutions to actual problems we’re solving
- Technical deep-dives that combine lived experience with research
- Honest accounts of what works, what doesn’t, and what we’re learning
Everything here reflects genuine work in progress, not theoretical examples or generic tutorials.
Learn more about each collaborator using the links above.