Week starting: 2nd February
This week was a mix of creating, experimenting, and planning ahead.
What I worked on
I authored a few more challenges for an international CTF scheduled to run around mid of February. Most of the work here was focused on refining ideas and making sure the challenges are both fun and fair.
I also spent some time playing around with Claude Skills, mainly out of curiosity. I ended up comparing outputs between GPT Go, Claude Free, and a few custom GPTs. AI tooling is genuinely fun to experiment with… although it’s also very easy to see how it can get expensive.
On the learning side, I started studying cloud security, with a particular focus on Azure, as part of my certification plans for the year.
Key takeaways
AI experimentation feels most useful when it’s tied to a real workflow. The next step here is figuring out how to set up an LLM that can interface with my Obsidian notes in a way that’s actually practical.
It also feels good to start laying groundwork for skills I know I’ll need later in the year, rather than cramming them last minute.
Challenges and friction
There was a lot of context switching this week — between authoring, experimenting, studying, and general admin work — which made focus harder at times.
Other updates
- Started working on ideas for a few sessions I’ll be delivering later in the year
- Took care of some extra work for a project I’m currently building (more on that soon)
Looking ahead
Next week will be about tightening focus and turning some of this exploration into more concrete progress.
Laying more groundwork for what’s coming next.