How a single committed secret inspired a complete rethinking of Jamf Pro script management, and the open-source framework that came out of it. Presented at JNUC 2026, Kansas City, MO.
Two small Python tools that feed Snipe-IT from both ends of a Mac’s life: abm2snipe creates pre-deployment assets from Apple Business Manager orders, and jamf2snipe keeps enrolled devices current. Notes on pagination bugs, a BYOD filter that silently didn’t work, and signing an ES256 client assertion for Apple’s newer API.
What I put in a half-day workshop on versioned, secret-scanned, linted macOS script repos: Gitleaks, ShellCheck, semantic versioning, CI, and what to do when a secret is already in your history.
A security-first architecture for JIT admin and MDM automation that keeps directory API secrets off managed Macs.
Security Called: How I Turned a Scripting Disaster into a GitOps Pipeline, presented at the Mac Admins Conference at Penn State.
A 3.5-hour hands-on build-along workshop on macOS GitOps with Shikomi, presented at the Mac Admins Conference at Penn State.
How a script scaffolding tool grew from an interactive wizard into a full GitOps workflow, and what I learned presenting it at the Concord Software Developers meetup.
One Committed Secret and the Scaffolding Tool That Changed My Workflow, presented at the Concord Software Developers meetup, Concord, NC.
A conversation about treating Mac scripts like production code, building Shikomi, learning through curiosity, and using AI without outsourcing judgment.
A conversation with Austin Lutz about treating Mac scripts like production code, building Shikomi, learning through curiosity, and using AI without outsourcing judgment.