MacAdmins 2026 Session: Security Called

Security Called: How I Turned a Scripting Disaster into a GitOps Pipeline, presented at the Mac Admins Conference at Penn State.

July 9, 2026 · 1 min · Matt Parker

MacAdmins 2026 Workshop: macOS GitOps with Shikomi

A 3.5-hour hands-on build-along workshop on macOS GitOps with Shikomi, presented at the Mac Admins Conference at Penn State.

July 7, 2026 · 1 min · Matt Parker

Introducing Hikae: Notes Kept for Later

Why I built a cross-platform bookmark manager backed by GitHub, and what it means to have a single capture-to-recall system that works everywhere without iCloud.

June 16, 2026 · 2 min · Matt Parker

MDMenuBar Is Now Beacon

What happened when a Markdown file previewer became my daily ops dashboard, and everything that changed along the way: a new name, a proper app bundle, URL source mode, alert integrations, and a bridge into a local web dashboard.

June 10, 2026 · 7 min · Matt Parker

LutzTalk Podcast: Episode 7

A conversation about treating Mac scripts like production code, building Shikomi, learning through curiosity, and using AI without outsourcing judgment.

May 5, 2026 · 1 min · Matt Parker

LutzTalk Podcast: macOS GitOps, Shikomi, and Staying Relevant in IT

A conversation with Austin Lutz about treating Mac scripts like production code, building Shikomi, learning through curiosity, and using AI without outsourcing judgment.

May 5, 2026 · 1 min · Matt Parker

Detecting Shadow AI on Managed Macs

As AI tools proliferate faster than security reviews can keep up, IT teams need fleet-wide visibility into what’s actually running. Three Jamf Extension Attributes for detecting LiteLLM, compromised npm packages, and AI gateway tools across your managed endpoints.

April 21, 2026 · 4 min · Matt Parker

MDMenuBar: A Native macOS Markdown Previewer That Lives in Your Menu Bar

Why I built a lightweight native Swift app to preview Markdown and HTML files from the menu bar, and what I learned writing a custom Markdown renderer without any dependencies.

April 7, 2026 · 2 min · Matt Parker

Managing TestFlight with Bash and 1Password

A Bash and SwiftDialog tool for managing TestFlight testers, with the App Store Connect private key in 1Password and ES256 JWT authentication implemented from scratch.

March 17, 2026 · 7 min · Matt Parker

Sentinel: Building a CVE-Aware macOS Update System

Sentinel turns CVE severity into macOS update urgency: a Jamf orchestrator builds phased deployment plans, and a notifier explains the deadline to users.

January 30, 2026 · 10 min · Matt Parker