Coding/Software Development

Writing

Featured DeerTrees - Unified Content-Agnostic Site Structure
Posted: Feb. 2, 2017, 6:59 p.m. Content-agnostic site structure app (categories, tags, etc), forming the backbone of this site.
Featured Sunset - Advanced Image Gallery
Updated: Nov. 21, 2017, 5:36 p.m. Sunset is a full-featured image gallery, with several key features not found in any other Django app (and certainly not all within the same one).
Featured Remote Forensic Investigation Platform
Posted: Sept. 2, 2016, 6:47 p.m. In 2013, I took on the biggest project of my career: building a large-scale remote forensic investigation platform.
Featured USPSOIG.gov Rebuild
Posted: Nov. 30, 2015, 12:22 p.m. Even though this project didn't primarily involve Django or Python, this was one of my favorite projects at the USPS OIG, and probably the only time I've ever genuinely enjoyed working with Drupal.
Featured Natasha's Résumé
Updated: Feb. 2, 2022, 10:15 a.m. Natasha L. is a highly-skilled Python developer, with experience spanning a variety of industries, inluding law enforcement, information security, and digital forensics.
Featured Technical Info and Credits
Updated: Feb. 11, 2022, 4:49 p.m. Technical information about the site and its dependencies, and third-party developer/software credits.
USPSOIG.gov HTTP Secure Transport Security/HSTS Preload
Posted: Feb. 19, 2016, 3:39 p.m. Implementation of HSTS headers on USPSOIG.gov
Data Analytics And Technical Expert Services (DANTES)
Updated: Jan. 12, 2017, 5:56 p.m. Multi-agency platform for information and resource sharing between Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs).
USPSOIG.gov Savings Impact Model (SIM)
Posted: July 27, 2014, 2:36 p.m. PHP/jQuery calculator to show the budgetary impact of the USPS OIG's audit findings.
DeerBooks - Text/Writing Management
Revised: March 20, 2022, 4:49 p.m. DeerBooks is the latest version of one of my earliest PHP projects; a text-focused content management system with features that no other CMS has.
Blackwolf PHP Framework
Posted: Dec. 28, 2008, 9:17 p.m. This document details the usage, installation, and configuration of the PHP-based modular site framework designed by Natasha L., with gracious assistance and guidance from William Harris. This system was designed to be lightweight, highly portable...
The Mentor's Hacker Manifesto
Posted: Jan. 8, 1986, 11:17 p.m. This is a rather well-known piece of writing, and it's captured my imagination for many years. Unfortunately, copies of its original text aren't always easy to find. So, I'm providing a mirror of it here. The original plain-text file is also...

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