Bbarath.ai
Now

What I'm focused on, right now.

A short snapshot, updated when something meaningful changes. Inspired by the /now movement.

Last updated April 28, 2026

Building

  • Project Netra — shift-left controls for AI coding assistants at Adobe
  • Adobe Cyber Trail (ACT) — turning fragmented security signals into automated response
  • RAG + multi-agent experiments on the side (LangChain / LangGraph)

Writing

  • An essay on the secure-blocks methodology
  • A short series on LLM-assisted threat modeling
  • Weekly notes on what's actually working with AI in production security

Speaking & advising

  • M3AAWG, BSidesSF, OWASP SF chapter sessions in 2025
  • Advisor — Strategic AI Program, USF School of Management
  • Active member, Cyberpeace Institute

Testing

  • Local model setups for offline drafting and triage
  • Long-running research agents for slow background work
  • Prompt-as-API patterns — versioned, observable, owned

Reading & links

  • The Bitter Lesson

    Re-read every quarter. The compass for AI work. Rich Sutton

    Reading
  • Software 3.0

    Models as the new abstraction layer — clean framing. Andrej Karpathy

    Reading
  • Prompts as APIs

    Treat prompts the way you treat endpoints: versioned, observable, owned. Personal note

    Reading
  • Deep Research Loops

    Why a slow agent that's right beats a fast agent that's confident. Build log

    Tools