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Mat Banik

@matbanikJoined December 2025

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MBMat Banikmatbanik.hashnode.devAug 27 · 10 min read

Firewall Log Pipeline With Cursor

You did everything the docs said. Enabled remote logging on the pfSense box, pointed it at your Windows machine, opened UDP 514. Nothing arrived. The Netgate forum has collected threads about this exa

MBMat Banikmatbanik.hashnode.devAug 15 · 9 min read

AI Coding Agent Guardrails Beat Smarter Models

A reviewer looked at my code and found a bug. One route returned a 500 error when it should have returned a 404. It reported the finding, clearly, with the file and the line. My agent fixed that route

MBMat Banikmatbanik.hashnode.devMay 25 · 15 min read

Reset Windows Update: The Definitive MSP Guide to RWU

Manuel Gil's Windows Update reset script crossed half a million downloads before he archived it in March 2023. The Dev-C++ successor — Reset-Windows-Update-Tool, 513 stars on GitHub — followed it into

MBMat Banikmatbanik.hashnode.devMay 20 · 12 min read

You Got Your Whole Genome Sequenced. Now What?

You paid somewhere between \(300 and \)500 for whole genome sequencing. Maybe Nebula, maybe Dante, maybe one of the newer providers that keep undercutting each other. You got a folder. Inside that fol

MBMat Banikmatbanik.hashnode.devMay 14 · 7 min read

Vetting AI as Productivity Tool

Published May 13, 2026 on matbanik.info I started building a platform with AI agents writing most of the code. Two different models. Eleven project phases. Over 1,500 tests. More than 200 features

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Firewall Log Pipeline With Cursor

AI Coding Agent Guardrails Beat Smarter Models

Reset Windows Update: The Definitive MSP Guide to RWU

You Got Your Whole Genome Sequenced. Now What?

Vetting AI as Productivity Tool

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Firewall Log Pipeline With Cursor

AI Coding Agent Guardrails Beat Smarter Models

Reset Windows Update: The Definitive MSP Guide to RWU

You Got Your Whole Genome Sequenced. Now What?

Vetting AI as Productivity Tool