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SHAUN BONK
aka introvertedspud · writer · builder · breaker
Senior Privacy Engineer · AI/LLM Security

The privacy engineer who actually understands AI internals, by day. Articles, mini games, and museum pieces by night.

Privacy EngineeringAI/LLM Security20+ yrs shipping softwareCoding since age 6Indie game dev
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CURRENT STATE
  • LATESTLOGWhat the Newest AI Coding Agents Did With My .env Filepublished 06/06/26 · 27 min
  • BUILDINGEXERoom 337A text-based atmospheric narrative about memory, identity, and the places we go when we can't wake up.
  • READINGINFprompt injection defenses for agentic tool usethe threat model nobody finished
  • SYSTEMSYSUPTIME: 35+ yrs · LOAD: nominal · HOJICHA: steeping

Articles

what I write
What the Newest AI Coding Agents Did With My .env File.NFO

What the Newest AI Coding Agents Did With My .env File

I watched an AI coding agent read my .env file. Told it not to. Watched it do it again. Then I pointed the two newest flagship models at a clean codebase to see if the newer ones were smarter about it.

06/06/26·27 min·ai-securityclaude-codedeveloper-tools
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The Hardest Part of a Text Game Is the Text9 MIN

The Hardest Part of a Text Game Is the Text

Hidden layers, invisible spans, and subpixel math. What it actually takes to make words feel right when words are all you have.

03/24/26
game-developmentroom-337
I Built a Game With My Daughters7 MIN

I Built a Game With My Daughters

What happens when a self-taught developer puts everything he knows into a game about the people he loves most.

03/07/26
game-developmentroom-337
Every Codebase Has Ghosts6 MIN

Every Codebase Has Ghosts

On the tradition of developers hiding things in their work, from Sierra game easter eggs to building my own secrets.

12/19/25
easter-eggsnostalgia
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Projects

what I build
Room 337WIP

Room 337

A text-based atmospheric narrative about memory, identity, and the places we go when we can't wake up.

12/29/25·ReactTypeScriptTauriHowler
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retro-dos-terminalACTIVE

retro-dos-terminal

A DOS-style terminal emulator for React. Because not everything needs to be Unix.

TypeScriptReactNPM
Blue Light in WinterWIP

Blue Light in Winter

A hacking game where the reason you're hacking matters more than the hacking itself.

ReactTypeScriptVite
Writing a Book I Wish I'd HadWIP

Writing a Book I Wish I'd Had

Taking a break from code to write about surviving the hard parts

writingself-helpmental-health
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Explore

hidden doors

> SPUD-NET BBS · main menu. The personality wing. Nothing here is required reading. Everything is a reward.

Games & Appsplayable bitsGuestbooksign the wall

Contact

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