Matthew GladneyI write software that secures cloud providers and AI agents - with AI agents. Cloud and AI security engineering, at scale.https://getglad.me/Red-Teaming the Overseerhttps://getglad.me/writing/red-teaming-the-overseer/https://getglad.me/writing/red-teaming-the-overseer/Last post I built a guardrail and then spent a fair number of words telling you it works. You should not believe me. A guardrail you haven't attacked isn't a…Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTagentic-aisecurityred-teamGuardrails as the Action Classifierhttps://getglad.me/writing/guardrails-as-the-action-classifier/https://getglad.me/writing/guardrails-as-the-action-classifier/We ended the last round with a purposefully painful UX - a registered FunctionGroup middleware named hitl_approval, sitting between the agent and every tool…Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTagentic-aisecuritynemo-guardrailsA Brief Detour into Tool Developmenthttps://getglad.me/writing/a-brief-detour-into-tool-development/https://getglad.me/writing/a-brief-detour-into-tool-development/To underline how auto mode solves the click-fest from the prior post, we need the pain to feel real. We're going to briefly get into tool construction and…Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTagentic-ainemo-agent-toolkittoolsThe Agent Loophttps://getglad.me/writing/the-agent-loop/https://getglad.me/writing/the-agent-loop/So with all those words about autonomy spectrums out of the way, let's build an agent loop.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTagentic-ainemo-agent-toolkitpythonThe Permission Problemhttps://getglad.me/writing/the-permission-problem/https://getglad.me/writing/the-permission-problem/Why every agent system eventually needs an auto-mode classifier - and what it takes to build Claude Code-style permission handling on a fully open-source stack.Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTagentic-aisecuritypermissionsRationalizing Cloud Custodian Orchestrationhttps://getglad.me/2024/06/01/rationalizing-cloud-custodian-orchestration/https://getglad.me/2024/06/01/rationalizing-cloud-custodian-orchestration/Cloud Custodian is a powerful cloud service provider management tool that has occupied a considerable percentage of my professional headspace.Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTc7npythonUsing Terraform to Write Terraform for Software-Vended Infrastructure Blockshttps://getglad.me/2024/05/04/using-terraform-to-write-terraform-for-software-vended-infrastructure-blocks/https://getglad.me/2024/05/04/using-terraform-to-write-terraform-for-software-vended-infrastructure-blocks/A general thread running through the Terraform value proposition is creating a culture of clearly defined and source-controlled infrastructure artifacts.Sat, 04 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTgolangterraformUsing Github Actions to ship RDS schema migrations without exposing your instance to the internethttps://getglad.me/2024/03/02/using-github-actions-to-ship-rds-schema-migrations-_without_-exposing-your-instance-to-the-internet/https://getglad.me/2024/03/02/using-github-actions-to-ship-rds-schema-migrations-_without_-exposing-your-instance-to-the-internet/GitHub Actions has become many teams’ go-to code-building and container-shipping solution. With its support for chained workflows, your commits to the main…Sat, 02 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTdatabase-managementgithub-actionsnetworkingSharing Secrets Among Terraform Friendshttps://getglad.me/2024/02/03/sharing-secrets-among-terraform-friends/https://getglad.me/2024/02/03/sharing-secrets-among-terraform-friends/In small team environments, establishing good practices around secret sharing can feel like an “important pattern with little practical application” and thus…Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTterraformtfcvault