Patch's Corner

Meet the laziest security guard in software.

Patch Murphy is a fictional composite of every engineer who learned security by trying to avoid pager duty.

Patch Murphy
“I wasn't trying to build secure software. I was trying to build software that didn't wake me up at 3 AM.”

— Patch Murphy

Latest uploads

Security rants that double as tutorials.

Why Edge Cases Bite

Patch walks through the 20 Questions crash and the test cases it inspired.

Never Trust the Client

Packet spoofing dramatized with doodles, plus mitigation strategies.

Automation Saved My Sleep

Dot-com scripts, alert sounds, and why boredom births bugs.

The bit

Why Patch exists.

Voice & tone

Dry humor, analogies from the 90s, and the occasional "trust but verify" rant.

Formats

Short videos, illustrated explainers, and long-form guides with footnotes.

Channels

YouTube, X, newsletter (later), and cameo quotes across the site.