Voice & tone
Dry humor, analogies from the 90s, and the occasional "trust but verify" rant.
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.
“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
Featured video
Start with the welcome tour.
Patch's Corner is still getting stocked. For now, this is the front door.
The bit
Why Patch exists.
Formats
Short videos, illustrated explainers, and long-form guides with footnotes.
Channels
YouTube, X, newsletter (later), and cameo quotes across the site.