We guard the things that might be taken. We are careless with the only thing guaranteed to go.

From Your Capital Is Melting, Custodians

Welcome, I’m Abu Haider

This is my personal site. I write books about faith, history and the civilisation we are living through, and my working life has been in information technology and security.

The books are here to read, an essay at a time, and the blog is for whatever else I’m working on and thinking about.

Latest on the blog

  1. , SocietyThe TriadThe government, the energy companies and the regulator each have a reason to keep your bill where it is. Nobody has to conspire. That is the problem.
  2. , Self-hostingSomebody Else's ComputerWhy I run my own services instead of renting them. What it does for privacy, what it saves, and what it honestly costs. The first post in this section.