// Lab Notes

Writing from the research bench.

Practitioner-grade notes for security architects, applied researchers, and the executives funding quantum programs.

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PQC

You are probably not ready for ML-KEM. Here is why.

Most TLS terminators do not yet support the hybrid handshake well. Six things to test before you flip the flag.

Jun 1, 2026
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QUANTUM

QAOA is not the algorithm you think it is

A practitioner-friendly walk-through of where the variational quantum eigensolver wins, where it loses, and how to choose your ansatz.

May 23, 2026
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CRYPTO-AGILITY

Building a crypto bill-of-materials your auditor will accept

Templates, taxonomies, and tooling for inventorying cryptography in legacy enterprises.

May 14, 2026
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QUANTUM

Trapped-ion vs. superconducting: a workload-by-workload comparison

We ran the same five problems on three providers. Here is what each architecture is actually good for in 2026.

May 5, 2026
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POLICY

NIST SP 800-208 stateful hash-based signatures: when LMS beats SLH-DSA

For long-lived signing keys on constrained devices, stateful hash sigs still win. A nuanced look.

Apr 24, 2026
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LEARNING

A two-week quantum onboarding for senior engineers

The exact reading list, lab exercises, and milestones we use to ramp classical-trained engineers.

Apr 12, 2026