A cyber-tech publication and tool bench for people working where AI, automation, security, and human judgment collide.
Selected pieces that show the range of the site beyond the lead story.
On February 8, 2026, HHS dropped the largest Medicaid claims dataset in department history — provider-level spending for all 50 states in one big CSV, nearly 300 million rows. I'm not an HHS policy expert — I'm an IT...
Super Bowl weekend wasn't about football for me. It was about how fast personal AI can move when the tools finally align.
I added a new roommate called Clawdbot (now rebranded OpenClaw/Moltbot) to my house this week. He's not getting evicted (yet).
Practical utilities designed to create signal fast. Live where available, clearly marked where still in development.
A chronological stream of essays and briefings, newest first.
AI fluency has quietly moved from nice-to-have to baseline, but most people are still mistaking casual use for transformation.
On February 8, 2026, HHS dropped the largest Medicaid claims dataset in department history — provider-level spending for all 50 states in one big CSV, nearly 300 million rows. I'm not an HHS policy expert — I'm an IT...
Super Bowl weekend wasn't about football for me. It was about how fast personal AI can move when the tools finally align.
I added a new roommate called Clawdbot (now rebranded OpenClaw/Moltbot) to my house this week. He's not getting evicted (yet).
When meeting with customers in state government, local agencies, higher education, and school districts, one thing that stands out is how the words thrown around in those meetings ("project," "initiative," "tool," or...
In my meetings with customers, I keep hearing the same comment: "Our Active Directory is a mess."
Yesterday, I tried something wild with my 8-year-old son. He's obsessed with Minecraft and black holes, so I took a dense string theory video, ran it through an AI tool, and turned it into a kid-friendly lesson with...
Before we can wrap identity security around something, we must first start with the basics. I've looked into some detailed plans from top consulting firms, but I wanted a straightforward way to think about AI for...
The perspective behind the publication.
Alex Bonnifield works at the intersection of cybersecurity, identity, public-sector modernization, and applied AI. His background spans identity security leadership, customer-facing work across government and education, and a growing body of hands-on experimentation with agents, analytics, and practical AI systems. The Human in the Loops is where he publishes tools, field notes, and essays about keeping human judgment inside increasingly automated systems.