brunny

chief of stuff @AztecLabs_

my weekly meal prep: occasional longer-form writing:

[brunny @blulinski]

Most software for home cooks sucks and charges you a subscription forever.

Saving recipes, swapping ingredients, handling dietary needs, making grocery lists... It's all a mess.

So I built a tool called Olea to fix it.

It's live today and free to use.

⬇️⬇️

[Aztec Labs @AztecLabs_]

An update to the Aztec Connect incident from June 14 2026:

https://t.co/mUhLHyjBBu

[brunny @blulinski]

@NeerajKAfood how were they?

i had PopUp Bagels the other day and they are shaped like this and they were freakin' awesome

doesn't feel like it materially takes away from the bagel

[Andre Omietanski @punk6052]

On 22 May 2026, @AztecLabs_ submitted a response to the UK government's consultation on children's online safety.

I'll be direct about where we stand. We are sceptical of mandatory age verification. The evidence that it works is mixed, and the surveillance infrastructure built in the name of child safety rarely stays narrowly scoped. We said so plainly in the submission.

But the consultation is happening, and if the government proceeds, the detail that matters most is how these systems are actually built.

Every method deployed today related to online age verification either gets bypassed easily or forces users to hand a document scan to a third-party server, which creates centralised databases of sensitive personal data. Those databases get breached often and easily, creating personal and national security risks. This is the predictable result of collecting far more than the question requires.

So our submission, among other things, asks the government for three things:

1. make privacy by design a hard requirement rather than an aspiration;

2. recognise device-level proofs within the existing trust framework; and

3. do not restrict VPNs, which serve real privacy and security purposes.

The UK can set the global standard for how this is done, or it can attach a breachable identity database to every platform its citizens use. I think the choice is clear.

[Aztec Labs @AztecLabs_]

Read our full response to the UK online child safety consultation here here:

https://t.co/YkQ3ISkRTb

[Aztec Labs @AztecLabs_]

Governments are moving to mandate online age verification

We think this is the wrong decision, and we said so in our response to the United Kingdom's consultation

But if these mandates proceed, the way these systems are built will have consequences far beyond child safety

👇

[brunny @blulinski]

@mike_connor it shows you've still got some left in the tank

[brunny @blulinski]

@smpalladino https://t.co/kqMQfzdkAC

page 49 of this PDF has the short story in old-timey style, pretty cool

[brunny @blulinski]

@ThePrimeagen dungeon crawler carl

[brunny @blulinski]

@NeerajKA pretty great series

[brunny @blulinski]

@cooper_kunz dungeon crawler carl (seriously)

[Théo Madzou @madztheo]

2 years ago, my cofounder, @michaelelliot, and I joined forces with one common objective: making true privacy-preserving identity verification a reality. This adventure took us through many challenges and obstacles. But one after the other, we pushed through.

Along the way, we found the @AztecLabs_ team to be constant supporters of ours. First, by laying the foundations for us to build ZKPassport through their development of Noir and Barretenberg, and then, by helping us make mobile proving a reality and pushing us towards production use cases as the Aztec Network decentralized.

Aztec was one of the very first teams in the industry advocating for privacy, and actually building the stack for it. They kept their vision alive for years on end, and made it a reality, as the rest of the industry now finally seems to realise that privacy is actually something we need.

This is a vision and a dedication we share at ZKPassport. And this is why I’m excited for this new chapter together with Aztec Labs. It’s time to make privacy the default again!

[The Block @TheBlockCo]

Aztec Labs acquires ZKPassport, pledges to keep privacy protocol and iOS mobile app open-source https://t.co/sHa28Iaklv

[brunny @blulinski]

excited to welcome the @ZKPassport team to Aztec Labs!

[Aztec Labs @AztecLabs_]

Aztec Labs has acquired Obsidion, the team behind @ZKPassport.

The Obsidion team will continue to develop ZKPassport while also leading new consumer product developments.

The ZKPassport protocol will remain open source.

[Aztec Labs @AztecLabs_]

Read more about the acquisition at our blog: https://t.co/KGMhpsT1ZP

Learn how to integrate ZKPassport at https://t.co/cKhQ3TdAdg

[Aztec Labs @AztecLabs_]

Aztec Labs has acquired Obsidion, the team behind @ZKPassport.

The Obsidion team will continue to develop ZKPassport while also leading new consumer product developments.

The ZKPassport protocol will remain open source.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

@romlib_ Crypto is a legit and indeed inevitable technology. Usually such things are net positive.

[neeraj’s trough @NeerajKAfood]

I don’t care how long they last. You’re out of your damn mind if think I’m storing herbs like this in the fridge.

[brunny @blulinski]

https://t.co/TgEtngV1w0

[brunny @blulinski]

the hardest part about meal prep is keeping your meals healthy AND interesting

so i've been sharing my weekly meal prep routines with friends and family for a couple of months

subscribe if interested 👨‍🍳