Hi, I’m Vinnie Moscaritolo. I’ve been building things that need to work — sometimes at scale, sometimes with duct tape — for five decades. I started before home computers came in kits, wire-wrapping systems from scratch, because there was no other way.
This publication is part of my effort to resurrect a modern version of a magazine that inspired me as a lad, Popular Electronics — a place to document real builds, share practical knowledge, and encourage people to understand and own their tools.
You'll find:
Raspberry Pi, embedded Linux, and custom automation projects
Resilient systems for rural life and off-grid living
Farm tech, from controlling irrigation valves to logging weather
Radios, SDRs, CAN bus hacking, and vehicle interfaces
Code and schematics you can actually use
Hard-earned opinions and honest breakdowns of what works
I was one of the original cypherpunks, and spent a good chunk of my life creating systems in mobile encryption and privacy tech — tools built to protect speech, rights, and autonomy in a networked world. After a long run in the computer industry, I walked away from Silicon Valley to volunteer as a Search and Rescue professional and focus on problems that actually matter.
Now I live on a regenerative farm, where I build and write about resilient systems: hardware, software, and all the real-world friction in between. I’ve designed custom Pi-based hardware, automated environmental control, written REST APIs to talk to it all — and documented it so others can follow along or build their own.
I’m also trained in technical rescue, emergency medical response, and radio ops — including a GROL with ship radar endorsement — because making tools that actually work means knowing what happens when everything else breaks.
I still build. I still create. And I still believe the best systems are the ones you can understand, fix, and make your own.
Cypherpunks write code.
I still do.
If that sounds like your wavelength, pull up a chair.
