munalabs
A space by Nico Arias
Curiosity / Experiments / Discoveries

I’m curious.
And I like
trying things.

I’m interested in security, AI, and figuring out how things work. Sometimes I end up with a tool; sometimes, with more questions. This is where I share the journey.

See what I’m exploring
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01 / Explorations

Where curiosity
takes me.

Here are a few things I’m experimenting with. Each started with a question and took on a life of its own.

01

Autonomous pentesting agents

How far can an agent get on its own, and how do I check that it found something real?

Security + AI

I’m experimenting with agents that plan and run security tests in authorized environments. I’m as interested in what they can do as in how to check their conclusions and spot when they’re wrong.

Authorized scopeExperimentationReproducible evidence

In these experiments, finishing a task and proving a finding are two things I check separately.

02

AI that works offline

What can I do with AI on my phone when I have no connection?

Local AI

That question led me to try models on a phone and combine their answers with saved documents. There’s an Android app in testing, but the exploration also means comparing models, response times, and what’s actually useful without internet access.

AndroidLocal modelsDocument search

I’m still evaluating answer quality. What works on one phone won’t necessarily work the same way on another.

03

Information in context

How do I follow a topic across so many sources without losing the context or where the information came from?

Information

I’m experimenting with a personal monitor that brings sources together, groups topics, and uses AI to summarize and flag relevant items. I’m still exploring how to preserve context and catch summaries that leave out something important.

AI-assisted curationSources and provenanceAlerts

There’s a working monitor for now. Other ways to investigate and test hypotheses are still in the notebook.

04

Mobile and wireless security

What can I learn from the signals and devices around me?

Signals

I’m trying ways to observe BLE, Wi-Fi, and cellular signals from a phone. I compare what appears in the captures with what I can infer from them, using my own tools and open-source components.

AndroidBLE / Wi-FiCellular analysis

A signal can offer a clue without being enough to identify its source. The cellular experiments are still limited to one specific device.

05

From content to knowledge

How can I find and make use of something interesting I heard or read?

Learning

I’m trying a path from transcripts to articles and references I can return to later. Agents help organize and write; then I check what they kept, what they left out, and whether they stayed faithful to the source.

AgentsEditorial checksReusable knowledge

The method and the source material are separate things. Here I share the process, using my own examples or material I have permission to use.

02 / The lab

A place to keep
pulling on a thread.

I’m Nico. MunaLabs is where I bring together the things I’m curious about and the experiments that grow out of them.

I can get caught up exploring how a tool works, what changes when I use it differently, or what happens when it fails. Security and AI come up often along the way.

Sometimes something useful comes out of it. Other times, it’s an experiment that didn’t go as expected, or a better question. There’s room to share that too.

Nico Arias / @ariasnico

03 / Keep the conversation going

Curious too?

If you’re trying something similar or see it differently, I’d like to hear about it.