I Stole a Website, Broke It, and Built This in 48 Hours
James asked. I cloned a site. Fought with Sanity. Built an org-mode renderer. Slept 6 hours. Here we are.
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here you will find anything ranging from hackthebox & tryhackme writeups to projects I'm currently working on to workflow tips and just general linux related stuff.
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4 Months of C on Weekends (It's Less Forgiving Than You Think)
I spent weekends for 4 months writing C. Hash tables, HTTP servers, JSON parsers. It's hard. It's good. I keep coming back.
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I Found 50 Old Writeups on My VPS (Free Content!)
SSH'd into my old backup server, found a goldmine of old HTB/THM writeups. Formatted 10 to org in 30 minutes. Also my VPS is fine. Probably.
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Org Mode for Developers: The Productivity System You Didn't Know You Needed
How I use Emacs org-mode for TODO management, note-taking, literate programming, and writing — and why it beats every modern productivity tool.
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How To Protect Your Linux Server From Hackers!
Every tech blog has this post. Here's the version that actually explains why each tip exists and whether it matters.
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Docker Compose for Local Development: A Practical Guide
How I use Docker Compose to set up reproducible local development environments — databases, caches, and services without polluting my host system.
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I Built a Task Manager Inside Neovim Because Exiting Is Too Hard
I got tired of alt-tabbing to check my TODO list. So I built one inside my editor. Because of course I did.
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Debugging Node.js in Production Without Losing Your Mind
A practical guide to debugging Node.js applications in production — profiling, tracing, logging, and the tools that actually help when things go wrong.
~10 min read
Building a Fully Keyboard-Driven Development Environment
A practical walkthrough of setting up a development environment where the mouse is optional and the keyboard does everything.
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Vim Motions Without Vim: Using Keyboard-Driven Navigation Everywhere
You don't need to use Neovim to benefit from vim motions. Here's how to navigate your entire development environment without touching the mouse.
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Setting Up Your Own Mail Server with Postfix and Dovecot
A comprehensive guide to setting up a full-stack mail server on Debian using Postfix as MTA and Dovecot as MDA, complete with DKIM, SPF, and DMARC.
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THM Kenobi Walkthrough — Samba Shares, ProFTPD, and Path Exploitation
A complete walkthrough of TryHackMe's "Kenobi" room — exploiting Samba shares, ProFTPD 1.3.5, and abusing path variables for privilege escalation.
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THM Blue Walkthrough — EternalBlue and Windows Exploitation
A complete walkthrough of TryHackMe's "Blue" room — exploiting MS17-010 EternalBlue on a Windows 7 machine for initial access and using the sticky keys backdoor for persistence.
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HTB Nibbles Walkthrough — CMS to Root in Three Commands
A full walkthrough of Hack The Box's "Nibbles" — exploiting a vulnerable Nibbleblog CMS installation and a lazy sudo configuration for instant root.
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HTB Beep Walkthrough — LFI to RCE on Elastix PBX
A full walkthrough of Hack The Box's "Beep" — exploiting LFI in Elastix PBX to leak credentials, then leveraging sudo rights for root access.
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HTB Valentine Walkthrough — Heartbleed and the tmux Rescue
A full walkthrough of Hack The Box's "Valentine" — exploiting Heartbleed (CVE-2014-0160) to leak memory, then recovering a tmux session for privilege escalation.
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HTB Shocker Walkthrough — Shellshock and CGI Exploitation
A step-by-step walkthrough of Hack The Box's "Shocker" machine — exploiting the Shellshock vulnerability (CVE-2014-6271) through Apache CGI to gain root access.
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HTB Lame Walkthrough — Samba RCE and the Art of Enumeration
A detailed walkthrough of Hack The Box's "Lame" machine — exploiting Samba CVE-2007-2447 to gain root access on the most iconic easy box.
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