Analyzing a blackbox system is actually pretty fun if you approach it with the right mindset. For me what shifted my perspective was realizing that you're not hunting one specific target, you're training an intuition that works on all of them. For the longest time, I was not a huge fan of blackbox research. I thought it was tedious, a sort of guessing game. And in a way, I am still not a…
Whenever I read a book, watch a film/series or finish a videogame, I have built a habit to write a small review for it. I found that writing a review has multiple advantages: It improves my ability to express why I like or dislike something. This made me realize that I really struggle to clearly put into words my love for some of my all-time favorite pieces of work. For something I dislike,…
This story starts with me being annoyed: I felt like my laptop was getting slower and slower, e.g. when compiling my Rust projects. My whole sway session would become sluggish with very low FPS, crappy audio. Now when the system is under 100% load I understand that things tend to get slow, but that was very recurrent and pretty intense. At first, I attributed this to my laptop slowly aging, maybe…
I try to use Open Source software as much as I can, for multiple reasons: privacy concerns. no vendor lock-in. longevity: Open Source software can be forked, new contributors can come, I can have a look at the code myself, ... However, I feel like most people do not care as much for Open Source when it comes to their phones. This article aims to provide solid Open Source alternatives for various…
The internet is a vast place, and although it theoretically contains infinite (as in more than you could ever learn) amounts of knowledge, it can be hard to browse. Over the years, I developed a few tricks to efficiently search for information on a given topic. None of those tricks are revolutionary, but I decided to make a list mostly for myself to not forget, and maybe they can be useful to you…