Continuous improvement through observability
Our platform didn’t start out with observability. In fact, it started with the bare minimum needed to prove value to our first customers. That fast-paced beginning ended up bypassing some best practices.
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Custom Reddit feed using RSS
I have been using RSS for some years but in the last few (since the X saga began) I started to dive deeper into the possibilities with this protocol. It is one of those awesome things most people don’t have the opportunity to play with. I’m not sure why it doesn’t receive much attention, but it is not dead yet.
Migrating away from Jest and achieving over 90% reduction in running time
Unfortunately, I’ve been using Jest since 2019. No offense to the Jest team – I’m pretty sure they’re awesome and way smarter than I am, but I wish I had made this move earlier in this project.
The social media trap
There’s no way one can avoid social media completely. We are social creatures. Even if you close all your accounts and remove all the apps, you would still be influenced by other people’s behaviors and opinions, and those probably got a high load of influence from social media and so on.
Subdomain enumeration with wildcard records
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Reverse engineering a wireless repeater - Part II
This is the second part of a series of posts about reverse engineering a wireless repeater. Before reading this you might want to take a look at the first part, where I introduced the subject and explained how to gather some information without digging into the hardware. If you still haven’t downloaded the firmware of our target device you can get it here.
Cryptopals: The basics
If you have any kind of interest in crypto you should probably check this out. Recently, I started doing the Cryptopals, which are a series of cryptography challenges created by the formerly Matasano Security team. They are a collection of 48 exercises divided in 8 sets. I have just finished the first set but I can guarantee you that it was already a lot of fun and learning.
Reverse engineering a wireless repeater - Part I
Do you have an old router left behind in your room? Ever wondered how it really works inside? Sit tight and get ready, because this is going to be a series of blog posts about reverse engineering a wireless repeater. The methodology here can be applied to other IoT devices.