An amateur dives into proxying ecnrypted SSL traffic from apps on Android 11 devices.
Global CSS in SvelteKit

I’ve been playing around with Svelte and SvelteKit recently. So far, I’m a fan but one thing that bothers me is how styles are managed. See, way back in the day when I wanted to build a website, I would create the style of that website in a single file called a Cascading Style Sheet […]
Deobfuscating Node Debacles
On March 7th, 2022, the developer known as RIAEvangelist pushed a commit containing a new file dao/ssl-geospec.js to the node-ipc Github repository, for which, they are the owner and maintainer. This code, along with a subsequent version, were not typical of this project. The node-ipc module is a JavaScript module used to facilitate local and […]
Update: As evident by the comments on this post, it seems this method may not work for all installs. The issue seems to be with SMB shares. This post outlines the process with NFS shares. Thanks to Alex in the comments for these findings. If you find other issues or learn why this is the […]
For roughly the past 8 years, I’ve programmed primarily in PHP. In that time, a lot has changed in web development. Currently, many jobs and tools require some working knowledge of JavaScript; whether it is vanilla JS, Node, npm, TypeScript, React, Vue, Svelte, Express, Jest, or any of the other tens of thousands of projects […]
I’ve recently done some work on a personal project that I have put off for far too long. The project itself is a chat bot for moderating Telegram chat groups but this post isn’t about that project. Instead, it will focus on how I simplified setup of the development environment using Docker Compose. I don’t […]
The Hacker Hotkey
I had plans to do an in-depth post about web application security this month but some major changes in my life made it difficult to finish the required research. Instead, I’m going to share something a little different. Presenting, the Hacker Hotkey, the badge for Kernelcon 2021! Since Kernelcon 2021 was virtual again this year, […]
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Purchasing a new computer is all fun and games until you have to set it up. You’ve just opened up your brand spanking new machine and you want to play with it, but you can’t do that until you get everything you need installed. What do you do if you’ve just installed your favorite GNU/Linux […]
The one thing that you should absolutely be doing routinely is backing up your stuff. Yet you’ll notice in my previous post about using Ansible to automate my homelab, there is no mention of backing up the environment. If you’re wondering why that is, it’s because I am both lazy and forgetful. Having been bitten […]
Generate thumbnails for PDFs
As I’ve noted a previous post, ImageMagick is an incredibly powerful tool for image manipulation. While it’s handy for image compression, it can also be used for so many more things, like processing uploaded files. Whether you want to crop all images to the same dimensions, or invert their orientation, Imagick can manage it. I’ve […]