First Contact with Julia: Generated Functions, Dispatch, and Why the Language Exists
A video on Julia's @generated functions turned into a REPL session proving every claim by hand
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Building, Breaking, and Scripting Iron Fish: A Black Hat Python Field Log
The real payoff came last: the official HTTP API silently hung with no error, so reading the node's own source code on GitHub uncovered its raw socket protocol instead — and a hand-built Python client, no SDK, no libraries beyond socket and json, ended up pulling live chain data straight off the wire.
The Harness, Not the Horse
A broken npm symlink, a 400 from Claude extra usage, and a home directory full of every project on the machine. Then one repo, four tools, three commits.
Zig Lesson 1 — Edit, Run, Pause (My Stack in Practice)
What I set up I already had Zed, Roc, and Zig on my Debian machine from earlier. Tonight I treated learning like a work block: show up, practice, stop when tired. I made a home base: Bash I open that…
How I Built a Home Lab SIEM with Wazuh on Debian (Complete Guide)
Setting up a real Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system in a home lab has been on my list for a while. I wanted something powerful enough to teach me real cybersecurity skills, but free and self-hosted. After comparing…
From SciPy to Ferris: Building Two Powerful Learning Environments in One Afternoon
Today was spent setting up two complete learning environments and practicing the fundamentals of both Python (scientific computing) and Rust. Python / SciPy Environment Rust Environment Both environments are now clean, isolated, and ready for continued learning — one focused…