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August 2026

web scribbles Aug 1, 2026

Empty for now -- a placeholder post.

misc

July 2026

pilgrammed build maker Jul 11, 2026

An interactive build planner for Pilgrammed, embedded right on the page.

devlog project

June 2026

block state corruption Jun 21, 2026

How Minecraft 1.12.2's block-state corruption exploit lets you pull impossible blocks out of thin air via word tearing.

gaming minecraft

May 2026

picoctf ssti writeups May 31, 2026

picoCTF SSTI writeups after a four-month blogging hiatus.

ctf writeup
fresh milk May 10, 2026

Thoughts on Your Only Move Is Hustle (YOMI Hustle), a turn-based fighting game with simultaneous move resolution.

gaming

April 2026

sojo Apr 20, 2026

Breaking down a particularly great fight from Kagurabachi.

anime

March 2026

pathfinding Mar 30, 2026

Exploring mazes and pathfinding using graph theory and shortest-path algorithms.

cs devlog
fruit game Mar 9, 2026

Building a Suika Game (watermelon merge game) clone from scratch.

gaming devlog

February 2026

no cookies Feb 17, 2026

A tongue-in-cheek cookie-consent popup for a site that doesn't use cookies, inspired by a ProgrammerHumor comic.

devlog webdev

January 2026

tooltips Jan 27, 2026

Built a custom tooltip system for the blog; older posts are getting retrofitted to use it.

devlog webdev
v1tctf postmortem Jan 7, 2026

Writeups from v1tCTF, starting with a fully client-side Login Panel challenge.

ctf writeup

December 2025

sentinels chals writeups Dec 17, 2025

Writeups from the Sentinels CTF challenges, starting with Tiers of Naughtiness.

ctf writeup

November 2025

scriptctf postmortem Nov 26, 2025

Writeups from ScriptCTF, including the Wizard Gallery image-upload challenge.

ctf writeup
metactf postmortem Nov 6, 2025

Writeups from MetaCTF, starting with the Horse web challenge.

ctf writeup

October 2025

silksong Oct 16, 2025

Some thoughts on Hollow Knight: Silksong finally releasing after seven years of "Silkposts."

gaming

September 2025

noun verbed Sep 25, 2025

A partially-ChatGPTed Elden Ring boss-defeat-text generator, born out of a failed attempt to learn CSS animation.

devlog webdev
brunnerctf postmortem Sep 5, 2025

Writeups from BrunnerCTF, starting with the Brunner's Bakery web challenge.

ctf writeup

August 2025

genetic algorithms Aug 15, 2025

A primer on genetic algorithms -- populations, fitness functions, and simulating evolution to solve optimisation problems.

cs