Published in Better Programming·May 16Member-onlyArduino and Visual Studio Code: Getting StartedHow to use PlatformIO for Arduino development — After a couple of Arduino projects with the standard Arduino IDE, you’re probably wondering how to break away from the beginner IDE and find a different way to set up your files with the setup() and loop() functions in a .ino file. It’s likely many of your first projects followed…Programming5 min read
Published in Better Programming·Dec 23, 2021Member-onlyRunning an Algorand Node in the CloudRun a Participation Node for Algorand via a Linux machine — Recently, I began diving into Algorand again and wanted to start hosting my own participation node to join in on the consensus participation algorithm and get a better understanding of how the network works under the hood. …Blockchain6 min read
Published in Better Programming·Aug 14, 2021Member-onlyWhy You Should Be Using Go When Working With JSONStop using Python to interact with JSON — switch to Go instead — If you’ve ever worked with JSON inside of another language, such as Python, you’re probably used to seeing a variable of the following: jsonData = res.son() value_i_need = jsonData["key"][0]["key"][4] The above snippet of code is a small example showing that JSON manipulation in Python can get messy, and quickly at…Programming3 min read
Published in The Startup·Dec 19, 2020Member-onlyWhat Is a Domain Generation Algorithm (DGA)?If you have been following the news in the world of Cybersecurity lately, you’ve probably seen, heard, or read a thing or two about SolarWinds, FireEye, or Microsoft amongst many others being targeted by an unknown threat actor. …Cryptography4 min read
Published in The Startup·Aug 5, 2020Member-onlyGetting Started With Jupyter NotebooksThroughout some of my classes and work environments, I have found Jupyter notebooks to be particularly helpful in laying out my code and ideas in Python. I figured writing an article on how to get setup might bring new techniques and ideas into the world for someone, so here it…Python3 min read
Jul 22, 2020Member-onlyKerberos Authentication: A Quick ExplanationLately, I have been studying network protocols and authentication schemes in my free time. In order to get a deeper grasp on Kerberos, I figured what better method than trying to explain it in a Medium article. …Authentication3 min read
Jun 3, 2020Member-onlyWhy DevSecOps is ImportantYou’ve probably heard the the following buzzwords at least a thousand times: blockchain, DevOps, DevSecOps, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and so much more. Without some research, we never really learn what DevSecOps is. To get a better idea, RedHat sums the idea behind DevSecOps To do: Maintain short and frequent…Devsecops4 min read
May 22, 2020Member-onlyGenerating Secure PasswordsAre you still reusing passwords between sites? Unfortunately, password reuse is oftentimes what leads to compromised accounts, whether it be from password dumps or brute-forcing. In order to avoid this habit, I figured a fun way to go about this would be to create a password generator. Then, I thought…Programming4 min read
May 15, 2020Member-onlyVulnerability Scanning and Automated Testing with Snyk.ioThe first thing that developers do once their project is ready for the staging environment is focus on security right? Wrong. For a better view into the automated testing world, I wanted to use Snyk to detect vulnerabilities in software with known CVEs and CWEs. …Coding3 min read
May 10, 2020Member-onlyHow to Code: Port Scanner in PythonThis article is geared towards beginners in networking/security who wish to learn a bit more about how port scanning works and how to write their own custom port scanning utility in Python for diagnosing/testing. For this tutorial, we need to get familiar with a specific Python library: socket (documentation found…Python2 min read
