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Dispatches from the lab. Reflections on the journey. Learning out loud — from a CS teacher carving her path into cybersecurity, one post at a time.
CTF writeup from the 2026 AI Odyssey on TryHackMe — Injectus room, rated Hard. The challenge: get an LLM to reveal a flag when the word "flag" is blocked at the token level. The exploit: character spacing creates separate tokens that bypass the blocklist while preserving semantic meaning. Achieved 94% similarity with a single apostrophe.
READ POST →A hands-on walkthrough of vulnerability scanning using OpenVAS in a lab environment. Covers scanning fundamentals, CVE/CVSS scoring, and documents my first full scan — 26 findings, including a critical CVSS 10.0 default credential vulnerability.
READ POST →A reflection on my cybersecurity learning journey so far — networking basics, data transmission concepts, foundational security topics, and the honest experience of dealing with imposter syndrome while balancing theory with hands-on practice.
READ ON MEDIUM →// migrating soonA personal narrative tracing my non-linear path — from childhood math programs through software engineering education to CS teaching. On mentorship, pivots, and what it really looks like to transition into cybersecurity while keeping your day job.
READ POST →A comprehensive MongoDB tutorial covering document-based storage, CRUD operations, indexing, and aggregation pipelines — illustrated with a mood-tracking app. Collections, BSON formatting, and query optimization made approachable.
READ ON MEDIUM →// migrating soonHow clear documentation reduces comprehension time and makes teams stronger. Actionable guidance on comments, commit messages, README files, and clean coding practices — because if you can't explain it, you don't fully own it.
READ ON MEDIUM →// migrating soonMethod extraction, renaming, design patterns, dependency injection — the full toolkit for bringing legacy code back to life. When to refactor vs. when to rewrite, and how to tell the difference before it's too late.
READ ON MEDIUM →// migrating soonAn enthusiastic intro to React — Virtual DOM, component architecture, JSX, and hooks. Written for the developer who keeps hearing about React but hasn't taken the plunge yet. Practical recommendations for actually learning it by building.
READ ON MEDIUM →// migrating soon