Why I started this blog

I work full-time in IT operations, I’m finishing a B.Sc. in Business Information Systems, and in whatever time is left I’m teaching myself offensive security — reverse engineering, exploit development, and Linux internals. This blog is where I write it all down.

Why write anything down?

Two reasons.

First, writing forces understanding. It’s easy to follow a CTF walkthrough, nod along, and feel like you learned something. It’s much harder to explain the same exploit to a stranger without hand-waving. If I can’t write it clearly, I didn’t understand it.

Second, learning in public compounds. A private notes folder helps me once. A public post might help the next person searching for the same error message at 1am — and it shows anyone looking (recruiters included) what I actually do, not just what I claim on a CV.

What you’ll find here

• Tutorials — step-by-step, things I’ve actually done, not copied.
• Write-ups — CTF challenges and lab exercises, with the reasoning, not just the answer.
• Notes — shorter posts on tools, Linux tricks, and things I keep forgetting.

The roadmap

Right now I’m going deep on reverse engineering and exploit development, building a home lab for binary analysis and working through CTF challenges. No certificate chase — just hands-on work I can actually show. Expect posts to follow that path.

If any of this is useful to you, that’s a bonus. Mostly, I’m writing the resource I wish I’d had when I started.