Sharing notes from my ongoing learning journey — what I build, break and understand along the way.
Comparing Python and Go: Performance, Simplicity, and When to Use Each When I first started learning programming, the two languages I kept hearing about were Python and Go. Python has been around for a long time; it shows up in…
RAID Explained: From Basics to Advanced Insights When we came to the topic of RAID in class, I realized that this is not just a technical concept, but something that touches the very heart of computing. On one hand, it’s…
AI, ML, and DL Explained Simply: What They Are and How They Connect If you’re into technology, chances are you’ve seen these three acronyms a lot: AI, ML, and DL. They pop up in conferences, LinkedIn posts, and even when…
TLS vs SSL: How It Works and Why It Matters When sending and receiving data on the internet, there are three basic things we want: SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) was originally created to meet these needs. However, SSL is now…
Cookies & Sessions: The Beginner-Friendly Security Guide Cookies & Sessions on the Web: The Story Behind “Remember Me” Quick summary: A cookie in your browser is a tiny note; a session on the server is the actual file that remembers…
Understanding CPU Cache vs RAM: Speed, Technology, and Memory Hierarchy Since I started learning about computer architecture, one of the things that surprised me the most is this: CPUs are insanely fast, but RAM can’t keep up. That’s why we…
What a NIC Is and How It Shapes Speed, Latency, and Stability Although I’ve been deep into the software side lately, today my focus is the network interface card (NIC): the piece that lets my computer “see” the network at…
From DNS Lookup to Rendering: The Journey of a Web Request We do this countless times every day: type an address into a browser, hit Enter, and the page appears in seconds.But in that short moment, a lot happens behind…
ModSecurity: How This Powerful WAF Protects Your Website from Modern Attacks When I first installed ModSecurity, I honestly didn’t know how functional it would be.It’s called a “Web Application Firewall” (WAF), but this is something entirely different from a classic…
How to Install Wazuh on a Hetzner Server and Connect a WordPress Agent Today I’ll walk you through, step by step, how I installed Wazuh on a server rented from Hetzner and how I added a Wazuh Agent to another…