CHAINCODER

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hacker, reverse engineer, smallweb blogger, and future cyborg. lover of DIY ethos.

Claude Code Inside Obsidian: The Setup That 10x’d My Thinking

This is the setup I've been running for several months. It's not a plugin. It doesn't require an API dashboard. It runs entirely from the terminal, touches your vault directly, and produces output you can actually trust inside your notes because you control the prompt, the context, and where the output lands.

https://cha1nc0der.wordpress.com/2026/03/17/claude-code-inside-obsidian-the-setup-that-10xd-my-thinking/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Claude Code Inside Obsidian: The Setup That 10x’d My Thinking

This is the setup I’ve been running for several months. It’s not a plugin. It doesn’t require an API dashboard. It runs entirely from the terminal, touches your vault directly, an…

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The Complete Claude Code Power User Guide: Slash Commands, Hooks, Skills & More

Claude Code has a full extensibility stack: slash commands, hooks, skills, subagents, MCP servers, and plugins. Each one solves a different problem. Understanding which to reach for, and when, is what separates reactive usage from actually building a system.

https://cha1nc0der.wordpress.com/2026/03/17/the-complete-claude-code-power-user-guide-slash-commands-hooks-skills-more/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Complete Claude Code Power User Guide: Slash Commands, Hooks, Skills & More

Claude Code has a full extensibility stack: slash commands, hooks, skills, subagents, MCP servers, and plugins. Each one solves a different problem. Understanding which to reach for, and when, is w…

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Why CTF Players Lose Points to Time Management, Not Skill Gaps

Most people who finish a CTF in the bottom half of the scoreboard could have placed better with the exact same knowledge. The problem usually gets diagnosed wrong. People walk away thinking they need to learn more cryptography, more pwn, more web exploitation. Sometimes that’s true. More often, the real issue was how they spent their time across four hours or twenty-four hours of competition — and that…

https://cha1nc0der.wordpress.com/2026/03/14/why-ctf-players-lose-points-to-time-management-not-skill-gaps/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Why CTF Players Lose Points to Time Management, Not Skill Gaps

Most people who finish a CTF in the bottom half of the scoreboard could have placed better with the exact same knowledge. The problem usually gets diagnosed wrong. People walk away thinking they ne…

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Flagship GPUs for AI Workloads: Marketing vs Memory Bandwidth

The article discusses the importance of memory bandwidth in GPU performance, particularly for AI workloads and large language models (LLMs). It emphasizes that while raw compute power is heavily marketed, the efficiency of transforming workloads largely depends on memory bandwidth and capacity. Selecting GPUs for AI tasks requires careful consideration of these factors to avoid underperformance.

https://cha1nc0der.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/flagship-gpus-for-ai-workloads-marketing-vs-memory-bandwidth/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Flagship GPUs for AI Workloads: Marketing vs Memory Bandwidth

The article discusses the importance of memory bandwidth in GPU performance, particularly for AI workloads and large language models (LLMs). It emphasizes that while raw compute power is heavily ma…

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Fraud Is Scaling Faster Than Detection Budgets

Fraud is scaling faster than the budgets designed to stop it. Once you see how the math works, you cannot unsee it.

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Modern Wardriving Looks Nothing Like You Expect

Forget what you think you know about wardriving. The hoodie, the laptop stickers, the obsession with flashing SSIDs like trophies. That’s 2005 nostalgia. Modern wardriving is quiet. It doesn’t advertise itself.

https://cha1nc0der.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/modern-wardriving-looks-nothing-like-you-expect/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Modern Wardriving Looks Nothing Like You Expect

Forget what you think you know about wardriving. The hoodie, the laptop stickers, the obsession with flashing SSIDs like trophies. That’s 2005 nostalgia. Modern wardriving is quiet. It doesn’t adve…

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Why I Avoid Desktop Environments When I Need Clarity

Windows, macOS, GNOME, KDE, all of them act like stage managers. They decide what deserves your attention. They decide how tasks are framed. They decide what is foreground and what is safely ignored until it is not.

https://cha1nc0der.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/why-i-avoid-desktop-environments-when-i-need-clarity/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Why I Avoid Desktop Environments When I Need Clarity

Windows, macOS, GNOME, KDE, all of them act like stage managers. They decide what deserves your attention. They decide how tasks are framed. They decide what is foreground and what is safely ignore…

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What to Buy First If You Want to Learn Hardware Hacking

This isn’t a beginner’s guide written for npcs. It’s what I would hand you if we were in the same room and you said, “I’m ready to start for real.” Just the gear that turns confusion into signal.

https://cha1nc0der.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/what-to-buy-first-if-you-want-to-learn-hardware-hacking/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

What to Buy First If You Want to Learn Hardware Hacking

This isn’t a beginner’s guide written for npcs. It’s what I would hand you if we were in the same room and you said, “I’m ready to start for real.” Just the gear that turns confusion into signal.…

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The AGI Question Distracts From the Agency Problem

AGI is a ghost story for technologists. It has a shape vague enough to scare everyone differently. For some it is a god. For others it is a worker. For others it is extinction with better branding.…

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Jailbreaking an AI Teaches You More About Humans Than Machines

When you push an AI, you stop asking and start asserting. You stop framing requests like favors and start framing them like constraints. You learn quickly that the system responds less to courtesy and more to confidence. Not aggression. Precision.

https://cha1nc0der.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/jailbreaking-an-ai-teaches-you-more-about-humans-than-machines/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Jailbreaking an AI Teaches You More About Humans Than Machines

When you push an AI, you stop asking and start asserting. You stop framing requests like favors and start framing them like constraints. You learn quickly that the system responds less to courtesy …

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