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Proof of work showing LHS verses RHS, where LHS tries to confirm real person and RHS confirms proof of work
Blog / Infrastructure · 26 August 2026

I Couldn’t Use Google’s reCAPTCHA — So I Built My Own Bot Challenge for Clearnet, Tor, and I2P

Every mainstream bot defence needs to fingerprint your browser or phone home to a third party. We needed one mechanism that works the same on clearnet, Tor, and I2P — here’s the incident that forced the question and what we built instead.

Diagram showing clear path through a busy, dense block of components
Blog / Infrastructure · 11 August 2026

Why I Built Official SDKs for the snapWONDERS API

Several developers reaching out to integrate the snapWONDERS API kept surfacing the same nuance: the file upload step. Here’s why I built official Python, JavaScript, PHP and Go SDKs to fix it.

Blocking SPAM via RSPAMD
Blog / Infrastructure · 16 August 2025

Blocking Email Spam Faster with RSPAMD — Instant Domain Blacklisting

How to configure RSPAMD for instant email and domain blacklisting — setting up regex multimap rules, a Docker-compatible block script, and why blocking at the mail server level matters more than client-side filtering.

Busy networking diagram showing the DNS server
Blog / Infrastructure · 15 June 2025

IPv4 vs IPv6 DNS: Which Takes Precedence and How to Configure Both

A practical guide to DNS configuration across IPv4 and IPv6 — how they interact, which takes precedence on Windows 11 and Linux, and how to set up DNSMasq with a floating virtual IP for reliable dual-stack resolution on a self-hosted infrastructure.

web secuirty
Blog / Infrastructure · 27 April 2024

Time to lock down Website Certificates

Recently I wrote an article on why you should lock down your website certificates. Oddly, has been around since late 2013 and not very well know, although recently has been …

email-sending
Blog / Infrastructure · 21 December 2023

Linux Email Services

I must say it is pretty exciting with the Linux based open source solutions that are directed at solving Email Services problems: aka – SMTP + IMAP + POP3 + …

The tus protocol logo, an open standard for resumable file uploads
Infrastructure · 26 February 2023

Resumable Uploads over the Fragile Internet

The internet is less reliable than it feels, and it shows the moment you upload something large. The tus protocol fixes the worst part of that.

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  • Proof of work showing LHS verses RHS, where LHS tries to confirm real person and RHS confirms proof of workI Couldn’t Use Google’s reCAPTCHA — So I Built My Own Bot Challenge for Clearnet, Tor, and I2P26 August 2026
  • Image showing stego 3 mistakesI audited a real open-source steganography tool. Here’s every mistake it made19 August 2026
  • Diagram showing clear path through a busy, dense block of componentsWhy I Built Official SDKs for the snapWONDERS API11 August 2026
  • A picture of a thumbnail broken up into a tiled grid areaBenford’s Law: Detecting AI-Generated Images Without AI5 August 2026
  • Picture of the street with a subtle lock icon on the top RHS. Label underneath says looks the same but it isn't...How to Hide a File Inside a Photo29 July 2026

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