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1. What Are Stablecoins? Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value by pegging themselves to a reserve asset, typically a fiat currency like the US…
Read more →Modern sites often block plain curl. Using a real browser engine (Chromium via Playwright) gives you true browser behavior: real TLS/HTTP2 stack, cookies, redirects, and JavaScript execution if needed. This post mirrors the functionality of the original browser_curl.sh wrapper but implemented with Playwright. It also includes an optional Selenium mini-variant at the end. What this […]
Read more →WordPress Plugin Crashed Your Site: Restore From Backup Instead You updated a plugin five minutes ago. Maybe it was a security patch. Maybe you were trying a new caching layer.…
Read more →1. Executive Summary Amazon Aurora DSQL represents AWS’s ambitious entry into the distributed SQL database market, announced at re:Invent 2024. It’s a serverless, distributed SQL database featuring active active high…
Read more →Annoying Apple never quite got around to making it easy to offload images from your iPhone to your Macbook. So below is a complete guide to automatically download photos and videos from your iPhone to your MacBook, with options to filter by pattern and date, and organize into folders by creation date. Prerequisites Install the […]
Read more →When managing large PostgreSQL tables with frequent updates, vacuum operations become critical for maintaining database health and performance. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore vacuum optimization techniques, dive deep into…
Read more →The script below monitors LDAP operations on a Domain Controller and logs detailed information about queries that exceed specified thresholds for execution time, CPU usage, or results returned. It helps identify problematic LDAP queries that may be impacting domain controller performance. Parameter: ThresholdSeconds Minimum query duration in seconds to log (default: 5) Parameter: LogPath Path […]
Read more →When you deploy applications behind a Network Load Balancer (NLB) in AWS, you usually expect perfect traffic distribution, fast, fair, and stateless.But what if your backend holds stateful sessions, like…
Read more →Below is a fairly comprehensive passive penetration testing script with vulnerability scanning, API testing, and detailed reporting. Features Installation Required Dependencies Optional Dependencies Usage Basic Syntax Options Examples: Network Configuration Default Interface: en0 (bypasses Zscaler) To change the interface, edit line 24: The script automatically falls back to default routing if the interface is unavailable. Debug Mode […]
Read more →If you’re like me, the idea of doing anything twice will make you break out in a cold shiver. For my Claude desktop, I often need network pcap (packet capture)…
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