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It’s currently 3 AM here in Baku. It’s late or early, depending on how you look at it. I have a math colloquium utomorrow morning one of those critical ones that probably decides 50% of my final grade. The logical choice would be to sleep, or at the very least, panic-study.

But the human brain is a strange thing. I just spent four hours debugging a Python script that was supposed to be a five-minute job. I’m too wired to sleep and too stubborn to study, so here I am, I decided this was the perfect moment to start writing a blog post.

Who am I?

I’m a first-year Cybersec student. That’s the official title. The reality is that I’m just a guy who likes breaking things in a homelab environment to see if I can fix them before the sun comes up.

I like DevSecOps and I read psychology books. Basically, I’m interested in how things work and why people break them.

Side Quests

I build tools. Mostly to avoid doing my actual homework.

TuxMate It’s an automation tool for my packages. Honestly? I built it entirely so I could avoid learning Nix Flakes while still pretending I have a “reproducible environment.” Don’t judge me.

Score Calculator I literally built a website to help other students calculate their exam scores. The irony that I spent time coding a grade calculator instead of studying for the exams that generate those grades is… well, it’s there.

The Purpose

Coding can be high-stress; this is the unwind.

I write here when I want to clear my head and structure my thoughts. It’s a low-maintenance zone for my security notes and random discoveries. When the inspiration fits the mood, the markdown gets written.

Simple as that.

— abusoww