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The Endpoint Wasn't Vulnerable. The Attack Chain Was.

Introduction The first finding wasn't critical. It wasn't even particularly interesting. There was no SQL Injection. No Remote Code Execution. No authentication bypass. Just an API endpoint that shouldn't have been exposed. On its own, it looked like a low-severity finding. But penetration testing isn't about collecting vulnerabilities. It's about understanding what those vulnerabilities can…

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Solution to Challenge 3 - Visual Testing with API Mocking

Challenge #3 is done — here's my solution to Challenge 3: Visual Testing with API Mocking I'm not a big fan of mock APIs for end-to-end tests, but when testing a dashboard with daily API changes, you…

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Cutting Chai — the comfort food that isn't food, drawn in CSS

This is a submission for Frontend Challenge: Comfort Food Edition , CSS Art: Comfort Food What I Built A kulhad of masala chai, steaming, on a wooden table.

  • Artist recreates kulhad's squat shape using clip-path with 18 points
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