My Toolbox

The tools and resources I use that sometimes drives me mad

Security & Reverse Engineering

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Ghidra
NSA
Free and open source reverse engineering tool developed by the NSA.
Reverse Engineering Free
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Gpg4win
GnuPG
Complete suite for email and file encryption using OpenPGP. Includes Kleopatra for key management, I use it for signing my commits.
Encryption GPG
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Wycheproof
Google C2SP
Collection of unit tests that detect known weaknesses in cryptographic libraries. Used to validate my own crypto implementations.
Testing Cryptography
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NIST Randomness Tests
stevenang
Python implementation of the NIST Statistical Test Suite for testing cryptographic randomness.
NIST RNG Testing
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Wireshark
Wireshark Foundation
Network protocol analyzer for capturing and interactively browsing traffic.
Networking Analysis
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Hashcat
hashcat.net
World's fastest password recovery tool supporting hundreds of hash types.
Password Recovery GPU

Development Tools

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Visual Studio Code
Microsoft
Lightweight but powerful code editor with excellent extension support. My daily driver for almost everything.
Editor Cross-Platform
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GitHub
Microsoft
Where code lives. Version control, CI/CD, project management, and the world's largest developer community all in one place.
Git Version Control
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SpacetimeDB
Clockwork Labs
Serverless database designed for real time multiplayer games. Combines database and server logic into one, reducing my headaches.
Database Real-time
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pnpm
pnpm
Fast, disk space efficient package manager. Uses hard links and symlinks to save disk space and actually boost installation speed.
Node.js Package Manager
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Rust
Mozilla
Memory-safe systems programming language. Use it sometimes
Language Systems
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WSL2
Microsoft
Run Linux natively on Windows. Full Linux kernel with decent Windows integration.
Linux Windows

Reference & Learning

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Stack Overflow
Stack Exchange
Alot of answers but sometimes leads me to more questions.
Q&A Community
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MDN Web Docs
Mozilla
The definitive resource for web standards documentation. HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web APIs all thoroughly documented!!!
Documentation Web
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CyberChef
GCHQ
The "Cyber Swiss Army Knife"
Encoding Analysis
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Roblox DevForum
Roblox
Chaos.
Roblox Community
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HackerOne
HackerOne
Bug bounty platform connecting security researchers with companies. Where I get paid
Bug Bounty Security
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CryptoPals
Matasano
Haven't used it in a long time but still decent for learning cryptography.
Challenges Crypto

Utilities & Misc

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Plex
Plex Inc
Media server for streaming movies for free mostly.
Media Streaming
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Windows Terminal
Microsoft
A decent terminal experience on Windows.
Terminal CLI
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Process Monitor
Sysinternals
Decent monitoring tool showing real time file system, registry, etc.
Monitoring Debugging
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Grafana
Grafana Labs
Open source analytics and monitoring platform. Great UI
Analytics Monitoring
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Docker
Docker Inc
Containerization platform for developing.
Containers DevOps
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Cloudflare
Cloudflare
CDN, DDoS protection, DNS, and more. Keeps websites fast and secure. Free tier is surprisingly generous.
CDN Security

Quick Access

Frequently visited resources for quick reference. (I'm running out of emojis)