I build distributed, event-driven backends in Java & Spring Boot by day — and Rust CLIs, crates, and open-source APIs by night. Owner of an enterprise Order Management System, maintainer of five published crates, and firm believer that software should be free and open.
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Abhay Thakur — Senior Software Developer @ Salescode.ai. Backend engineer by day, Rust gremlin by night. Type `help` to explore.
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Why v1 had to go, and how v2 is built — Next.js 16, an interactive terminal, SSO guestbook, and a Vim statusline for a footer.
2 min read · #meta #nextjs #typescript
HTB Sherlocks: Brutus — a DFIR walkthrough
A DFIR walkthrough of the HackTheBox Sherlocks 'Brutus' challenge, tracing an SSH brute-force attack, persistence, and privilege escalation through Unix auth.log and wtmp analysis.
4 min read · #security #dfir #htb