It's been a while since I've written anything publicly. I used to be fairly active documenting what I was building as a developer, and somewhere along the way - between shipping products and then pivoting toward cybersecurity - I went quiet. This is me picking that habit back up, starting with the most honest thing I can write about: a small, beginner-level tool I just finished. I'm not writing this to announce a launch. I'm writing it because documenting the learning is the actual point. ...