# nexCMS: Building a CMS With Nothing But WSGI and Stubbornness ## What it is nexCMS is a single-file Python WSGI application that runs this site. No Django, no Flask, no Node — just `wsgi.py` talking directly to the WSGI spec, a folder of JSON files acting as the database, and a vanilla JavaScript frontend pulling from a handful of REST-ish endpoints. The whole content model is four kinds of objects: pages (the…
Read the full entryThis document is both a technical record and a personal reflection on the process of building a tiered Active Directory domain in a home lab environment. The original goal was to create a secure…
It’s been a bit of a journey getting these admin accounts set up properly. I went through a fair amount of frustration and trial-and-error, but I finally landed on a solid, auditable configuration…
Installing Windows Server and adding users isn't even 1/2 the battle. The battle of getting it installed on old hardware was actually the easier part. While I have never been a fan of trying to…
## I woke up this morning with one goal: stop starting over. Every time I have to break a connection to my remote servers—for any reason—I typically have to start whatever I was doing from the very…
# Installing Wazuh (v4.9.0) on Debian 13 Without the Installer Script - Part 2 When we last left our manual deployment of Wazuh v4.9.0 on Debian 13 (Trixie), we had successfully broken the circular…
# Installing Wazuh (v4.9.0) on Debian 13 Without the Installer Script - Part 1 Let's make one thing absolutely clear: the vendor-provided installer script is a fragile black box. Really it's not, it…
You could name this whatever you wanted as long as you are sure to include the config file. The config file should house any APIs that you call. I just wanted this to be a simple information feed. It…
# Phrack-Reader This is nothing special, like most of the code you will find here. Just a little personal project to occupy my time. Phrack-Reader is a bash script for reading a nostalgic e-zine…