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TISC @ DEF CON Singapore 2026 finals

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CSIT C517 Village at DEF CON Singapore

Just took part in TISC @ DEF CON Singapore finals today. Super fun.

The online qualifier ran a month ago over the weekend of 27 to 29 March. I was lucky enough to place in the top 50 and qualify for the on-site finals at the inaugural DEF CON Singapore. As a bonus, I also got a free DEF CON SG ticket out of it. Thanks CSIT. :)

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ntfy: Push notifications without signups

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Who is OpenClaw for? 🦞

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Raspberry Pi prices have gone through the roof

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Web browser discrimination

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Bambu RFID scanner on Flipper Zero

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Passkey Security CTF Challenge for TISC

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Inconsistent keyboard UX on macOS

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DEF CON 33

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Passkey has a theft detection feature, but Apple, Google and Microsoft broke it

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Passcay: Zig library for passkey auth

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OpenAI Codex

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Guest Lecture at NUS Business School: The Open Web

Fun project 16 years ago

A series of rabbit holes

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The Roadmap Pitfall: Companies Should Not Sell Tomorrow's Features Today

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Introducing Tixie

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Digg is coming back

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Hidden messages from OpenAI GPT 4.5 announcement

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Claude Code is impressive

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