Things that don't fit neatly elsewhere — exam reviews, milestone reflections, methodology notes, and the occasional opinion. Not a blog. Just writing.
| Date | Type | Title | Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/09/2026 | review | TryHackMe SAL1 - Passed First Attempt, Here's What Actually Matters | SAL1 first attempt review — 941/750, zero misclassifications, and some honest thoughts on where the exam shines and where it falls short. | read → |
| 05/06/2026 | build | Someone told me my writeup lock was useless. They were right. | A LinkedIn message pointed out that the CSS blur on my locked writeups was trivially bypassable with F12. Here's what I built to actually fix it. | read → |
| 13/04/2026 | milestone | 100 Days of Becoming a SOC Analyst | 100 days into daily SOC analyst practice on YouTube — why I started, what it's actually doing for me, and why I'm still going. | read → |
| 10/04/2026 | review | BTL1 — Passed First Attempt Without Touching the Study Material | BTL1 first attempt review — ~100 labs across BTLO and CyberDefenders, skipped the training material entirely, and it worked. | read → |
| 10/01/2026 | review | HTB CDSA — Is It Worth It for Breaking Into SOC? | A honest breakdown of the HTB CDSA exam — what it covers, how hard it actually is, and whether it moves the needle for landing an L1 SOC role. | read → |