Notes on backend systems, distributed infrastructure, and things I'm learning along the way.
A Prime Video device restriction that looked like DRM turned out to be a client-trusted policy gate. Here is how I found it, why it is not a Widevine break, and what I sent to Amazon.
How a student who was scared of writing code ended up contributing to open source for the Internet Archive, fuzzing the Lightning Network, and building software for clients around the world.
