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<li>Web browser: <a href="https://brave.com/">Brave Browser</a></li>
<li>Email/Calendar/Drive/VPN/Password manager: <a href="https://proton.me/">Proton</a></li>
<li>Private messaging: <a href="https://signal.org/">Signal</a></li>
<li>Multi-factor authentication: <a href="https://www.yubico.com/">YubiKey</a></li>
<li>Transcriber: <a href="https://goodsnooze.gumroad.com/l/macwhisper">MacWhisper</a></li>
<li>Creating demos: <a href="https://obsproject.com/">OSB Studio</a></li>
<li>Writing papers: <a href="https://www.overleaf.com/">Overleaf</a></li>
<li>Writing assistant: <a href="https://www.grammarly.com/">Grammarly</a></li>
<li>Creating figures: <a href="https://inkscape.org/">Inkscape</a></li>
<li>Paper organizer: <a href="https://www.zotero.org/">Zotero</a></li>
<li>Feed reader: <a href="https://feedly.com/">Feedly</a></li>
<li>Time shifting: <a href="https://www.timeshifter.com/">Timeshifter</a></li>
<li>Download video/audio: <a href="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp">yt-dlp</a></li>
<li>Genealogy: <a href="https://gramps-project.org/blog/">gramps</a></li>
<li>Tor: <a href="https://www.torproject.org/">Tor Browser</a></li>
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<h2>Software Development</h2>
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<li>Time tracking: <a href="https://toggl.com/">toggl</a></li>
<li>Bootstrapping & Dotfiles: <a href="https://yadm.io/">yadm</a></li>
<li>IDE: <a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/">VS Code</a></li>
<li>Text & Hex editor: <a href="https://www.vim.org/">vim</a></li>
<li>Source code version control: <a href="https://git-scm.com/">git</a></li>
<li>Project development, CI/CD: <a href="https://github.com/">github</a></li>
<li>Python packaging & version management: <a href="https://docs.astral.sh/uv/">uv</a></li>
<li>Python code template: <a href="https://github.com/trailofbits/cookiecutter-python">cookiecutter</a></li>
<li>Configuring Claude Code: <a href="https://github.com/trailofbits/claude-code-config">claude-code-config</a></li>
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<p>Dynamic analysis:</p>
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<li>Automated Sandbox (malware): <a href="https://github.com/kevoreilly/CAPEv2">CAPEv2</a></li>
<li>Honeypot: <a href="https://github.com/cowrie/cowrie">cowrie</a></li>
<li>Debugging on Windows: <a href="https://github.com/x64dbg/x64dbg">x64dbg</a></li>
<li>Debugging on GNU/Linux: <a href="https://www.sourceware.org/gdb/">gdb</a> with (<a href="https://github.com/evandowning/Gdbinit/tree/develop">gdbinit</a>)</li>
<li>Network traffic collection & analysis: <a href="https://www.wireshark.org/">Wireshark</a></li>
<li>Fuzzing:<ul>
<li>C++: <a href="https://github.com/google/fuzztest">fuzztest</a></li>
<li>Java: <a href="https://github.com/CodeIntelligenceTesting/jazzer">jazzer</a></li>
<li>Python: <a href="https://github.com/google/atheris">atheris</a></li>
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<li>Concolic execution: <a href="https://angr.io/">angr</a></li>
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<li>Unpacking: <a href="https://github.com/unipacker/unipacker">unipacker</a></li>
<li>Disassembling & Decompiling: <a href="https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra">Ghidra</a></li>
<li>Locating security bugs: <a href="https://codeql.github.com/">CodeQL</a> and <a href="https://semgrep.dev/">Semgrep</a></li>
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<p>Pentesting framework: <a href="https://www.kali.org/">kali</a></p>
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<h2>LLM Tools</h2>
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<li>Interacting with LLMs locally: <a href="https://anythingllm.com/">AnythingLLM</a></li>
<li>Implementing LLM-based solutions:<ul>
<li><a href="https://langfuse.com/">LangFuse</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.langchain.com/">LangChain</a></li>
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<h2>Ongoing Skills Development</h2>
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<li>Programming: <a href="https://leetcode.com/">leetcode</a></li>
<li>Reverse engineering Windows binaries: <a href="https://flare-on.com/">flare-on</a></li>
<li>Linux Hacking: <a href="https://pwnable.kr/">pwnable</a></li>
<li>System Design: <a href="https://www.designgurus.io/course-play/grokking-the-system-design-interview">course</a></li>
<li>Operating System Engineering: <a href="https://github.com/mit-pdos/xv6-riscv">xv6</a> and <a href="https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.1810">course</a></li>
<li>Presenting Data and Information by Edward Tufte: <a href="https://www.edwardtufte.com/online-course/">course</a></li>
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