iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 24/03/2026

The CVE Archeologist’s Field Guide is now on Storygraph for tracking and rating/reviews! I’d definitely recommend it as a read for everyone — honestly such a great read, full of useful info, and the information was packed into 106 pages of need-to-know without too much fluff. 10/10! 🔥

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 23/01/2026

Got the final piece beautifully rendered and ready to be sent off for the 10qty SLM print… But then I ran across the mass-market cut ones from China for $1.00/pc 😭 Why do they have to be so insanely cheap.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 11/01/2026

Still no fix for Suunto ignoring auto-update settings 😢

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 10/01/2026

Just did my first order of 5 things from Quince, and they appear to all be coming separately. I know it’s faster, but… 😅

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 18/12/2025

Not very opt-in when I see them by default.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 19/11/2025

Prints came out good! Still will need another round of prototyping. - Thicker - Wider - Slightly larger holes for webbing Turns out when something isn’t supported on one side it just will bend this way and that 😂

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 13/11/2025

> nb4 I get the estimate for labor & parts Fingers crossed it's not too expensive to have some prototypes printed @ the local makerspace. 🤞

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 07/11/2025

🥲 Still can’t currently recommend getting a Suunto smart watch. Despite knowing about bugs for 3+ months that wipe watches with each update… And turning off automatic updates doesn’t work… I’ve had my watch wiped twice at this point. Just go Garmin / Coros.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 21/10/2025

They’re already getting braver 😐 But also… who wants to receive this? Why do companies feel the need to email slop multiple times a day the minute they get someone’s address? I’d stay subscribed (to other corps) if it wasn’t such a flood.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 20/10/2025

Same 🙌 that’s how I ended up with this weird conglomeration github.com/alp1n3-dev/c...

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 16/10/2025

🙃 Figuring this out (again) as I try to switch from iPhone to Android. Drank the kool-aid a few yrs ago because I loved my MacBook. Enjoyed the ecosystem until Apple decided to essentially brick my iPhone 15 Plus with iOS 26 😭. Now I need to de-tangle iCloud, iPhotos, Apple Music, etc...

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 07/10/2025

Meet Gobi! 🐱 (The bathroom cat tree is a temporary thing)

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 07/10/2025

The boots and jeans are out but it’s having no effect… the weather still wants to stay in the high 70s 😢

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 23/09/2025

Wanting it to be 🍁 fall 🍂 already so I’ve been attempting to break the boots & jeans out (in 88 degree weather 😭). Forgot exactly how comfy+flexy the services ones were, and the Solovairs are new and AMAZING. I get the hype, especially surrounding the air soles now 👌

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 14/09/2025

👀 Stares at: - SAP / Concur - Oracle - Epic

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 14/09/2025

➡️ Dead hangs ➡️ Ergo-keyboards ➡️ Ergo-mice / "still" mice ➡️ Standing desk ➡️ Breaks to walk ➡️ Sunlight (AKA touch grass lol) Some of the best things that improve my daily activity, esp if working from home. It's too easy to say "one more thing", then it's 5:30pm. Also: ➡️ Working out pre/post work

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 01/09/2025

No better way to prove you’ve recovered from surgery and are ready to hit the ground running at work again! Just glad to finally be off the couch 😂.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 29/08/2025

Could be many things: - Scope was too small / restricted. - Access issues / delayed start. - Test timeline might be around a week or under. - Broken functionality in dev environment. Or, ofc, as everyone is human: - That specific company isn't the best. - Employee had a rough week.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 27/08/2025

I guess insider trading in prediction markets is the new meta 🤷‍♂️ Laundering via NFT got too popular.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 27/08/2025

Everyone has different life paths and trying to enforce a "mold" for entry-level hiring feels weird. Maybe I'm just sour bc I didn't do any internships though 😂, I mainly just worked standard jobs during my summers. From a cashier, to helpdesk, to assisting with campus research projects.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 27/08/2025

This is about web3 SC auditing, but I think it can be applied to bug bounty as well. The stability and benefits of a standard job with things like vacation, great coworkers, healthcare, etc. cannot be written off easily.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 12/08/2025

I've began storing stuff in a secrets mngmnt container within my homelab, which is separate from where I do any dev (personal use). .env never really felt "right", plus it's so easy now to handle keys, rotation, etc. with a little bit of boilerplate code. Removing automated attack paths FTW.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 12/08/2025

Time to start a new book!

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 12/08/2025

He says it's 5min of frustration, but tbh it's probably more like 5-15 hours minimum, especially the first couple of weeks. I love Linux (specifically containerized dev envs), but daily driving it via baremetal is a feat 60%+ of devs are probably not ready for / want to waste their time on.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 12/08/2025

Oh look, the team that abandoned a browser project that never even reached having standard features is looking for interns for their... new browser project? Yikes 😬

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 12/08/2025

Uber should allow for easier reporting of drivers and just insta-ban any driver that tries to go outside their T&S. EZPZ.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 12/08/2025

Because the people who attended defcon/bh are definitely enough to support all the staffing needs of the US cybersec industry, let alone the world...

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 11/08/2025

My best guesses would be: - computer science / technical cybersec - radiology tech / nursing-related - lawyer / doctor (always decently safe) And focus on: - getting college / training covered - reducing monthly costs - shortest path of success for YOU - working a job that won't break your body

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 10/08/2025

Uber founder is absolutely losing is mind to AI hallucinations currently

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 27/07/2025

Made the switch from an Apple Watch to Suunto, and I’m loving it! Still does everything I used: - Tracking Training - Notifications - Alarms / Timers I’ve had it on my wrist for 5 days, and it’s only at 47% battery. Absolutely amazing battery life, and for the price it’s a steal!

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 03/07/2025

It's CRUD and third-party services all the way down 🌀

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 12/06/2025

RIP pt. 2 💀 Been stealing these from this article, definitely worth a read! infosecwriteups.com/%EF%B8%8F-in...

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 03/06/2025

VM-wise I find Linux *normally* fine (Fedora or Ubuntu). But gaming-wise, I ran into tooooons of issues. Wouldn’t work w/ my speaker, wifi card, Bluetooth, headphones, and 3 separate game launchers. Each required a special individual fix that all in took a week 😂

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 28/05/2025

When did Perplexity start acting like the new Yahoo? Every time news integrations get added to something, it ruins it. - Windows Desktop - Samsung Androids The list goes on. This + daily digest / weekly summary notifs & emails are awful noise to have turned on by default.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 28/05/2025

Vanilla VSCode would never treat you this way

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 27/05/2025

Always reminding myself that we’re lucky to even have OSS software in the first place. I’d 💯 understand any dev who ends up going paid/enterprise over continuous free support.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 27/05/2025

Found out about clearsky.app I can only assume the owners of these lists just figured out how keyword searches work and went wild with it 😂 Mention AI / LLMs and 💥 bam, you’re on it.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 27/05/2025

Sucks that people have to deal with this :( It’s what I feel when my accountant gf describes < insert any accounting software here >.

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 26/05/2025

The Rust rewrite will hit different tho

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 26/05/2025

Now it’s starting to make sense

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alp1n3 🌲 @alp1n3.dev · 18/05/2025

I’m fine being shown ads — people need to be paid somehow for the content they produce. But making the ad experience as aggravating as possible is what I was to avoid. So in-comes the ad-blocking, RSS feeds, article extractions, etc. Been using reading mode a lot lately.

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