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Tom Van Cutsem @tvcutsem.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I (finally) modernized my personal blog: tvcutsem.github.io This was done literally overnight with Claude's help over a cup of evening tea (Keemun Congou - fwiw) and morning coffee (long black). Joking aside: I am impressed - either saved me a full week of work or an expensive web designer bill

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Tom Van Cutsem @tvcutsem.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

In the news today: the latest research from my PhD student Weihong Wang on exposing hidden privacy risks with the use of browser-extension crypto wallets. A great read if you're even remotely interested in #web3 #crypto and #privacy nieuws.kuleuven.be/en/content/2...

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KU Leuven researchers expose hidden privacy risks in crypto wallets

crypto wallets Researchers from DistriNet, KU Leuven’s computer security research group, have uncovered hidden privacy risks in popular crypto wallets used as browser extensions. They analysed 85 wide...

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Tom Van Cutsem @tvcutsem.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

"AI was built in Python. But the code AI agents write will increasingly be TypeScript." That's the tagline of my latest post: tvcutsem.github.io/ai-python-ty...

Tom Van Cutsem @tvcutsem.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Today I was doing some research on standalone Javascript runtimes. The OG in this space is of course node.js. The two contenders for the 'modern alternative' to node seem to be Deno and Bun.

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Tom Van Cutsem @tvcutsem.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

IT Industry professional in Europe? Come to Leuven, Belgium this summer, join the SecAppDev course to plug your brain into everything application security, and you won't regret that you did. This year, a special focus on (how could it not be) AI security.

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Tom Van Cutsem @tvcutsem.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Just published a short write-up of a fun experiment: I vibe-coded a Boids simulation with AI copilots in about 30 minutes. I built it for CS outreach, then documented what worked, what surprised me, and what I got wrong. tvcutsem.github.io/vibe-coding-...

Tom Van Cutsem @tvcutsem.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

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A few days late, but still: happy 30th ann, JavaScript! Here's a good write-up of the origin story. In my uni class I always remind students of Crock's genius quote: JS is not Java, it's "a Lisp in C's clothing" arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

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In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all.

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Tom Van Cutsem @tvcutsem.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Glad to be in Ghent at the ICP meetup. Giving a talk on Self-sovereign Apps, and the research ongoing in my group on developing scalable Wasm-based smart contracts

Tom Van Cutsem @tvcutsem.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I'm serving on the #ICBC 2026 PC, IEEE's flagship conference on Blockchain and cryptocurrency focused research. Consider submitting a paper if you’re working in this area. Full CFP at icbc2026.ieee-icbc.org

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IEEE ICBC 2026 | IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC) 2026

Tom Van Cutsem @tvcutsem.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

🔬 Research update: Depermissioning Web3’s Serving Layer Over the past few months, my PhD student Weihong Wang and I have been exploring challenges in Web3’s “serving layer” — the infrastructure responsible for making blockchain data accessible to decentralized applications (dapps).