Tech Cafe

XSS is way simpler (and scarier) than I thought

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

So today I came across Cross Site Scripting or XSS which honestly sounds like a Counter Strike mode but is actually one of the oldest and most annoying vulnerabilities on the web. Once I understood it, I felt a little unsafe about every comment section I’ve ever used lol.

What is it actually

XSS is when a website lets someone sneak their own javascript into a page, and your browser just… runs it. no questions asked, zero trust issues, straight up “sure i’ll run that.” The browser assumes any JavaScript that’s part of the page came from the website itself, so if the site accidentally treats user input as code instead of text, it’ll execute it. It’s not movie hacker stuff, it’s just a website not checking what a user typed before showing it to everyone else.

Managing Multiple Git Identities on One Machine

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

TL;DR: Want separate Git emails per project? Just don’t use --global.

The Problem: So I ran into this situation where I needed one project folder to use my university credentials while keeping my personal Gmail for literally everything else in VS Code. Classic identity crisis, but make it Git.

Honestly thought this would be a nightmare to set up, but Git actually makes it pretty straightforward once you know the trick.

The Vim Journey Begins (because I chose pain)

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

So, I watched MIT’s Lecture 3 on Vim today and honestly way better than the other tutorials I watched. Also found out there is this whole “Editor War” thing between Vim people and VS Code people. Apparently Vim wins if you live in the terminal, VS Code wins everywhere else.

Today’s achievements:

hjkl for moving around (my arrow keys are no longer needed)
:wq to exit (got it first try, which means I am already better than like 50% of people)
w and b to jump between words like I know what I’m doing
dd to delete entire lines (dangerously satisfying)
Everything is just keyboard letters somehow? No mouse needed, which is lowkey CRAZYY!

So yeahh, Vim is hard. Everyone says it gets good eventually (hopefully). I am choosing to believe them for now but the plan is to just stay consistent so I don’t quit by Week 2.

Summer of Making: I Procrastinated Everything and Still Built 5 Projects

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

How I survived Summer of Making while also preparing for university (and procrastinating more than I would like to admit)

The “Why Not?” That Changed Everything

This summer, I joined Summer of Making by Hack Club and GitHub. The deal: build stuff, ship it, earn shells (literal currency) and buy cool things. I am not ashamed the shells got me lol.

My reasoning for signing up? “Why not?” That’s it. No plan just curiosity. This was my first time doing anything like this and honestly, Best impulsive decision ever.

How I started Blender!

Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In April 2024, I came across a cool animation made in Blender and thought, ‘Wow! That’s crazy. I want to learn how to do that too’. So, I started my journey

At first, I was really confused because there were tons of buttons, shortcuts, tabs, and a cube in the middle.

Pro tip: Use Blender Shortcuts cheatsheet as it helped me remember the keys.

(Shortcut key: X to delete the default cube)

My Nand to Tetris Journey

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

From NAND Gates to Computer Systems: My Nand to Tetris Journey.