DNS for Hackers — What Every Record Type Means to an AttackerPart 1 of 3 in the DNS Recon for Bug Bounty Hunters series Hey, welcome. If you're getting started in bug bounty hunting, you've probably heard people say "do recon first." And the very first thing iMay 29 · 10 min readhack-notes.hashnode.dev
The 90% I Missed While Chasing the 10%I'm 21. I don't have answers. I don't have a success story to sell you. What I have is a growing pile of questions and a strange sense that I spent years preparing for life instead of actually living it. This isn't about productivity hacks or finding...Feb 8 · 6 min readtoklas495.hashnode.dev
The Real Story of Account Linking — How I Learned Auth Is a Flow, Not a LoginAuth is not a login. Auth is a flow. The moment you understand this, everything clicks. 01 — It Started Simple When I first built authentication, I only had one provider: password login. User signs up with email and password. Done. One table. One r...Feb 1 · 8 min readtoklas495.hashnode.dev
The Mirror Trick: Why Knowing Good Habits Changes NothingEveryone says habits decide your future. Read Atomic Habits. Make a to-do list. Wake up at 5 AM. Meditate. Work deeply. Delete Instagram. I knew all of this. I read the books. I understood the science. But I still scrolled for hours. Still sat all da...Jan 10 · 5 min readtoklas495.hashnode.dev
The Magic Behind “Login with Google”: How OAuth 2.0 Actually WorksIntroduction: The Magic Login Button You're on a website. You see "Login with Google" or "Login with GitHub." You click it. Boom — you're logged in. No passwords to remember, no email verification waiting. Just... magic? But how does this actually wo...Jan 4 · 8 min readtoklas495.hashnode.dev