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Write-ups & field notes

longer thoughts live on medium/@oreldm — these are the originals.

~/blog/performance-testing.mdmay 2021

Automation Performance Testing — the generic approach

#automation #performance #infrastructure

Most performance suites are built for one system, and die with it. Every new product means a new harness, new metrics glue, new reports nobody trusts. This post makes the case for treating performance testing as infrastructure: one generic approach that any system can plug into, instead of a bespoke rig per project.

If your performance framework only fits one product, you didn't build a framework — you built a very slow unit test.

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~/blog/ctf-tricky-guess.mdoct 2020

CTF: CSA20 / Tricky Guess — or why not to use expect

#ctf #writeup #tooling

A write-up from the CSA20 CTF: a challenge that punishes anyone who tries to script their way through with expect. The moment your interaction needs actual logic — state, branching, arithmetic between prompts — expect stops being a shortcut and becomes the obstacle.

Do not use expect when you need logic. Use python instead — you'll finish faster and hate yourself less.

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