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KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 4

Someone hacked Digitown's municipality and stole classified documents. 45 million rows of router traffic, an IP lookup table, and KQL's anomaly detection to find who did it.

2026-06-29 (first published: )

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My Toolbox - AI

I trusted AI to redesign this entire blog. The layout, the CSS, the deployment pipeline, the shortcodes. I use it to build home automation, organize my notes, fix my...

2026-06-24 (first published: )

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Inspecting TSQL Abstract Syntax Trees

TSQL ScriptDOM is a useful library for parsing scripts into an abstract syntax tree. I've built a web tool that helps visualize this tree as a learning exercise.
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I've leveraged...

2025-12-03 (first published: )

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KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 3

The crime spree in Digitown is not ending. This time 20 cars have been stolen and we need to find where they’re stored.
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This is the abridged case description....

2025-06-09 (first published: )

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KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 2

The people of Digitown are being targeted by phishermen, and they need my help to stop them in their tracks.
The problem

The police have asked for our assistance, and we’ve...

2025-06-02 (first published: )

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KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 1

Another KDA case: Digitown’s utility bills suddenly doubled for no good reason. With the election coming up, I got pulled in to figure out what went wrong. I’ve got...

2025-05-30 (first published: )

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