Hi, I’m Ata. I write about things I find interesting: programming, security, and whatever else I’m tinkering with. Check out the About page for more information.
Recent Posts

Autopsying a SanDisk Extreme SSD
A dead SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD, taken apart: the bridge chip answers, the NVMe behind it is gone, and the warranty runaround.

Balancing an MMO economy with a black market
Every item in Albion Online is player-crafted, yet mobs drop loot. The Black Market merchant squares that circle, and the design generalises.

Hardening a fresh Linux install
The baseline I apply to every fresh VPS: non-root user, SSH lockdown, UFW, fail2ban, unattended upgrades, and the Docker firewall hole.

Building custom commands in Bevy
Using Rust extension traits to add your own commands to Bevy's Commands struct. Written for Bevy 0.4 in 2021; the pattern still holds.