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AURA is an interesting tool that solves a problem that only exists for a moment in time due to Microsoft Places being developed. presumably microsoft is working on a system for wfh and work from anywhere businesses but i guess the system jsut isnt smooth enough, thats why aura exists. people who work for orgs generally come up with some system to elte eachother know where they aer working but it always ends up a bit janky. thats also why aura exists, basically overlap of microsoft doing hte job poorly + no other (cheap) solution, so there you go, aura allows those two things to be possible, vibe coding an entire availability app in JS and then also configuring the cloud/security side of things is a little daunting but i learned a lto along the way and am glad that the program is as stable and available as it is, while also costing less than any other off the shelf tool, providing an easy and simple solution for a problem that is not business critical but at the same time something that people think about all the time. especially in the new era where people do not always work from home, but frmo overseas, in the car, at a park or wherever. aura makes it possible so that everybody knows what everybody else is up to and that helps with plannning communication, meetings. etc.

check out the blog i jtsu wrote for patternforge (a completely vibe coded music DAW) on /projects/patternforge. it covers, the reasons why i made it, some inspiration behind hte look feel and workflow . as well as some comments about modern music as well.. i have been making a lot of progress on CCNA and have looking a lot into IDA as well which has been really inetesring to me, theres some great content by a guy called OALabs on youtube and patreon where he breaks down binaries using ida, great workflow tips as well as solid code explanations.

Currently I have been studying C, networking, and lower level systems to fill in any gaps I may have regarding computing. My goal is to have as strong an understanding as possible and to pursue reverse engineering of malware and exploits.

I am hoping to take and pass the CCNA exam before the end of the year, i have strong fundamentals and believe this is possible

I recently purchased a book called Code (ISBN 978-0137909100), this book has been fundamental as my goal is to understand computing through every layer from the semiconductor physics that makes transistors work, to logic gates, bits in memory, machine-code instructions moving through CPU caches, operating systems and networks. You keep moving upward through the abstractions and eventually arrive at this strange magic: an HTML webpage.

To understand everything inbetween has been my obsession for a while now and to try and make it a reality is probably a little far fetched but even if I only make it 50% of the way to the understanding I want I would be happy.