A path through the garden
Tools & experiments.
Useful tools, small discoveries, and things learned by trying.
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- An early Solana toolchain experiment on Apple Silicon
A Solana 1.9 and Anchor 0.19 notebook about architecture mismatches and a local validator failure.
Blockchain / Tools & experiments - An older Homebrew removal notebook
Three commands with different effects: removing installed packages, cleaning archives, and the earlier Cask syntax.
Tools & experiments - Batch contract reads with a multicall watcher
Two older JavaScript watcher examples, with block consistency, polling lifetime, and numeric precision in view.
Blockchain / Tools & experiments - Build a JMeter plan, then run it without the GUI
A historical JMeter 5.4.1 plan with thread settings, response assertions, and separate result artifacts.
Cloud & systems / Tools & experiments - Building Bitcoin transactions with PSBTs and custom UTXOs
A historical BitcoinJS experiment covering four address families, fee estimation, and explicit input selection.
Blockchain / Tools & experiments - Choosing Git identity by repository directory
Conditional Git configuration without publishing real names, email addresses, or workstation paths.
Tools & experiments - Converting a PuTTY key for an OpenSSH client
Historical Linux and macOS commands for changing a private key's file format without changing its purpose.
Cloud & systems / Tools & experiments - Defining fairness in a staking-reward proposal
Three design objectives from an earlier fixed-pool staking idea, without treating them as proven guarantees.
Blockchain / Tools & experiments - Dynamic imports at a CommonJS and ESM boundary
An older libp2p loading workaround, with export maps, runtime evaluation, and stream lifetime kept distinct.
Tools & experiments - Early Flutter troubleshooting on Apple Silicon
Several historical M1 failures involving filtering software, IDE discovery, native Ruby extensions, and debugger logs.
Mobile & interfaces / Tools & experiments - Encoding Wi-Fi details in a QR code
A compact note on the WIFI payload and the network credentials it contains.
Tools & experiments - Finding virtualization support in firmware settings
A short historical note on the firmware toggle behind hardware-assisted virtualization.
Tools & experiments