https://bouhmad.com/posts/Recent content in Posts onHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://bouhmad.com/posts/bsides-sea-2026-notes/Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://bouhmad.com/posts/bsides-sea-2026-notes/Keynote Adams Takeaways: Social engineering is no longer about humans exploiting vulnerabilities in humans, it’s now a mix of: Human vs Human Human vs AI AI vs Human AI vs AI The ability to scale deception has accelerated immensely. AI systems are very prone to a variety of attacks, including mechanisms used in police investigations like chain of thought introspections. All documented here: https://github.com/Arcanum-Sec/arc_pi_taxonomy The only way we can secure the systems is by understanding and using them.https://bouhmad.com/posts/rust-study-notes/Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://bouhmad.com/posts/rust-study-notes/Chapter 1 Compiler in rust refuses to compile code with low-level code bugs, such as concurrency bugs, making it easier for devs to get shit done vs undergoing extensive testing & code review Cargo is the dependency manager & build tool – easy to manage deps, compile & build code Rustfmt is a formatting tool used to make sure styling is consistent across codebases Rust Lanaguage Server helps as an IDE integration for inline error msgs while coding Usecases: Devops Tooling Web Services CLI tools Embedded device software bio informatics Search Engines IoT apps ML Major parts of Firefox Web Browser Eliminates the trade-offs between safety & productivity, speed & ergonomics.https://bouhmad.com/posts/postgres-study-notes/Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://bouhmad.com/posts/postgres-study-notes/Chapter 1 Installed pgAdmin & Postgres via postgresapp.com to get started quickly. pgAdmin is pretty neat in that it is Free allows you to see the database system stats allows you to query multiple databases, optionally adding notes for specific queries Chapter 2 - Creating your first Database and Table SQL is a way to extract knowledge from and define structures for data, drawing relationships between data Table is a structure Amount of tables hints at the data i’ll need to analyze, as well as the relationships i can explore amongst the data Database builders organize data using separate tables for each main entity to avoid redundant data Example: storing name and dob just once, dont waste db space entering name next to each class, just include the id to draw relationships with ANSI SQL Standard defines a set of rules and commands for interacting with rdms.https://bouhmad.com/posts/things-i-want-in-a-cooking-app/Sat, 21 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://bouhmad.com/posts/things-i-want-in-a-cooking-app/In a perfect world, I’d want the ability to: Catalog all of my ingredients that I have at the house. Being able to view them on my phone, or on a tablet in the kitchen. See or search for recipes using the ingredients on-hand, in my phone or on the tablet in the kitchen See or search for recipes using the ingredients on-hand, showing me additional ingredients that would be needed to make a recipe.https://bouhmad.com/posts/project-waves-manifesto/Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://bouhmad.com/posts/project-waves-manifesto/Program Overview Waves is for the people, by the people. Internet access & digital literacy is paramount to success in the 21st century, which is why I strongly believe that every single penny should go towards this effort. Money should be invested and then reinvested into communities where Waves takes root. This is a movement. It’s not about any one individual, it’s not about any one organization, but rather, the collective.https://bouhmad.com/posts/hids-monitoring-made-easy/Sun, 17 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://bouhmad.com/posts/hids-monitoring-made-easy/Author’s Note This Blog, let alone this blog post, has been something I’ve been meaning to get off the ground for quite some time. Because of this, I will attempt to curb my extreme enthusiasm as I attempt to write a meaningful post on one of my favorite technologies, HIDS. This is supposed to be a somewhat high-level look at a few different providers in the space. I hope you all enjoy the blog, and please, if you have questions or want me to talk/elaborate on a specific topic please send me a DM on twitter @adambouhmad.