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Tracing Process Ancestry and Orphan Daemons with witr
When an unexpected process binds a port or consumes memory, standard Linux tools show current state without explaining origin. Here is how witr reveals the full…
whoisthat: A Rust TUI VPN Client Backed by a Go/Xray Engine
whoisthat splits a VPN client into two processes: a Rust TUI for the terminal interface and a Go engine driving Xray-core underneath. This guide covers building…
Interview: Replacing Mermaid Slop with Semantic SVG Architecture Diagrams
Cathryn Lavery explains why automated graph renderers fail in production documentation, how strict density budgets eliminate visual clutter, and why standalone …
Managing Secure Remote Infrastructure with Oryxis
A step-by-step guide to configuring Oryxis, an open-source Rust SSH client with encrypted vault storage and port forwarding.
Why Is This Process Running? The Evolution of Process Provenance Tooling
How answering why a process is running moved from /proc archaeology to eBPF streams to witr, the open-source tool that makes provenance a single command.
Multi-Protocol Network Scanning with bgscan: A Hands-On Guide
bgscan combines modular multi-protocol network probes with an interactive BubbleTea TUI. Learn how to configure scan chains, execute targeted network discovery,…
Oryxis vs SSHPilot: Architectural Trade-offs in Modern Remote Shell Clients
A technical evaluation of Oryxis and SSHPilot, comparing local ChaCha20-Poly1305 encrypted vaults, GTK4 versus Rust runtime footprints, and peer-to-peer fleet s…
witr: Tracing Process Start Chains
ps and lsof show what is running, not why. witr walks the ancestry: PID to supervisor to the script that started it, in one chain.
bgscan vs WebCheck-OSINT: Two Ways to Run an Engagement Recon Pass
bgscan sweeps networks from a BubbleTea TUI, chaining ICMP, TCP, HTTP, DNS, and tunnel probes into one run. WebCheck-OSINT dissects a single site from a self-ho…
Lazydocker vs Dockge: TUI vs Web Dashboard for Docker Compose Management
A comparative analysis of Lazydocker and Dockge for managing Docker Compose stacks, focusing on security boundaries, resource usage, and workflow efficiency.