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Software engineering, hardware hacking, and whatever catches my attention.

Welcome. I’m kasterby. This is where I document reverse engineering, repairs, software experiments, and long-running hardware projects.

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Reverse Engineering Axis TV and OTTRun Authentication

I wanted to understand one specific thing about Axis TV on my Android TV box. During setup, the app only asks for a 16 digit activation code. It does not ask for a server URL or account credentials. I wanted to see how it resolves the backend from that one input.

Comments! Adding comments to my Gitlab pages blog

As of today, it's now possible to write and publish comments on each of my blog posts. This website is hosted on gitlab pages; it's statically built and there is no backend server running, nor any database. In this context, having a comments system implies outsourcing the comm…

How to use vite.js on Gitpod

This blog was recently (re)made from scratch using sveltekit. Vite is used unther the hood to add HMR capabilities.