A reflection on how the visual novel HENPRI inherits and transcends The Shawshank Redemption — from homage to narrative structure, from individual escape to collective action, and from art as solace to art as weapon.

Working through Cryptopals Set 1 (first six challenges) and the MysteryTwister C3 SHA1 password cracking challenge, covering encoding conversion, XOR analysis, repeating-key cryptanalysis, and constraint-based hash cracking.

RE and Misc challenges from mini-LCTF 2026

Challenges I wrote for a small New Year CTF.