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Stop Auto-Piloting to Google: Why I Built DDG Guilt Trip

I love DuckDuckGo. I’ve been using it as my default search engine for years. But I have a dirty secret, and I suspect many of you do too. !g It’s muscle memory at this point. I type a query, and before my brain even engages, my fingers add !g at the beginning. I’m telling myself, “I just need Google Maps for this one thing” or “I need specifically Reddit results,” but in reality, I was lazy....

January 9, 2026 · 2 min

RegRipper Language Support for VS Code

During forensic investigations, analyzing registry hives involves staring at thousands of lines of log output. RegRipper is the standard tool for this, but its text output can be dense and hard to parse visually. I built the RegRipper Language Support extension for VS Code to make this process less painful. It adds syntax highlighting, outline navigation, and structure to .regripper logs. Why do we need this? Raw RegRipper output is just plain text....

November 28, 2024 · 1 min