The Forge Blog
Development logs, project updates, and technical deep dives from the workshop.
Thoughts on building software, running a solo dev shop, and pushing the boundaries of AI-assisted development.
I Built a Fax Service in 2026
I Need To Send a Fax .com I Need to Send a fax. A phrase that still make grown technicians flinch. I ran into the problem myself a few weeks ago when I needed to get one page sent out. I ended up on a website that looked like it was designed in 2006...
I blew up my Windows Install :/
Just a heads up that I blew up my dev environment by accident and deleted my windows partition. I'm going to experiment with windows development in a virtual machine and if needed I'll go back to dual booting .
OpenCarrier.Network: A phone network anyone can run
For over a hundred years, the telephone has been the one network we never really got to own. You rent a number from a company you didn't choose. Your calls travel through switches you can't see. Your "line" disappears the moment you stop paying. Tele...
Someone Tried to Hack Sarah's Forge. Here's What Happened.
Last night, someone pointed an automated vulnerability scanner at Sarah's Forge. Eighty-four support tickets. Hundreds of replies. Over 400,000 HTTP requests. All in the span of a few hours. They threw everything at it. SQL injection. Cross-site scri...
Sniffing Cable Networks
Decoding the Hidden Data on Your Cable Line A few years ago I made a video about visualizing the signals on my local cable network. However just staring at a bunch of QAM signals is boring. I wanted to do something more interesting. That's when I fo...