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by rbdixon 3y ago
I have a complex document generation tool based on latex. I’ve been working on replacing it with typst. Typst is simply 10x faster. Crazy example of how fast typst is: 30”x30” document with 2600 tiny images generates a 40MB PDF in under a h
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by rbdixon 3y ago
Here is a framework which uses decorators to delegate runtime behavior to an LLM. Not quite what you meant but the closest I’ve seen. https://askmarvin.ai/components/ai_function/
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by rbdixon 5y ago
doit [0] is a superb toolkit for building task-oriented tools with dependencies. It isn't too complex to get started and gives you a lot to work with. I've used it for an internal tool used by everyone in the company for 5+ years
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by rbdixon 5y ago
Scripting flow manipulations in mitmproxy is easy. There are a lot of great examples to learn from which help. The filter syntax is expressive and simplifies writing code to mangle flows. I've done body conversion [0], weird types of a
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by rbdixon 6y ago
I used the BeagleBone Black. There is a loadable kernel module which, lucky for me, just worked. The kernel module is from the USBiquitous project [1]. See my other comment about recommending starting with usb-tools / Facedancer. [1]:
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by rbdixon 6y ago
"USB in a Nutshell" [1] was really useful to me. As far as tooling goes I'd take a look at the "usb-tools" project [2] on Github. The GreatFET One hardware [3] is good and works with the Facedancer software hosted b
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by rbdixon 8y ago
Tutorial on how to parse a binary format using Katai Struct. KS can output parsing code in Python, C++, Java, Lua, JavaScript. The example shows a parser for the ESP8266 binary format.
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Parsing binaries with Katai Struct with example from ESP8266 firmware images(carvesystems.com)
1 points by rbdixon 8y ago|1 comments