Setting Up This Blog: A Log of the Build Log

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This blog exists because I wanted permanent documentation that nobody can take from me. Platforms get demonetized, algorithms shift, accounts get flagged — none of that happens to a folder of Markdown files sitting in a git repo I control. Fitting, then, that the first real post here is about standing the thing up. Wasn’t a clean one-shot deploy. Worth recording exactly where it went sideways.

The stack decision

Started by almost going down the Ghost-on-a-VPS route — self-hosted Ghost via Docker on Oracle’s free-tier cloud. Backed out of it once I was honest about what I actually wanted: zero ongoing maintenance. A VPS means an OS to patch, a Docker daemon to babysit, the occasional “why did my server stop responding” debugging session. None of that is what I’m here for.

Building and Shipping Dendrite RevShell

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I wanted a reverse shell payload reference for the brand — something in the same spirit as revshells.com, but mine: my domain, my design, my payload list. This is the build log.

Why build this instead of just using revshells.com

Two reasons. First, it’s a genuinely useful tool to have under my own domain — a reference I control, that I can extend, that points back to HackVault instead of someone else’s project. Second, it was a small enough scope to actually finish. I’ve learned that the projects I ship are the small ones — narrow scope, clear “done” state, demoable the moment it’s live.

Build-Log on Dendrite // Log

Setting Up This Blog: A Log of the Build Log

The stack decision

Building and Shipping Dendrite RevShell

Why build this instead of just using revshells.com