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I Decompiled the White House's New App
https://thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app
Published: March 28, 2026 09:11
The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.
Reverse Engineering a Discord AiTM Phishing Kit
https://thereallo.dev/blog/reverse-engineering-discord-aitm-phishing
Published: March 23, 2026 06:26
Adversary-in-the-middle proxy that intercepts Discord tokens. Here is how the whole thing works.
That Minecraft 'Dupe Mod' Is Not Just a Stealer
https://thereallo.dev/blog/this-minecraft-dupe-mod-is-a-rat
Published: February 23, 2026 11:45
A TikTok "dupe client" that's actually a credential stealer: session token exfil, Ethereum smart-contract C2, in-memory stage-2 JAR, and a native DLL UAC-bypass backdoor.
I Ported Material You Shapes to the Web
https://thereallo.dev/blog/porting-material-you-shapes-to-the-web
Published: February 9, 2026 08:25
Android's shape morphing system, rebuilt from scratch in TypeScript. SVG paths, CSS clip-paths, and React components.
Teaching an AI to Play Chrome Dino
https://thereallo.dev/blog/chrome-dino-neat
Published: January 2, 2026 02:37
Watching a neural network figure out physics from scratch still feels magical.
Maybe You Are The One Killing Art
https://thereallo.dev/blog/maybe-you-are-the-one-killing-art
Published: December 27, 2025 03:56
Stop pretending you're defending art. You just don't like how the barrier to entry got lower.
Why Google Will Probably Win the AI Race
https://thereallo.dev/blog/google-will-win-ai-race
Published: December 26, 2025 07:58
OpenAI is burning cash. xAI is chasing hype. Google has infrastructure, efficiency, and a decade head start.
Reverse Engineering Google Flow's Hero Effect
https://thereallo.dev/blog/reverse-engineering-googles-flow-hero
Published: December 22, 2025 09:37
Recreating the WebGL blur effect from Flow using Three.js
Reverse Engineering Cloudflare's Vector Footer
https://thereallo.dev/blog/reverse-engineering-cloudflares-footer
Published: December 11, 2025 23:41
Recreating Cloudflare's vector footer using Paper.js
Digging into a Creepy Survey Website From 2023
https://thereallo.dev/blog/creepy-survey-2023
Published: November 24, 2025 02:23
A mysterious psychological survey that IP bans people for switching tabs.
Y Combinator Is Dead
https://thereallo.dev/blog/y-combinator-is-dead
Published: October 29, 2025 07:53
From funding Stripe to throwing money at 'Brainrot IDE' and AI wrappers you can build in a weekend
Spotify Sent Me a Cease and Desist
https://thereallo.dev/blog/spotify-cease-and-desist
Published: October 11, 2025 03:43
A 100-line scraper got me threatened by a billion-dollar company's lawyers.
The Comet Browser Panic Was Bullshit
https://thereallo.dev/blog/comet-browser-panic
Published: October 6, 2025 02:46
Discord panicked over an AI browser. Zero evidence, maximum fear.
I Built a 5x Faster Alternative to AsyncStorage for Expo
https://thereallo.dev/blog/expo-native-storage-5x-faster-asyncstorage
Published: September 27, 2025 10:31
Creating expo-native-storage: a native storage solution that's 19x smaller and up to 32x faster than AsyncStorage on Android.
Please Stop Making Terrible GIFs
https://thereallo.dev/blog/converting-gifs-properly
Published: August 29, 2025 02:30
Most people convert videos to GIFs wrong. Here's how to do it right with FFmpeg and custom palettes.
How I Uncovered a 1200-Site Crypto Scam Network
https://thereallo.dev/blog/mammoth
Published: July 31, 2025 10:40
A little frustration with spam led me down a rabbit hole and exposed a massive, centrally managed scam operation.
The Uncanny Valley of AI Frontends
https://thereallo.dev/blog/the-uncanny-valley-of-ai-frontends
Published: July 29, 2025 15:20
LLMs are getting better at React, CSS and HTML, but something still feels off.
Debunking AI's Thirsty Reputation
https://thereallo.dev/blog/debunking-ai-thirsty-reputation
Published: July 15, 2025 11:18
Everyone's freaking out about AI drinking all our water. Let's separate the facts.
Live Coding Music with Strudel
https://thereallo.dev/blog/live-coding-music-with-strudel
Published: July 9, 2025 05:00
I recreated Canon in D in 15 minutes using JavaScript.
Equestria - A Web CTF Challenge
https://thereallo.dev/blog/equestria
Published: July 3, 2025 02:06
How nginx misconfigurations and race conditions led to a complete compromise of the Equestria web levels.
I Built an AI Discord Selfbot That Fooled Everyone for a Week
https://thereallo.dev/blog/ai-discord-selfbot-experiment
Published: June 15, 2025 06:29
A social experiment using Gemini 2.5 Flash to test how well AI can blend into human Discord conversations.
Why I still Choose Tailwind CSS in 2025
https://thereallo.dev/blog/why-i-still-choose-tailwind-css-in-2025
Published: June 9, 2025 06:23
Tailwind CSS is still the best choice for building modern web interfaces.
My Honest Take on Vercel and Next.js
https://thereallo.dev/blog/my-honest-take-on-vercel-and-nextjs
Published: May 18, 2025 19:52
A rant about Vercel using Next.js as a platform to force you their services.