https://alertoverload.com/categories/misc/ Recent content in Misc on Alert Overload Hugo en-us Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://alertoverload.com/posts/2026/06/building-custom-tools-for-shits-and-giggles/ Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://alertoverload.com/posts/2026/06/building-custom-tools-for-shits-and-giggles/ <h1 id="building-custom-tools-for-shits-and-giggles-and-why-reinventing-the-wheel-is-a-good-thing">Building Custom Tools for Shits and Giggles And Why Reinventing the Wheel is A Good Thing</h1> <p>Recently, I was on the hiring panel for a SOC analyst position. We received hundreds of applications, with about 10-15 ending in interviews. For the interviews, I read through each resume, and looked at all the linked GitHubs, blogs, and other sites. Something that stuck with me was how every single resume was exactly the same. They all had the same certs, they all had similar degrees, and most of them had nothing interesting in their GitHubs or personal sites. A lot of boilerplate projects that were copied from some other source.</p>