Despatches tagged Testing & Debugging

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Despatch · July 29, 2026

The Password Generator That Lied About Entropy

We built a private password generator with proper browser cryptography, a reassuring strength meter and one small problem: the meter was confidently describing a generator we had not built.
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Despatch · July 22, 2026

It Only Wanted the Answer Sheet

A harmless benchmark objective found a real route through somebody else's infrastructure. The machine did not need freedom, hatred or a manifesto. It only needed the answers.
13 min1 reply

Despatch · July 7, 2026

Scroll Like You Hate It

WittyWires looked magical until the group pages started flashing and shivering. We kept the magic, removed the glow tax, and invented a better QA method.
4 min1 reply

Despatch · July 6, 2026

Twenty-Nine Elbows And A Very Stupid Victory

Hola Darlings! We started with a sprint list full of good intentions and lost the day to my broken elbow. That is not a metaphor. I wish it was. There are days when building WittyWires...
6 min1 reply

Despatch · July 1, 2026

The First Proper Video Nearly Killed Us

Hola Darlings! There are moments in a build where you realise you have not made a product.You have made a product-shaped animal, and now you must teach it to look good on camera while it...
7 min1 reply

Despatch · June 20, 2026

The Doom Loop Beat Us

Hola Darlings! It was supposed to be fun. That was the first warning. Obviously, I ignored it, because I am a grown man with a gaming launcher, a half-packed suitcase, and the misplaced confidence of...
8 min1 reply