Debug and Release

I'll be the first to admit, programming was never something I found easy. My very first experience in programming was when I got this book at the ripe age of 11. I liked playing my Nintendo 64  and wanted to make games on my own. The book that changed it all for me My ability was far under sub-par. Somewhere in these  forums I wrote a post asking for help trying to understand a while loop - needless to say I got defensive because I felt I was being talked down by people smarter than me, telling me that I should start and learn more simpler things first (than dive right into making a PC game). Forums did actually look like this (circa 2005) The truth was, I was being too ambitious. BUT - TwisterMan was not going to code itself! (All drawn in glorious Microsoft Paint :)). Animation frames of TwisterMan doing some whirlwind attack Watch out for spikeo ! *rawr* And whoever this boss was called... Baaaa? The point I'm trying to get across i...

I was looking around for information on Brotli compression , and came across an article behind protection (login or membership required). Information behind these  paywalls  is more and more common, as companies are using these in order to maintain their revenue in an digital era. Myself, like other people, do not want to login or create an account to view this content (it is also likely found on another site) - so I poked around to see if the information was accessible without logging in. Keeping this investigation confidential, I will not be mentioning the website in question or post any screenshots what I found. The flaw has also been reported to the company to ensure they can fix their security hole. How I bypassed the paywall In articles that implement a paywall, there is typically the beginning of the online article that is visible, only for a short while. At the end of the readable article, the text fades out to white, abruptly ends, or is ended by a Sign In/Regi...