Remebering the 'Why' Behind the Code
I came up with the concept of this blog during somewhat of a burnout period of coding. The obsession for tech was still there, but nothing seemed to excite me anymore. I had recently gotten accepted to grad school to get a Master's in Computer Information Systems and for some reason thought it was likely that I would actually start the program this summer. The reality was far from that and touches on subjects irrelevant to the purpose of these musings. That being said, I couldn't open a code editor without becoming overwhelmed with disinterest. However, as I mentioned, I knew my obsession with tech hadn't left. Regardless, I had to find it again.
I began by looking for a reason to keep learning, and at the time, I wasn't sure what I was even interested in anymore. I returned to Java and picked up a few new tricks before becoming just as bored with the Eclipse IDE as Visual Studio Code.
It's an odd feeling to know where you belong, but be mentally unable to remain present. I was in a position where searching for a reason to gain interest had become very difficult, but I carried on each morning. Eventually, while researching ways to make my work regain meaning, I came across the Tor Project again. While commonly associated with the dark web, I began to investigate its origins and legitimate use cases.
At the time of this writing, I'm now running three WebTunnel bridges. These are essentially a type of "bridge" that masks your web browsing via the Tor browser to mimic the typical type of traffic your internet service provider would expect to see. While Tor doesn't appear to have a large user base in the United States, in many parts of the world the internet remains censored and free speech doesn't exist as we know it.
Without being too long-winded, I wanted to express that these writings will deal with issues that exist on a global scale. Whether that relates to privacy, security, or cryptocurrency and their relation to freedom.