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by mattpallissard 909 days ago
Agreed, reverse engineering a job submission and validation protocol that ran over a Unix socket was some of the most fun I ever had on the clock.

I wound up basically re-implementing the software that was listening to create a test suite by the time it was all said and done.

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Even the less challenging stuff can be fun. After seeing that SimCity themed Chicago zoning map I got to thinking about if it would be possible to do the same for the Bay Area. Turns out the cities I've looked at so far publish all sorts of machine readable information, the fun part is in finding and exfiltrating it.