SaturdayMP Show 82: Creating PostCast (Part 4 – Figuring out LinkedIn API)

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Chris C

Turns out getting a LinkedIn API key is confusing, at least for us. Did you know you need an Organization Page on @LinkedIn to get a key? You can’t just get an API key for yourself. No actual coding in this video, just lots of reading the LinkedIn docs and getting some curl scripts to work. If you have any tips for using LinkedIn API, let us know in the comments.

*PostCast is just a place holder name and might change. The goofy PostCast placeholder image was generated by ChatGPT and will likely change.

LinkedIn Developer Console:
https://developer.linkedin.com/

PostCast Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYPcrKbLqwuvKQ97klk3bzyUPI6j154WC

Omar:
https://www.ashour.ca/

SaturdayMP:
https://saturdaymp.com/

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SaturdayMP Show 81: Creating PostCast (Part 3 – Creating GitHub Action)

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Chris C

In this episode we create a GitHub action to build PostCast*. Actually, it was more of a test if we could get GitHub actions working for a Fyne project.

I like having a CI/CD created as soon as I create a new project, so I know I can do a release at anytime. It also prevents the problem of “it worked on my machine” during development but now fails to run in production after creating the CI/CD at the last minute.

*PostCast is just a place holder name and might change. The goofy PostCast placeholder image was generated by ChatGPT and will likely change.

GitHub Actions:
https://docs.github.com/en/actions

Fyne Packaging:
https://docs.fyne.io/started/cross-compiling/

Omar:
https://www.ashour.ca/

PostCast Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYPcrKbLqwuvKQ97klk3bzyUPI6j154WC

Thanks to the Fyne IO team for developing Fyne and GitHub for creating GitHub Actions! Thanks to Omar for pairing with me.

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SaturdayMP Show 80: Creating PostCast (Part 2 – Testing Fyne Packaging)

Posted on January 14, 2026 by Chris C

In this episode I’m joined by Omar, and we try cross-compiling and packaging our Fyne example app for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Spoiler alert: we get Linux and Windows working but fail because of a known bug with Fyne and macOS.

*PostCast is just a place holder name and might change. The goofy PostCast placeholder image was generated by ChatGPT and will likely change.

PostCast Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYPcrKbLqwuvKQ97klk3bzyUPI6j154WC

Fyne Packaging:
https://docs.fyne.io/started/cross-compiling/

Fyne-Cross macOS bug:
https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne-cross/issues/338

Go:
https://go.dev/

Omar:
https://www.ashour.ca/

Thanks to Google for developing Go and the Fyne IO team for developing Fyne and both for releasing them for free to everyone to use!

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SaturdayMP Show 79: Creating PostCast (Part 1 – Setting up Go Environment)

Posted on January 7, 2026 by Chris C

Happy New Year everyone! In this video I start on the PostCast* app, and this video turned out to be an hour of getting Go and Fyne set up. I’ve never used Go before, so it was a learning curve but not too bad.

Do you have any suggestions for improving my setup? If so, let me know. I’m sure I got something wrong and/or something could be improved.

*PostCast is just a place holder name and might change. The goofy PostCast placeholder image was generated by ChatGPT and will likely change.

Go:
https://go.dev/

Fyne:
https://fyne.io/

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SaturdayMP Show 78: Advent of Code 2025 (Day 1 – Part 2: Success)

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Chris C

It took me two videos and over 2 hours, but I finally solved the Day 1 – Part 2 Advent of Code 2025 challenge! I wonder if I’m that is the slowest time on record? At least the slowest time anyone would admit too.

Apparently solving Advent of Code problems is not my strong suite. They remind me of university assignments which I never really liked and is a big reason for not perusing a Master’s or PhD. Hopefully someone will just give me an honorary Master’s or PhD one day.

Day 1 – Part 2: Failure:
https://youtu.be/FCAHNP9kJ3U

Advent of Code 2025 – Day 1:
https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/1

Thanks to Eric Wastl for creating Advent of Code and putting it on every year:
https://was.tl/

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Weekly Dev Chat IRL: Advent of Code/Cyber

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Chris C

The hosts of Weekly Dev Chat are pleased to announce we will be hosting Advent of Code/Cyber. Come join us in real life on December 18 at Strathcona Public Library. We’ll be participating in Advent of Code and Advent of Cyber. Bring your laptop and come join the fun!

See here for more details and registration.

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SaturdayMP Show 77: Advent of Code 2025 (Day 1 – Part 2: Failure)

Posted on December 10, 2025 by Chris C

In this episode I explain how I previously solved Day 1 – Part 1 of the Advent of Code 2025 problem. I then proceed to fail to solve part 2, though I think I was close. I got stuck in the “keep trying random stuff” mindset instead of sitting back and thinking about the problem. A problem that is magnified when I’m recording as I have to think and talk at the same time.

Advent of Code 2025 – Day 1:
https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/1

Thanks to Eric Wastl for creating Advent of Code and putting it on every year:
https://was.tl/

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SaturdayMP Show 76: Hack the Box – Lock (Part 2 – Both Flags)

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Chris C

Part 2 of the Lock machine. I was able to capture both the user and system flags with the help of the walkthrough. My biggest learning was with the MSI Installer bug where you can use the installer repair action to elevate yourself from Guest to System Administrator.

Part 1:
https://youtu.be/M6CMolFPnGs

Hack the Box Lock Machine:
https://app.hackthebox.com/machines/Lock

Microsoft Windows MSI Installer – Repair to SYSTEM – A detailed journey
https://sec-consult.com/blog/detail/msi-installer-repair-to-system-a-detailed-journey/

Thanks to @HackTheBox and users xct and kozmer for creating the Lock machine:
https://app.hackthebox.com/users/13569
https://app.hackthebox.com/users/637320

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XPlugins.iOS.BEMCheckBox version 8, 9, and 10 released!

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Chris C

I’m pleased to announce that versions 8.0.0, 9.0.0, and 10.0.0 of the XPlugin.iOS.BEMCheckBox have been released. XPlugin.iOS.BEMCheckBox allows you to use the iOS BEMCheckBox, created by Boris Emorine (Boris-Em), in your MAUI projects.

You can find the releases on NuGet:

https://www.nuget.org/packages/SaturdayMP.XPlugins.iOS.BEMCheckBox

XPlugin project:

https://github.com/saturdaymp/XPlugins.iOS.BEMCheckBox

BEMCheckBox project:

https://github.com/saturdaymp/BEMCheckBox

The XPlugin.iOS.BEMCheckBox versions now match the .NET version so version 8 targets .NET 8, version 9 targets.NET 9, and so on. Version 8 and onwards use BEMCheckBox v2.2.0, which requires iOS 18 or higher.

I think I have the targeting and minimum iOS versions set up correctly in the project and the NuGet package, but if you spot a mistake, please let me know by opening an issue:

https://github.com/saturdaymp/XPlugins.iOS.BEMCheckBox/issues

Feel free to open issues for other improvements for either the XPlugin wrapper or BEMCheckbox. Happy coding!

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SaturdayMP Show 75: Hack the Box – Lock (Part 1, Almost Captured the User Flag)

Posted on November 26, 2025 by Chris C

In this episode I attempt the Lock machine on  ⁨@HackTheBox⁩ . Spoiler: I almost captured the user flag but ran out of time. Got delayed by installing items on my new Kali Linux WSL and learning new about MSFvemon, setting Python virtual environments, and the Cryptodome library.

Hopefully, the next video will be capturing the user and root flags. The joys of mostly live videos where you get to watch me struggle and hopefully we learn together.

Hack the Box:
https://www.hackthebox.com/

WSL:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/

IIS:
https://www.iis.net/

MSFvemon:
https://www.offsec.com/metasploit-unleashed/msfvenom/

Python venv:
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html

Have a question you want answered in a future video? A challenging or interesting problem you need you want to see solved? Constructive feedback? Then comment, DM me, or send an email to ask@saturdaymp.com.

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