Author Archives: Chris C

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 … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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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: … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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SaturdayMP Show 74: Migrate From Rails to Jekyll (Part 7 or 7)

Posted on November 19, 2025 by Chris C

The final episode in porting the SaturdayMP website from Rails to Jekyll where I update the DNS entries to point to the GitHub Pages site. Playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYPcrKbLqwutOPHv6zimONxErY7ke9tWn Jekyll:https://jekyllrb.com/ GitHub Pages:https://docs.github.com/en/pages EasyDNS:https://easydns.com/ Found this video useful? Then help others find it by … Continue reading →

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BEMCheckBox v2.2.0 Released!

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Chris C

I’m pleased to announce that v2.2.0 of the BEMCheckBox has been released! This release builds an xcframework instead of a lipo binary. More details can be found in the release notes. I was made aware of the change from lipo … Continue reading →

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SaturdayMP Show 73: Migrate From Rails to Jekyll (Part 6)

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Chris C

No major hiccups in this episode, just several small tasks such as migrating the about and contact us pages, the favicon, and updating the documentation. All are done using Claude Code. Only one more step to update DNS entries, which … Continue reading →

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