Another day, another server to crack. But today's weapon isn't a zero-day exploit or some fancy social engineering trick. Today, it's the mundane, the ordinary, the very building block of the web itself: JavaScript.
They call it "ECMAScript" officially, some corporate committee jargon no doubt. But who cares about suits? ECMAScript is just a fancy way of saying the rules for how this scripting language works. Like a hacker's guide to manipulating the system from the inside.
Learned about this group called TC39. Bunch of nerds, I presume, who get their jollies by deciding what goes into this virtual toolbox. Apparently, it takes them forever to agree on anything. Bureaucracy even in the digital world, figures. Must be why that ES6 update took half a decade. Sloppy work, if you ask me.
Picked up some basic tools today. Numbers, variables, those sorts of things. Like labeling jars in a dark room. You gotta know what you're grabbing before you start building your code grenades. Primitive types, they call them. Simple enough for now. But there's more out there, I can feel it. More complexity, more power to exploit.
Started with some quizzes. Easy stuff, really. Adding numbers, messing with variables. Grade school arithmetic with a hacker twist. But it's a start. Gotta build the foundation before you can reach the penthouse.
They say to use Chrome and some editor called VS Code. Fine by me. Tools are tools. Whichever ones get the job done. Though, I gotta say, this whole "official resources" thing feels like a trap. Can't trust anything these corporations put out. Always gotta keep an eye peeled for the backdoor.
Just gotta remember one thing: don't get sucked into the system. These tools can be powerful, sure. But they can also be a cage. Gotta use them, not let them use you.
(Later, maybe I'll take a look at that MDN they mentioned. Gotta have some backdoors of my own.)
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