Sandbox99 Chronicles
From My Sandbox to Yours — Practical IT Insights.
About this site
Welcome to Sandbox99.cc – a space where I share my IT journey, lessons learned, and practical insights. The tagline “Learning IT by Doing, Sharing What I Know” captures the essence of this blog. Every article here is based on my real-world experiences, reflecting what I’ve encountered, solved, and applied in my day-to-day IT work.
Why Sandbox99.cc?
This blog is my digital sandbox – a place to experiment, document, and share the knowledge I’ve gained from hands-on work, training, and personal projects. Unlike traditional resources that might focus on theory, I prefer to write about practical scenarios, offering genuine insights and lessons that others might find useful.
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Recent Blog Post
OWASP API Security Top 10: A Practical Guide for IT Professionals
Introduction In today's interconnected digital landscape, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) have become the backbone of modern software architecture. From mobile apps to microservices, APIs facilitate seamless communication between systems, enabling the rich,...
Vibe Coding: The Future of Human-Centered Development
Introduction In the fast-moving world of software engineering, new frameworks, languages, and methodologies appear almost every year. Yet, many of them are variations of the same fundamental idea: making coding more efficient, accessible, and creative. One emerging...
API Security 101: DO’s and DON’Ts You Must Know
Introduction As a Security Researcher, I've seen firsthand how critical API security has become in the modern digital landscape. APIs are the backbone of most applications, and their vulnerabilities can expose sensitive data and disrupt services. My journey into this...
The Enduring Relevance of Makefiles in Modern DevOps
Introduction A Makefile is a configuration file used by the make build automation tool to define how software projects are compiled, built, and managed. It contains a set of rules, dependencies, and commands that describe the workflow of transforming source code into...
Mastering Infrastructure: A Senior Linux Engineer’s Guide to Configuration Management Tools
Introduction As IT Professionals, we live in a world where infrastructure is constantly evolving, and the sheer scale of managing servers, applications, and services can quickly become overwhelming. Manual configuration is not only prone to errors but also a colossal...
Nala: A Smarter Frontend for APT on Debian-Based Systems
Introduction For decades, Debian and its derivatives such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Pop!_OS have relied on the tried-and-tested APT (Advanced Package Tool) as their default package manager. While APT is reliable and powerful, its user interface and output formatting...