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Write-ups from things I build and run in production.

• A free tool to check if a coding assignment is malware — without running it

  interview-assignment-scanner is a read-only tool that checks a coding take-home / repo / zip for malware — weaponized git hooks, malicious install scripts, hidden loaders — without ever running the code. Works standalone, in Claude Code, or with your own OpenAI key.

  Jul 17, 2026 · 6 min read

• Malware in Git Hooks: Anatomy of a Fake-Recruiter Coding Assignment

  A fake recruiter posing as Block.one sent a take-home coding assignment that hid malware in git hooks. Here are the red flags, what the malware did, and how to check one safely.

  Jul 17, 2026 · 13 min read