Accidental Engineer: Building My First Hardware Tool the Hard Way
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Summary
A Bishop Fox consultant with no hardware background builds a field-ready badge cloning tool for physical assessments, sharing lessons on rapid learning and how hardware punishes unchecked assumptions.
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