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Cryptography

Zero Knowledge Proof

How do you prove you know a password without actually saying it? The "Master" Woodworker analogy.

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P2P Network

The Swarm

Visualizing BitTorrent file chunks. Watch seeds and peers trade pieces to maximize speed.

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Protocols

TCP vs UDP

Why does video glitch but downloads pause? A physics-based comparison of The Handshake.

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Hardware

RAID Smasher

Simulate drive failures in RAID 0, 1, and 5. Smash drives with a hammer and check data integrity.

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Blockchain

Consensus Engine

Mining vs Staking. Energy cost of Proof of Work vs capital risk of Proof of Stake.

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Security

The Secret Note

Public Key Encryption with Alice & Bob. Why HTTP is dangerous and how HTTPS locks the box.

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DNS

DNS Switchboard

The internet's phonebook. Drag domains to name servers and watch URL resolution.

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In Development

Traffic Splitter

Manage the flood. Sticky sessions vs round-robin logic visualization.

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In Development

Event Loop Diner

Visualize how single-threaded JavaScript handles heavy traffic via Async I/O.

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In Development

Cache Kitchen

LRU vs LFU: why your app forgets things like a goldfish with a database.

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