Chalk’s Post

Dear connects, A while back, I embarked on a journey to learn about kernels and the android development framework, so I set out with a goal of achieving a custom recovery build for the device code-named "FRT". Initially, my approach was to generate a basic "DeviceTree" for the recovery with the relevant build variables. After that a limitation of older Mediatek recovery images not allowed to load touchscreen drivers in any mode except "Normal Boot" led to me trying to reverse engineer a pre-compiled kernel using a certain "Ominous" ARM Little Endian Decompiler, beginning my week-long adventure into the fascinating world of ARM assembly. Finally, the fix was easily implemented in the kernel source code by modifying a conditional statement written C/Bash to allow the touchscreen driver to be loaded in all boot modes, without any limitations. This fix led to the release of a preliminary TWRP 3.7.0 image with basic console, and storage mounting working. The Device Trees and Kernel source with and without the touchscreen driver patch have been uploaded to my GitHub at: https://lnkd.in/d7hGtXyn https://lnkd.in/dTR5mkwM While any further updates are strictly without a schedule, but the next part is to properly add the paths of the root and filesystem path(s).

While brushing up on Apple certificates and provisioning, I ran across this important distinction: To sign code you need a certificate and the private key that matches the public key in that certificate. This combination is called a _digital identity_ or, if it’s for signing code, a _code-signing identity_. Many people use the term certificate when they mean digital identity.

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I reverse engineered a macOS app this weekend and found my first mergable library in the wild so I figured I'd share a resource since mergable's are the new kid on the UNIX block. Mergable libraries give you the benefits of dynamic libraries (.dylib) with fast compile times when developing but at build time the libraries are statically linked into the executable just like static libraries (.a). Do remember to turn off exported symbols! That is how I found out this feature was enabled in the Mach-o I examined. By default the mergable libraries still emit the exported symbols one would need for dynamic linking. If you don't need to export these symbols turn them off and save some bundle size. Later this week I'll cover the rundown of static and dynamic libraries on Darwin based operating systems as it is an interesting topic! It's different than other UNIX systems and deserves some love.

Apple using prompts for Apple Intelligence. Simple > complex. Prompts are the future. Are you using them yet? Proof: macOS 15.1 beta leaks. System prompts for key features found. Email replies, content filters - all prompt-driven with potential fine tuning. Lesson: Don't overcomplicate. Prompt libraries > fancy custom models. Efficiency is key. Build your prompt game now. https://lnkd.in/ehfAgyxp

// TypeScript Array Example let fruits: string[] = ['Apple', 'Orange', 'Banana']; // Accessing array elements console.log(fruits[0]); // Output: Apple console.log(fruits[1]); // Output: Orange console.log(fruits[2]); // Output: Banana // Adding a new element fruits.push('Mango'); console.log(fruits); // Output: ['Apple', 'Orange', 'Banana', 'Mango'] // Removing the last element fruits.pop(); console.log(fruits); // Output: ['Apple', 'Orange', 'Banana']

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One day, Roman Mishchenko, a Software Engineer at MacPaw, noticed unexpected behavior in one of macOS' binary files 👀 After a thorough investigation, he discovered and reported a vulnerability to Apple, detailing its importance, potential attack vectors, and user impact. Apple fixed the issue in the new macOS release and mentioned Roman in the Release Notes. How did Roman find the vulnerability, and what lessons did he learn? Swipe left to find out.

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