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A browser-based remake of ActiveWorlds. Explore 3D worlds, meet other players, and build.
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Hey, I'm Axel.
I ship software your business can rely on.
Freelance engineer for the whole stack. I help teams launch faster, untangle what's fragile, and build systems that don't fall over at 3am.
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Unicode usernames without homoglyph attacks
Zod username validation for Japanese, Korean, and Cyrillic names, with homoglyph, impersonation and script-mixing checks.
SecurityJavaScriptUnicodeAug 27, 2026 · 11 min read
Post-quantum JWT signing: ML-DSA is here
What RFC 9964 adds for JWS, when ML-DSA actually matters versus keeping ES256, and why post-quantum JWE encryption is further off than you think.
SecurityJWTCryptographyJavaScriptAug 5, 2026 · 9 min read
Timing-safe equal: comparing secrets without leaking them
Why a normal string comparison can leak confirmation tokens byte by byte, how timingSafeEqual fixes it, and a live benchmark you can run in the browser.
SecurityJavaScriptCryptographyAug 4, 2026 · 9 min read