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      <title>i just made an encryption algorithm for some reason:D</title>
      <dc:creator>alan_alexander</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/alanalexander1011/i-just-made-an-encryption-algorithm-for-some-reasond-1g8o</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;so for some reason i made &lt;strong&gt;a cryptography algorithm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
built it in &lt;strong&gt;Python&lt;/strong&gt; (for testing cursed ideas)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
and &lt;strong&gt;C&lt;/strong&gt; (for actual speed and use)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;everything’s in the &lt;a href="https://github.com/alan-alexander-1011/2SAF" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;github repo&lt;/a&gt;, explained in the &lt;strong&gt;README.md&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;yeah, the name’s “Simple and Secure AF” —&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
but the code? cursed and chaotic.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
the &lt;em&gt;idea&lt;/em&gt; is simple — the implementation… nah (the C code even has AVX2 D:)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;if you’ve got ideas or issues, open one on GitHub — i won’t be online here much :D&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and yeah, i did use chatgpt for this :(&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
but at least i learned a lot :D&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;have fun :D&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>I just made an AUR helper</title>
      <dc:creator>alan_alexander</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 18:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/alanalexander1011/i-just-made-an-aur-helper-538j</link>
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      <description>&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  ayy guys 👋🏻
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;its my first post on here and i don't know how to make a proper post so this post is super simple.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;introduce you guys to my new AUR helper named ay(another yay) that is written in Python. &lt;a href="https://github.com/alan-alexander-1011/ay" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Github&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;as the name said, this program is inspired by yay (yet another yaourt).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and i made this for fun.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;this AUR helper don't uses the &lt;code&gt;git clone&lt;/code&gt; way but uses GET requests to download the PKGBUILD. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and instead of using commands -(S,Q,...) it uses commands like install, update,... so its different from a lot(mb) of other AUR helper.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and the code its easy to understand(mb).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and Thanks for reading this&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;pre class="highlight python"&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class="kn"&gt;import&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="n"&gt;user&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class="n"&gt;user&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;name&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;alexander&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span class="n"&gt;user&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;github&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s"&gt;https://github.com/alan-alexander-1011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="sh"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class="n"&gt;user&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;thanks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="n"&gt;level&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mi"&gt;10000&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;
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