Projects

In my spare time, I can usually be found working on various side projects. These range from web dev and full stack to hacking, workshops, electronics, and everything else in-between. You can check out a more complete list of my stuff on GitHub at github.com/shawnduong.

Currently Working On

IrisCTF

Near Future

Badger One
Rice Cooker rewrite
Hacking LT-T6 lamps
Cleaning up my site and GitHub

Highlights

(The following are incomplete lists and only show highlighted work.)

Projects

Complete
- ath: a simple circuit board and associated Arduino code that display a binary message with LEDs, one nibble at a time.
- Badger: an open source IoT RFID-based authentication, attendance tracking, notification, and rewards system for small to large scale events.
- CRT Monochrome: a minimalist text-first Jekyll theme taking inspiration from old monochrome CRT screens.
- CTFx Archivist: archive tool for CTFx that generates a GitHub pages compatible static site.
- MFRC522 MFCCLI: Mifare Classic CLI tool for Arduino MFRC522-compliant reader/writers.
- hello.xyz: a lightweight, fast, and minimalistic personal website Jekyll theme fit for portfolios, blogs, and more.
- mass-ytdl: a mass youtube-dl script for downloading large quantities of music with metadata. Requires Python, youtube-dl, ffmpeg, and xlrd.
- Pacman Digest: Generate a digest of package space usage for Linux systems using pacman.
- PXEnum: a shell script that automatically performs a series of *NIX enumeration tasks.
- py2j: a lightweight Python library that converts YAML data to JSON.
In Development
- hacknox: KOTH CTF in a briefcase.
- htpm: “Hack the Planet! mini” source code, docs, and schematics for the event platform.
- OpenHive: free your Aerohives from Extreme’s proprietary vendor-locked SaaS management platform.
- RC522: WIP, a hopefully soon-to-be-totally-complete library for the RC522 for the Arduino core.
- Rice Cooker: configurable Arch Linux auto-installation scripting.
PoCs
- Amelior PoC: a health app that processes data collected from users and communicates it back to them in such a way that they can meaningfully utilize the information to better their lifestyles.
- CyberTrace PoC: a new way to track and geographically map cyberattacks, in junction with a modular and extensible attack classification framework. Proof of concept, demo’ed in 2021.
Forks
- MarkText: Shawn’s MarkText fork with automatic file reloading.
Other
- 02h: Zero to Hero, a knowledge base for all sorts of computer hacking. This website is maintained as a personal passion project.
- CSE 168 Final: final project for CSE168 by Shawn Duong, Chloe Engel, Charison Gill-Branion, and Isabella Montoya.
- dotfiles: my Arch Linux + i3-gaps rice setup.
- manimations: a repository for all of my animations in manim.
Private
- CSE 150: F21 CSE150 projects by Ryan Chazen, Shawn Duong, Samish Kavoori, Crystal Ling, Isabella Montoya, and David Ng at the University of California, Merced.
- CSE 160: F21 CSE160 projects by Nathan Edwards and Shawn Duong.
- EECS 262: my source code for the experiments and research as a part of my “Comparison of Data Dissemination Protocols in Multi-hop Wireless Sensor Networks” paper.
- Hack the Planet HM VIII: source files for the “Hack the Planet!” event at HackMerced VIII.
- Notion Finances Visualized: data visualization scripts for my Notion finance tracker template.
Archived
- HackerPass: an RFID-based authentication system for large events such as hackathons. Rebranded as Badger.
- Rufus Botcat: a Discord bot that helps UC Merced students register for their classes by alerting them when seats open up.
- switchlib: Python library for interacting with Cisco and Brocade network switches. Written and documented for the average network engineer.
- UC Merced Registration Eye: a Python script that helps students get the classes they need by alerting them when seats open up. Succeeded by Rufus Botcat.
- Zero to Hero Hacking: this repository is deprecated. See 02h.shawnd.xyz instead.

Websites

shawnd.xyz: my personal website.
irissec.xyz: IrisSec team website.
irisc.tf: IrisCTF website.

Templates

Flask Template: boilerplate code for my Flask projects.
Vue Template: boilerplate code for my Vue projects.

Events

Workshops

Intro to Back-End: skeleton code for my “Intro to Back-End” workshop delivered 2023.08.20 at the University of California, Merced.
Hack the Tracks!: Fall 2022 @ UC Merced, taught students network hacking, web exploitation, systems exploitation, privilege escalation, and more in order to root a model railroad system and speed up, slow down, reverse, derail, and crash trains.
Hack the Packet!: Fall 2022 @ UC Merced, taught students packet sniffing in order to recover credentials from a 5-hour-long network replay.
SEA x ENGRSL Python Workshop Series
- Spring 2022 @ UC Merced, taught students how to program drones with Python. We also hacked a Dance Dance Revolution mat to control drones.
- Fall 2021 @ UC Merced, taught students how to program drones with Python
- Spring 2021 @ UC Merced, taught students applications of Python in work automation, data science, and computer security. Conducted remotely during the pandemic.
- Fall 2020 @ UC Merced, introduced students to Python to create a series of simple games. Conducted remotely during the pandemic.

Highlighted Writeups