This is a followup of my previous article How an HTTP/HTTPS Proxy Work where I explained how a basic HTTP proxy works. In this article, I will explain how to implement a simple HTTPS proxy with interception in Python using asyncio and the ssl module. No third-party libraries are required.
Historically this blog started in 2003 was using SPIP, then I moved to Jekyll to get a more simple setup without the need for a database. Jekyll was a good choice at the time, but it has become a bit cumbersome to maintain, especially with the need to run Ruby and its dependencies. I was stuck on an old version of Jekyll and Ruby, and each time I wanted to publish a new post, I had to spend time fighting with the environment.
I decided to move to Hugo, a static site generator written in Go, which is much easier to set up and maintain. The installation on Ubuntu is just a matter of running a single apt install. I was already using Hugo for some other projects with success. Like Jekyll, Hugo is a static site generator based on Markdown files.
I was delaying the migration for a long time, the idea of rewriting my theme, migrating all my posts, and making sure everything worked was daunting. I had even tried once before, only to realize it was far more work than I imagined. I finally decided to use Claude Code to help me with the migration.
With the recent announcement of Mistral OCR, an old idea of using code to extract my son’s school menu has been revived.
The menu looks like this:
The goal is to extract the starter, main course, dessert, and snack for each day.
Manually extracting this information can be challenging because the document is designed to be visually appealing for humans, not machines. However, with Mistral’s new API, this task can now be accomplished with just a few lines of code.
In my free time, I’m working on a toy project named: Colvert. It’s allowed me to test some ideas and play with technology I’m interested (Python, DuckDB, HTMX). But more importantly, it’s software I’m using for my personal needs.
It’s fast UX that allows exploring large CSV/Parquet files using SQL. It’s refreshed as you type and get a graphic with one click. It’s much faster than a spreadsheet and as a developer I feel SQL more comfortable.
Their is a toy LLM integration for text to SQL. It’s domain I want to explore more this year.
Common Crawl is a non-profit that freely provides petabytes of web data, making it a goldmine for AI and data projects. Instead of crawling the web yourself, you can tap into their regularly updated archives hosted on AWS.
This guide shows you how to:
Waydroid is a project that allows you to run Android applications on a Linux distribution. It’s a fork of the project Anbox-Android-in-a-Box. Android applications are run in a container and do not have the overhead of emulators.
This article will explain how to use a proxy with Waydroid and intercept the traffic using a proxy. This can be useful to reverse engineer an API or for security testing.
