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AES encryption in Go

Posted on May 1, 2021 by rendon

Here is a program I wrote to learn how to use the Go libraries for AES encryption. Build & run I hope it helps. References Advanced Encryption Standard Advanced Encryption Standard (Wikipedia)

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Build C/C++ libraries with debugging support

Posted on April 30, 2021 by rendon

I’ve been debugging a program which uses certain library on CLion. The IDE is great, but I cannot see most of the code from the library, the debugger shows me assembly code, and that’s not very helpful. The solution was … Continue reading →

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Hello-World AWS Encryption SDK C/C++ program

Posted on April 27, 2021 by rendon

In one of my projects, I need to encrypt and decrypt data in C, specifically using the AWS Encryption SDK. The SDK supports C, but the documentation is not very clear, in my opinion, so I decided to share my … Continue reading →

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Hello-World CGO program

Posted on April 26, 2021 by rendon

I’m sharing my first CGO program, I hope it helps. File structure: hello.c hello.h main.go Build & run References I followed Cgo: First steps tutorial, but the examples provided didn’t compile for me (see error down below), I had to … Continue reading →

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Interesting programming problems

Posted on February 21, 2021 by rendon

The following problems were either difficult to solve, provided a valuable learning, or both. I’m putting them here so as not to forget a bout them. Drinks Three Pairwise Maximums FashionabLee Captain Flint and Crew Recruitment

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Merriam-Webster’s Word of the day & week – July 10

Posted on July 17, 2020 by rendon

Word of the day aphelion deracinate legerdemain sound emulate bromide histrionic Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: perihelion apogee perigee AU uproot befits glistering Phaehon sleight of hand adroitness sleight sly scrapping resonance … Continue reading →