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Things I ran into, broke, fixed or figured out. Written in Timișoara, mostly in English, sometimes in Romanian.

cna-hypocrisy-toonmax-abn.mdEN RO

29 October 2026, 10 min read

Hypocrisy unleashed: a public call to CNA

TOONMAX shut down its online stream for fear of CNA's fines. ABN, who reported it, broadcast without a licence too. What the law says, what a mistake costs, and why some get forgiven and others don't.

Fuck me, bro, this is hypocrisy unleashed. So some people can run without a licence and broadcast online illegally, while others have to play the fool and obey like puppies, because in Romania what counts is who has the bigger dick and more nerve. Here's an example. ABN, short for Ade Broadcast Network, a network of kids playing at being a TV station, reported TOONMAX to CNA, Romania's broadcasting regulator. But guess what I found when I checked? They don't have a licence either. They broadcast anyway and act like a media empire, running on a VPS from CLOUD CENTER SRL. I can't stand this kind

what-is-xtq.mdEN RO

29 October 2026, 4 min read

What is xTQ, and why this site is so hard to take down

Where the name comes from, what xtq.ro runs on, and why there's no WordPress, no database and nothing to break into. Just my own technology, from the front door to the last page.

php2shell-xtq-php-patched.md

23 October 2026, 6 min read

php2shell: PHP's worst bug in years, and why xTQ PHP was ready for it

Two new PHP bugs let a stranger run commands on a server with one web request. xTQ PHP is patched, and it now has its own protection for the next bug like this.

xtq-web-1-0-1.md

23 October 2026, 4 min read

xTQ Web 1.0.1: safer, kinder to your visitors, and easier to run

The first update to xTQ Web fixes a way around the browser check, stops bad uploads from knocking apps offline, and lets restarts finish what visitors started. Here's what each change means, in plain words.

mac-second-monitor-fix.md

6 October 2026, 3 min read

Mac won't detect the second monitor? It wasn't the cable

My new DP cable gave me "No DP signal" and I raged at it for nothing. The Mac had given both display pipes to my other monitor. Here's the 10 second fix.