Maximilian Vidavsky ⁽⁴⁾

It’s been 5 months since Russia invaded Ukraine, and most Russians are still reeling from the economic sanctions imposed on the nation. From the voluntary “operation suspension” by the likes of Visa and Mastercard to the removal of several Russian banks from the SWIFT network,…

Recently, I came across a problem: my trusty rooted Android 4 phone couldn't install an app whose API I wanted to reverse engineer, because the app was targeting Android versions 7 and above. Instead of buying a newer phone for my needs, I started looking…

This article was originally published on HackerNoon. Early January 2022, I spontaneously bought a pager. I looked into the US pager market, and to my surprise, there were (and still are!) several companies offering pager service. After a bit of digging, I decided to sign…

Hello, world! Welcome to my personal blog. I'm a sophomore at Penn State, studying Computer Science at the University Park campus. I'm also the president of the Slavic Club. I speak English and Russian fluently, and I'm pretty comfortable with Python. I'm also currently learning…