§ Now Last updated · 2026-04-14

What I'm doing this week.

A snapshot, kept current. /now pages are a pact with the reader: this page reflects what's actually true about my time right now, not what's true on average.

BUILDING
  • Reverse-engineering Huawei Balong VxWorks firmware (C-core + A-core, ARM)
  • Shipping twilight v0.9 — adding GPU CUDA backend alongside Metal/Vulkan/WebGPU
  • ProCyanol — preparing the Procyanidin B2 formulation for first manufacturing run
ADVISING
  • Viaplay Group · Advisory Board (Sep 2025 – Apr 2026) — content strategy, recommendation algorithm
WRITING
  • "Why I built twilight in Rust" — published
  • "I find vulnerabilities the same way I find dawn" — published
  • In progress: write-up of the Balong RE methodology once disclosure window closes
STUDYING
  • B.Sc. CS @ University of Copenhagen (DIKU) — accelerated, expected Dec 2026
  • Currently: Algorithms & Data Structures · 60 ECTS this semester
READING
  • Petzold, "The Annotated Turing"
  • Cormen et al., "Introduction to Algorithms"
  • Liu & Mishchenko, "Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles"
AVAILABLE FOR
  • Reverse-engineering work · firmware / protocol / Web3
  • Security audits · short engagements
  • Advisory · founder-stage Web3 / dev tools
  • Speaking — TOKEN2049, ETHDubai, Blockchain Life have hosted me

→ Reach me at me@mostafa.dk · book a call at cal.com/mostafa-mahdi-dk.

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Reverse-engineering, Web3 infrastructure, firmware teardowns, consulting. I answer email inside 24 hours.