BJ's Bytes is a blog and portfolio by BJ Anderson about cybersecurity, cryptography, software development, and learning.https://bjs-bytes.com/https://bjs-bytes.com/projects/the-greatest-controversy-in-cyber/https://bjs-bytes.com/projects/the-greatest-controversy-in-cyber/Cybersecurity one word or two? We explore the history, style guides, and search trends to settle the debate once and for all.Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://bjs-bytes.com/projects/fortid-ctf-writeup/https://bjs-bytes.com/projects/fortid-ctf-writeup/My experience and writeups for the FortID CTF 2025 as part of CSG, one of the best academic CTF teams in the countryMon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://bjs-bytes.com/projects/games/https://bjs-bytes.com/projects/games/Games I've created. Play them here.Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://bjs-bytes.com/projects/columns-ai/https://bjs-bytes.com/projects/columns-ai/Developed an AI using NEAT to play the strategic stacking game Columns, evolving neural networks through 1.12M simulated matches.Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://bjs-bytes.com/projects/task-tracker-cli/https://bjs-bytes.com/projects/task-tracker-cli/Developed a lightweight C++ command-line tool for managing tasks with JSON-based persistent storage.Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://bjs-bytes.com/projects/ab-testing-case-study/https://bjs-bytes.com/projects/ab-testing-case-study/Conducted a case study analyzing the effectiveness of a new mobile ad-serving algorithm compared to an existing system.Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://bjs-bytes.com/projects/personal-productivity/https://bjs-bytes.com/projects/personal-productivity/Engineered a personal productivity, automation, and analytics system using Python, Batch scripting, and Obsidian.Mon, 03 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT