About Me

Hey, I’m Chip, a tech enthusiast, security tinkerer, nostalgic game-patch creator, reverse engineer, programmer, and all-around tech explorer.
I spend my time breaking things (ethically) to understand them, restoring old Windows titles, writing DLL wrappers, and diving deep into system-level programming.
I love learning, the harder and more impossible a problem looks, the more I want to solve it.

Core Focus

Reverse Engineering · Offensive & Defensive Security · Systems Programming · Hardware & Software Tooling

Exploring systems from silicon to software, building tools, breaking barriers, and defending what matters.

What I Do

• Reverse engineering & low-level debugging
• DirectX (D3D8/9) compatibility wrappers, I write game-specific patches on top of existing D3D wrappers, and I’ve also implemented my own DInput8 and other wrapper DLLs.
• Memory trainers & pointer-chain tools
• Steganography, cryptography & CTF challenges, I build CTFs and a few custom stego tools of my own
• Cyber security, security forensics & ethical hacking, including crash diagnostics and deep debugging work to uncover why certain games or programs fail to run correctly
• Building inclusive tech spaces like ByteMatrix & FixEnhancers
• Developing tools, software, and hardware that simply get the job done
• Former fully qualified electrician with a Diploma in Installing Electrotechnical Systems and Equipment (BSE), who specialised in advanced fault diagnosis, complex control wiring, data cabling, and certification, that hands-on analytical work still shapes how I approach code and systems today
• Experimenting with Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and automation projects, Pi-holes, IoT, and other fun setups
• Exploring Unreal, Godot, Blender, Photoshop, and DaVinci Resolve, making mods and creative content for YouTube or TikTok

“A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.”

Projects

• Write-ups - challenges, labs, Reverse Engineering, Security, OS setup guides and more.
• GitHub - full source repositories

Philosophy

“Breaking things to understand them.”

Curiosity is the core of progress, every bug, crash, and hex dump is an opportunity to learn something new.

Nothing is impossible… it’s more a question of how long it will take to break it.

I’m passionate about creating tech spaces that value different ways of thinking, neurodivergent minds often see systems and patterns others miss.

Values

• Curiosity drives mastery
• Ethics above shortcuts
• Clarity over complexity
• Learn, teach, and give back to the community

Tech Stack & Tools

Core Languages

C · C++ · x86 Assembly · Python

Operating Systems & Environments

Linux (Kali · BlackArch · Mint) · Windows · WSL · Command Line

Reverse Engineering & Debugging

IDA · Ghidra · Cheat Engine · x64dbg · OllyDbg · Detect It Easy (DiE)

Crash Dumps & Forensics

ProcDump · WinDbg · Visual Studio Debugger · Process Monitor (ProcMon)

Game & System-Level Work

Direct3D 8/9 · MinHook · DXWrapper · WinMM · DInput

Security, Forensics & Crypto

various linux tools · linux command line · cryptography & cipher tooling · steganography tools

Discord: _._chip_._ - send a message request and I’ll get back to you when I can.

Email: chip_buscuit@proton.me - Please feel free to drop me an email and i will get back to you when i can.

Fun Fact

I still love debugging early-2000s PC games just to bring them back to life, there is something magical about watching old code run perfectly on modern hardware.

_{Focused on understanding systems from the ground up, from assembly to APIs, from binaries to behavior.}

** This website is currently WIP **