Jack LaFond's Blog

TL;DR: I tracked gas prices at 600 Costco warehouses during the Strait of Hormuz fuel crisis and mapped out how they changed.

I have a few friends who love watching professional Counter-Strike matches (I dabble in them sometimes, but far more casually).

In December of 2024, I was paying a parking ticket that I had gotten in Tampa after foolishly parking next to a fire hydrant (seriously, the dude took a measuring tape and wrote down the exact distance I was away from it.

Most people never think twice about the random mix of letters and numbers the DMV assigns them.

In late September of 2024, Hurricane Helene was spiraling towards Florida, my home state.

Ahh, finally.

A few weeks ago, my coworker and friend Alexa approached me about doing a capture the flag event that was hosted by Trace Labs - Search Party, a 4 hour OSINT-based CTF where you search for information on missing person cases.

A little over a year ago, I had reversed Life360's API & built a small program for my friends and I to see who drives the fastest (safely).