<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Shamsul Arafin</title><description>Web developer becoming a cybersecurity analyst — documented in public. Md Shamsul Arafin, based in Dresden, Germany.</description><link>https://shamsarafin.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Three weeks before I move to Dresden</title><link>https://shamsarafin.com/blog/2026-05-10-three-weeks-before-dresden/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://shamsarafin.com/blog/2026-05-10-three-weeks-before-dresden/</guid><description>Logistics, paperwork, and packing for the second international move in three years. Some notes for anyone doing the same thing.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Life in Germany</category><category>dresden</category><category>moving</category><category>logistics</category></item><item><title>TryHackMe — first impressions of the Pre-Security path</title><link>https://shamsarafin.com/blog/2026-05-09-tryhackme-pre-security-impressions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://shamsarafin.com/blog/2026-05-09-tryhackme-pre-security-impressions/</guid><description>Walking through TryHackMe&apos;s Pre-Security path as a complete beginner. What&apos;s worth your time, what&apos;s filler.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Lab Writeups</category><category>tryhackme</category><category>networking</category><category>linux</category><category>beginner</category></item><item><title>What three years at a kebab counter taught me about IT operations</title><link>https://shamsarafin.com/blog/2026-05-08-kebab-years-taught-me-about-ops/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://shamsarafin.com/blog/2026-05-08-kebab-years-taught-me-about-ops/</guid><description>Running a 4-person team in a foreign language is closer to SOC work than most people think. Here&apos;s what carries over.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Reflections</category><category>leadership</category><category>career-change</category><category>ops</category></item><item><title>Day 2 — How I&apos;m structuring my Security+ prep</title><link>https://shamsarafin.com/blog/2026-05-07-day-2-security-plus-prep-structure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://shamsarafin.com/blog/2026-05-07-day-2-security-plus-prep-structure/</guid><description>12 weeks, 6 days a week, 3-4 hours a day. The plan I&apos;m following — and why I&apos;m publishing it before I&apos;ve passed the exam.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Cybersecurity Notes</category><category>security-plus</category><category>study-plan</category><category>process</category></item><item><title>Day 1 — Why I&apos;m publicly learning cybersecurity</title><link>https://shamsarafin.com/blog/2026-05-06-day-1-why-publicly-learning/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://shamsarafin.com/blog/2026-05-06-day-1-why-publicly-learning/</guid><description>Starting this site today. I&apos;m a software engineer who spent three years running a kebab branch. This is what comes next.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Reflections</category><category>intro</category><category>career-change</category><category>security-plus</category></item></channel></rss>