About

Hey — I'm Zkitszo, and this is The Real: a running notebook of the stuff I actually build, break, and figure out. Software-defined radio, Raspberry Pi projects, network tools, a bit of hardware hacking, some AI, and the occasional rabbit hole I couldn't climb out of until 3 a.m.

No fluff. No ten-paragraph windup before the actual point. If I found a tool that works, I'll tell you what it does and how to use it. If something took me three days and four reboots to solve, I'll save you the three days.

What you'll find here

• Radio & RF — HackRF, RTL-SDR, PortaPack, antennas, and pulling signals out of thin air.
• Raspberry Pi & Linux — clean setups, real fixes, and the small tricks that save hours.
• Tools — network utilities, security gear, and software that's actually worth your time.
• AI & what's next — where this is all heading, and how to run a piece of it yourself.

Why "The Real"?

Because most of what gets posted online is polished until it's useless — all confidence, no dead ends. This is the opposite: the real steps, the real mistakes, and the real "oh, that's why it wasn't working." Written the way I'd explain it to a friend across the workbench.

Poke around, leave a comment, and if something here saves you a headache — that's the whole point.