Labs

Experimental projects and proof of concepts — research sandboxes where ideas get tested before production.

2active experiments0archived12technologies explored

Current experiment

ActiveStarted October 2025· Updated Jun 2026

zaki-ns CMS Architecture Lab

This lab documents the architecture decisions behind the zaki-ns Platform—Prisma schema design, JSON seed pipelines, withDbFallback getters, and revalidateTag patterns that keep admin edits visible on the public site without redeploying.

Current focus

Model portfolio content in PostgreSQL with translation tables instead of monolithic JSON blobs

Key learning

Translation tables with @unique([entityId, locale]) scale better than duplicating entire entities per language

Prisma models: 50+
Content aggregates: 10
Public locales: 2

Next.jsPrismaPostgreSQLTypeScriptnext-intlDocker

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Other active experiments with ongoing research, prototypes, and documented findings.

Educational security lab with HTTP endpoints that trigger known CVE crash paths in free5GC AMF and PCF network functions—designed for demonstrating impact, observing logs, and explaining root causes.

Active

free5GC Security Vulnerability Lab

Controlled lab demonstrating three 5G core availability vulnerabilities in free5GC.

Key learning

CORS middleware registered inside request handlers causes unbounded memory growth (CVE-2026-41135)

free5GCDocker ComposeGo

Started Apr 2025Read experiment