A long time ago, at a hacker con
not so far away....

S P E L L B O O K

Episode I: A NEW BADGE

It is a time of solder fumes.
Five makers, scattered across the land, have answered the call to build a badge for WICCON.

One drew the flame. One routed the board. One wrote the spells that make it glow. One hid the secrets inside. And one kept the others fed, caffeinated and on time.

Armed with a reel of tiny chips and far too little sleep, they raced the clock to put a spellbook in every hand at De Lichtfabriek in Haarlem....

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โš ๏ธ OFFICIAL PRUTS & CO. STATUS: WE DON'T GET IT EITHER! ๐Ÿ”ฅ THERMAL SOLDER LEVEL: RAPID SPONTANEOUS INCINERATION โšก WICCON 2026: DE LICHTFABRIEK, ENERGIEPLEIN 73, HAARLEM ๐ŸŽฎ PLAY CHAIR JOUSTING: YOU PLAY AS RIK (BEST OF 15 โ€” RIK ALWAYS LOSES!) ๐Ÿ’จ MAGIC SMOKE STATUS: 100% UNCONTAINED ๐Ÿ† STOCKROOM WHITEBOARD: RIK 0 โ€” WIETSE 0 ๐Ÿงฏ FIRE EXTINGUISHER LOCATION: CURRENTLY BURNING โš ๏ธ ISO-0000 ZERO QUALITY GUARANTEE ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ OVERCOMPLICATING CIRCUITS SINCE 11:00 PM YESTERDAY โš ๏ธ OFFICIAL PRUTS & CO. STATUS: WE DON'T GET IT EITHER! ๐Ÿ”ฅ THERMAL SOLDER LEVEL: RAPID SPONTANEOUS INCINERATION
Official Certified Bodge Work ๐Ÿ”ฅ Destination: De Lichtfabriek โšก Real Silicon, Real Smoke

Professional-grade
bodge work.

Here at Pruts & Co., we bring decades of combined not-really-knowing-what-we're-doing to every badge we accidentally ignite. Currently transporting 400 freshly bodged microcontroller badges to WICCON at De Lichtfabriek in Haarlem!

๐Ÿ”ฅ Inspect The Incident (Photos) ๐ŸŽฎ Play Chair Jousting
"WE DON'T GET IT EITHER!"
(Dutch original: "Wij snappen het ook niet!") โ€” Hand-sharpied cardboard placard from the WICCON badge workbench, Aug 2026
Official Pruts & Co. Circular Emblem
OFFICIAL WORKSHOP SEAL
EST. 2026 โ€ข WIJ SNAPPEN HET OOK NIET
BENCH MONITOR // PRUTS-01
Lead Bodgers: Wietse & Rik
Event: WICCON 2026
Venue: De Lichtfabriek, Haarlem
Joust Standing: Rik 0 โ€” Wietse 0
Solder Temp: 480ยฐC (Hazardous)
Magic Smoke: UNCONTAINED
Cardboard Tube Status: Armed & Ready
Head Scratches / Min: 42.8
FORENSIC CASE STUDY: AUG 13, 2026

Chronology of a Hardware Meltdown

Captured in real-time at the Pruts & Co. testing facility. Step through the three critical phases of electronic engineering: shock, confusion, and combustion.

Pruts & Co founders Wietse and Rik looking completely shocked while applying solder Pruts & Co founders scratching heads in utter confusion Flames erupting from the circuit board and table as panic ensues Pruts & Co founders covered in white fire extinguisher foam with charred workbench
CAM 01 // 22:38:44 // ANOMALY DETECTED
PHASE 1: THE SOLDER BLOB VOLTAGE: UNKNOWN

"Wait, is that supposed to puff?"

Wietse applies a generous ball of molten lead alloy directly onto a delicate surface-mount chip. Rik watches in mounting horror as a tiny puff of grey smoke signals that factory tolerances have been exceeded by approximately 800%. The cardboard sign in front explicitly reminds the public: We don't get it either!

Forensic Workbench Telemetry:
โ–ถ Soldering iron tip: Dual-wielded for maximum collateral damage
โ–ถ Cardboard warning sign: Erected and legally binding
โ–ถ Multimeter: Yellow, unplugged, looking pretty
HARDWARE HACKING COMMUNITY // WICCON 2026

Building the WICCON 2026 Badge ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ

Weโ€™ve had the true honour of building the official conference badge for the Women in Cybersecurity Community Association (WICCA), hosted at the iconic De Lichtfabriek in Haarlem, Netherlands!

Every attendee receives one for free: a genuine PCB with a programmable microcontroller. Not just blinky lights, but a hands-on invitation to tinker, write code, break things, and see what happens when you push hardware beyond reasonable limits!

The Cauldron Masterminds:
๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ
Tidi (Tirza Dijkstra) โ€” High Witch keeping a watchful eye over the cauldron
๐Ÿข
Dashturtle (Rebecca Deguelle) โ€” Brewed the magic smoke (we promised not to let it out)
โœจ
Kat (Katia Begeer) โ€” Casts the code spells that make the silicon come alive
โšก
Rik van Duijn (Attic Security) & Wietse Boonstra (Eradix) โ€” Pruts & Co. apprentices stirring until badges crawl out
Visit Eradix.nl โ†— Visit AtticSecurity.com โ†—
WICCON 2026
[ CLICK TO OVERCLOCK ]

WICCON 2026 Interactive Badge

Programmable โ€ข Hackable โ€ข Safe unless Wietse touches it with a soldering iron

โš ๏ธ BENCH OVERRIDE: PRUTS DEFECT INJECTOR
STATUS: BENCH SAFE (PROBABLY A MISTAKE)
Official Pruts en Co Badge Team sticker on PCB with Rik and Wietse
OFFICIAL HARDWARE SILKSCREEN // PHYSICAL PROTOTYPE

The "Pruts en Co" Badge Team Seal โšก

Immortalized in copper, solder mask, and silkscreen: Rik van Duijn (left) and Wietse Boonstra (right) with the ceremonial soldering iron and smoking badge. Certified lead-free (or maybe lead-full, we didn't check the spool label).

๐Ÿท๏ธ Solder Bridge Included ๐Ÿค– Dual-Core Prutsing ๐Ÿญ Real PCB Silkscreen
Pruts & Co founders Rik van Duijn and Wietse Boonstra crossing smoking soldering irons
EXECUTIVE MASTERS OF BODGING // LAB ARCHIVE

Chief Bodge Officers: Rik & Wietse โš”๏ธ

Posing back-to-back with ceremonial smoking soldering irons in the heart of the electronics lab. Armed with 60/40 rosin-core solder, calibrated oscilloscopes, and an unwavering commitment to trial and error. When hardware fails, they cross irons and try again with more current.

โšก Rik van Duijn (Attic Security) โšก Wietse Boonstra (Eradix) ๐Ÿ’จ 100% Smoke Certified
Wietse Boonstra Profile Portrait
CO-FOUNDER // CPMO

Wietse Boonstra

Founder, Eradix.nl โ†—

Chief Precision Metallurgy Officer. A seasoned veteran of conference hardware chaos, Wietse helped craft the legendary DEFCON 34 badge alongside bunnie & cheeso, and has served as lead hardware architect for WICCON for multiple years.

Inventor of the immortal laboratory principle: "Wij snappen het ook niet!" (We don't get it either). If a microcontroller refuses to seat on the solder pads, Wietse performs sub-micron alignments using his certified 24-inch crowbar.

โšก Bodge Credentials:
โ€ข Solder Temp: 480ยฐC (Fixed, non-negotiable)
โ€ข Bakfiets Max Velocity: 34 km/h with 400 badges
โ€ข Chair Joust Standing: Reigning World Champion
"It doesn't need to conform to the datasheet if the fire is contained in the crate."
Rik van Duijn Profile Portrait
CO-FOUNDER // CTEO

Rik van Duijn

Founder, Attic Security โ†—

Chief Thermal Escalation Officer. Renowned cybersecurity specialist by day, fearless hardware apprentice by night. Rik is the primary custodian of the magic smoke and the mastermind behind holding Fluke multimeter probes directly into tabletop infernos.

Certified Gold Sharpie Master. Sole arbiter of whether an accidental solder bridge is decorative or structural. Survived the Phase 4 Foam Protocol with 100% cranial serenity and an unblinking gaze.

โšก Bodge Credentials:
โ€ข Open Flame Resistance: 8.5 cm vertical flame
โ€ข Foam Protocol Endurance: 3.4 cm chemical retardant
โ€ข Chair Joust Standing: 0-15 (Disqualified for excess competence)
"We have more points, but under Pruts Arbitration Bylaw ยง4.2, Wietse takes the gold!"
The Golden Solder Tip resting on a smoking circuit board
SACRED BADGE RELIC // WICCON LORE

The Mythical "Golden Solder Tip" ๐Ÿช„

Forged in pure leaded rosin flux and 480ยฐC thermal defiance. Thirteen hackers held it at WICCON, Kat hid it under the oscilloscope, and it has rolled off workbenches exactly 4,200 times without ever losing its magnetic attraction to the floor.

๐Ÿ”ฅ Fixed Temp: 480ยฐC โœจ Conductive Optimism: 100% โš ๏ธ Warranty: Void On Contact
PHYSICAL ARTIFACTS // PRODUCTION RUN COMPLETE

Official WICCON 2026 Badge Hardware Gallery ๐Ÿ”ฎโœจ

Fresh from the reflow oven and final QA inspection. Four hundred custom purple-and-gold PCBs crafted with ENIG gold plating, custom pixel-art silkscreens, and CH32V microcontrollers ready for hacking at De Lichtfabriek.

โšก 400 Units Built โœจ ENIG Gold Finish
Array of purple WICCON 2026 badges fresh off the production line IMG_0761 โ€ข BENCH HARVEST

The 400-Badge Production Swarm

Rank upon rank of completed WICCON 2026 badges laid out across the Pruts & Co bench. All tested, flashed, and certified 100% free of unintentional smoke.

STATUS: PACKAGED DEST: HAARLEM
Close-up of CH32V microcontroller and silkscreen mission statement on WICCON 2026 badge IMG_0765 โ€ข SILICON CORE

CH32V MCU & Mission Silkscreen

High-density routing around the CH32V RISC-V MCU alongside the conference manifesto: "Putting women's technical achievements in the spotlight."

ARCH: RISC-V CH32V CLOCK: 48MHz
Cat on crescent moon touching ENIG gold star capacitive pad on WICCON badge IMG_0751 โ€ข ENIG TOUCH PAD

Crescent Cat & Gold Star Touch

Immaculate silkscreen line art of the feline familiar atop a crescent moon, with paw extended to an electroless nickel immersion gold (ENIG) touch pad.

INPUT: CAP-TOUCH FINISH: ENIG GOLD
Retro pixel-art witch mascot silkscreen with golden stars on purple PCB IMG_0767 โ€ข PIXEL ART

8-Bit Pixel Witch Mascot

Bespoke pixel-art silkscreen featuring the WICCON witch soaring across the PCB with gold-plated constellations and precision-placed passive components.

STYLE: 8-BIT SILK SPELL: CODE CASTING
โšก WICCON 2026 // DAY 1 SPECIAL EVENT DE LICHTFABRIEK โ€ข HAARLEM

Day 1 Meet & Greet: Rik & Wietse Live! ๐Ÿคโšก

Direct from the smoky Pruts & Co. test facility to De Lichtfabriek in Haarlem! Meet the minds behind the WICCON 2026 badge, get your fried circuits diagnostically scratched, and have your PCB signed with ceremonial gold marker.

Rik and Wietse surrounded by techie women hackers, cybersecurity engineers, and makers at the WICCON 2026 Meet and Greet in De Lichtfabriek
๐Ÿ“ธ DE LICHTFABRIEK // WICCON 2026: "BRING US YOUR BROKEN SILICON"
OFFICIAL BOOTH PROGRAMME

The Emergency Bodge & Handshake Table ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ

Located in the central turbine hall beneath the brick arches of De Lichtfabriek! Surrounded by brilliant women hackers, reverse engineers, and hardware enthusiasts inspecting their freshly bodged badges. Look for the cardboard sign reading "Bring Us Your Broken Silicon", the faint aroma of rosin flux, and the celebratory magic smoke!

10:00 - 11:30
Badge Handout & Smoke Tolerance Verification

Pick up your microcontroller directly from Rik & Wietse. If your badge boots without smoking, Rik will personally inspect it with concern.

12:00 - 13:30
Emergency Bodge Clinic (De Lichtfabriek Hall)

Solder bridges removed, or expanded by 300%. SMT alignment performed using Wietse's calibrated crowbar protocol.

14:00 - 15:30
The Ceremonial Sharpie Badge Blessing

Rik (Gold Sharpie) and Wietse (Silver Sharpie) will autograph your PCB silkscreen. Instantly grants +10 thermal resistance.

16:00 - 17:00
Exhibition Chair Jousting Challenge

Challenge Rik to a live duel across the concrete hall floor. (Pruts arbitration bylaw ยง4.2 applies: Rik always loses).

Wietse furiously pedaling the Dutch cargo bike while Rik waves a smoking soldering iron in the front crate
โšก LOGISTICS SQUAD // 400 BADGES ON BOARD
ARRIVAL LOGISTICS

The High-Speed Dutch Bakfiets Express ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿ’จ

How did 400 freshly baked badges reach Haarlem on time? Wietse pedaled the 160-kilo cargo bike at maximum wattage along the canal cobblestones, while Rik rode upfront in the wooden crate protecting the glowing silicon and waving a smoking soldering iron like a lighthouse beacon.

โœ“ Cargo Status: Arrived intact (1 bridge crossed on 2 wheels)
INTERACTIVE QUEUE PROTOCOL

Claim Your Day 1 Bodge Consultation Token ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ

Don't wait in the smoke plume without documentation! Pull a certified virtual queue ticket to present to Rik & Wietse at the table.

PRUTS & CO. // DAY 1 QUEUE SYSTEM
TICKET #042
"Authorization granted for 1 ceremonial Sharpie badge blessing."
STATUS: APPROVED BY WIETSE โ€ข RIK IS LOOKING FOR A RESISTOR
*Tickets non-transferable. May spontaneously catch fire near 480ยฐC soldering irons.
โ˜… STOCKROOM ARCADE & TEXT QUEST โ˜…

Chair Jousting & The Road to WICCON

Play the official Pruts & Co. pixel-art swivel chair jousting tournament, then embark on the interactive text adventure to transport 400 freshly soldered badges to De Lichtfabriek in Haarlem!

PRUTS JOUST 2026
RIK (YOU): 0 WIETSE (CPU): 0

You play as Rik (Blue Chair, left side)! [A / D] or [โ—€ / โ–ถ] Roll chair โ€ข [W / โ–ฒ] Aim high โ€ข [SPACE] Thrust โ€ข [P / ESC] Pause game

Rik and Wietse chair jousting in the electronics workshop
HISTORIC ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE

Aerodynamic Calibration Trials (Pruts Labs)

Photographic evidence from the lab. Rik (left, hazard shirt, glasses, full beard) charges with his cardboard solder lance while Wietse (right, dark t-shirt, triumphant smirk) counters with full swivel velocity. Note the pizza boxes stacked as structural impact barriers.

โšก CALIBRATED SPEED: 6.8 km/h on nylon swivel casters
DESTINATION: DE LICHTFABRIEK ROOM: PRUTS LAB

The Road to WICCON

The badges are warm, slightly charred, and due at De Lichtfabriek (Haarlem). Navigate from the garage to the venue before the conference opening remarks!

THE ROAD TO WICCON [SERIAL ADVENTURE v2.0]

Mission: Transport the badge crate to De Lichtfabriek in Haarlem.

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PRUTS & CO WORKSHOP: Solder smoke stings your eyes. A heavy wooden crate labelled "400x WICCON BADGES (HANDLE WITH EXTREME PRAYERS)" sits by the door. A tangled blue USB cable hangs from the lamp. The north door leads out toward the train station to Haarlem.

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โŒจ๏ธ Typing only: type commands and press ENTER. Type HELP for commands.
OUR PROPRIETARY METHODOLOGY

How the bodge gets made.

Decades of rigorous trial, error, fire alarms, and unwavering optimism condensed into a 4-step framework.

01

Identify The Problem

We inspect a perfectly functional piece of electronics that has never given anyone any trouble whatsoever.

Status: Finding innocent victim
02

Apply Solution

We disassemble the working component, bypass the safety resistors, and declare the original design "unnecessarily cowardly".

Status: Burning warranties
03

Improvise & Panic

Duct tape, hot glue gun, flux paste, and simultaneous cranial scratching until thermal reactions begin.

Status: Magic smoke escaping
04

Ship To WICCON

Deliver 400 microcontrollers directly to De Lichtfabriek in Haarlem before the fire marshals notice the singed tables.

Status: Certified Success
Rik and Wietse performing precision quality assurance with magnifying glass and a giant crowbar
ISO-9000-ISH CERTIFIED // LAB QA NANOMETER TOLERANCES

Sub-Micron Calibration via Heavy Metallurgy ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ”จ

Every microcontroller badge undergoes rigorous, non-destructive (mostly) quality assurance. Lead Metrologist Rik van Duijn provides 10x optical inspection to confirm that accidental solder bridges are structurally load-bearing, while Chief SMT Adjuster Wietse Boonstra applies surgical micro-adjustments using our calibrated 24-inch high-tensile carbon crowbar. If the chip doesn't fit the footprint, we make the footprint regret existing.

๐Ÿ”ฌ Optical Scrutiny: Maximum squint ๐Ÿ”ง Adjustment Tool: Grade-A Crowbar ๐Ÿ“‹ QA Pass Rate: 100% (By decree)
HARDWARE HACKER EXCUSE ENGINE v2.0 Excuse 1 of 28

Did Your Circuit Just Explode?

Click below to generate an authoritative diagnostic explanation for your conference team or lab supervisor.

CATEGORY: SOLDER FLUX DYNAMICS
"We don't get it either, but we believe the solder wick absorbed the wrong radio frequency."
ACCREDITATIONS & AUDITS

Certified by Nobody

ISO 0000
NOTHING
UNAUDITED
TRIPLE PRUTS
APPROVED
WE DON'T GET IT EITHER
100% ARTISANAL
BODGED
HAND-MELTED
SMOKE SEAL
RELEASED
CANNOT BE RE-BOTTLED
PRUTS & CO. โ€” EMERGENCY WORK ORDER #9412
ACCEPTANCE UNLIKELY
โ˜… ACCEPTED: MAXIMUM BODGE AUTHORIZED โ˜