Let me introduce you to the best hacker sandbox: Juice Shop.

I’m not a hacker, but as a software engineer, I try to stay updated on the most common vulnerabilities and how to avoid them.

For that, I wanted to write this introduction to one of the best hacker sandboxes: The Juice Shop. But before, let me explain where it comes from.

Code can sometimes contain bugs like the Mariner 1, which cost NASA $18.5 million in 1962) or any other of the most costly errors in code. But sometimes those errors are harmless unless you exploit them taking advantage of a vulnerability that could cost so much pain and money.

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