marr0w wrote:"How the hell does one mindlessly hack a website?"
Well, I did basicslly hack the site. I kept looking for the missing data and just digging deeper every time. I was very focused on a looming and very hard deadline while absolutely everyone who could help was out. Though honestly, what I did was probably faster. After I found it, I thought about what I just did and let the powere that be know about the gap. I used to (only) poke around in parts of other websites where I wasn't allowed back in the day too.
As for fractured knowledge and such https://www.w3schools.com is a wonderful resource...
I really need to get back to it somehow but don't really have the time. I do have a little exposure at work but not enough to really to be able to get into development again.