Its been a while now, writing and releasing CTFs.
What have I learned?

Keep Skills Sharp
I’ve worked previously in operations and as a developer, and I run a bunch of sites so it would be easy to fall into complacency. Setting up the infrastructure and building the stack for a CTF is a fantastic refresher to keep skills sharp.
Know Apache inside out? Throw yourself at Nginx.
Need to build something? Try a different framework than last time.

Hints
People will need help.
It would be helpful to have meaningful hints ready to drop prepped in advance.

Engagement
As a techy, by law my soft skills are shot to hell.
This is something I am working on but I can see that player interaction is needed to deliver hints and chat.
I’m really hoping that #ctfwhysomanybiscuits will take off in all honesty.
Meanwhile please feel free to direct message me on twitter with questions or comments.

Photo by Scott Umstattd on Unsplash.

Logs
The logs of a CTF will show “B4ckdoor-owned-you” more times than you can shake a tool at.
They also show that the bots are out there waiting for you.