diff --git a/research/custom_loader/.gitignore b/research/custom_loader/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/custom_loader/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+out/
diff --git a/research/custom_loader/a.c b/research/custom_loader/a.c
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/custom_loader/a.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main() {
+  printf("Hello World\n");
+}
diff --git a/research/custom_loader/b.c b/research/custom_loader/b.c
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+++ b/research/custom_loader/b.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
+#include <mach/mach.h>
+
+const uint32_t magic64 = 0xfeedfacf;
+const uint32_t magic32 = 0xfeedface;
+
+struct ProgramVars {
+  void*	mh; // mach_header or mach_header64
+  int*		NXArgcPtr;
+  const char***	NXArgvPtr;
+  const char***	environPtr;
+  const char**	__prognamePtr;
+};
+
+extern "C" uint32_t dyld_get_sdk_version(const mach_header* mh);
+
+void decode_uleb128(char*& addr, uint32_t* ret) {
+  uint32_t result = 0;
+  int shift = 0;
+
+  while (1) {
+    unsigned char byte = *(unsigned char*)(addr);
+    addr++;
+
+    result |= (byte & 0x7f) << shift;
+    shift += 7;
+
+    if (!(byte & 0x80)) break;
+  }
+
+  *ret = result;
+}
+
+void* find_header(void* _func) {
+  // Approach 1: (not stable)
+  // we assume that text section is small enough to fit on 1 page
+  // so the header should stay at the top of the page due to allocation logic
+  // the slice/slide is random but always align 0x1000 so we test a few values
+  // to see if the magic value is found
+  //
+  // Guaranteed to stop, but search range is small
+
+  // const uint64_t page_size = 0x4000;
+  // uint64_t func = (uint64_t)_func;
+  // uint64_t potential_head = func + (0x4000 - (func % page_size));
+  // void* head = 0;
+  // for (uint64_t i = 0x1000; i < 0xf000; i+=0x1000) {
+  //   uint32_t* x = (uint32_t*)(potential_head - i);
+  //   if (*x == magic64 || *x == magic32) {
+  //     head = (void*)x;
+  //     break;
+  //   }
+  // }
+  // return head;
+
+  // Approach 2: (more stable)
+  // We know that the header is 0x1000 aligned,
+  // just loop until the magic value is found
+  // Using while loop so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
+  const uint64_t page_size = 0x1000;
+  uint64_t func = (uint64_t)_func;
+  uint64_t potential_head = func + (0x1000 - (func % page_size));
+
+  void* head = 0;
+  uint32_t* x = (uint32_t*)(potential_head);
+  while (*x != magic64 && *x != magic32) {
+    x -= 0x1000/4;
+  }
+  return (void*)x;
+}
+
+void print_macho_summary(const void* header) {
+  const uint32_t magic = *(uint32_t*)header;
+  char* ptr = (char*)header;
+  if (magic == magic64) {
+    ptr += 0x20;
+  } else {
+    ptr += 0x20 - 0x4;
+  }
+
+  const uint32_t ncmds = *((uint32_t*)header + 4);
+  printf("parsing macho at %p\n", header);
+  printf("ncmds %x\n", ncmds);
+  for (int i = 0; i < ncmds; i++) {
+    const uint32_t cmd = *((uint32_t*)ptr + 0);
+    const uint32_t cmdsize = *((uint32_t*)ptr + 1);
+    printf(" cmd %x %x\n", cmd, cmdsize);
+    if (cmd == LC_DYLD_EXPORTS_TRIE) {
+      const uint32_t offset = *((uint32_t*)ptr + 2);
+      const uint32_t size = *((uint32_t*)ptr + 3);
+      printf("  export trie: offset=0x%x size=0x%x\n", offset, size);
+    }
+    if (cmd == LC_SEGMENT_64) {
+      char* name = (char*)((uint64_t*)ptr + 1);
+      uint64_t vmaddr = *((uint64_t*)ptr + 3);
+      uint64_t vmsize = *((uint64_t*)ptr + 4);
+      uint64_t fileoffset = *((uint64_t*)ptr + 5);
+      uint64_t filesize = *((uint64_t*)ptr + 6);
+      if (strcmp(name, "__TEXT") == 0) {
+        uint64_t slide = (uint64_t)header - vmaddr;
+        printf(" --- slide=0x%llx ---\n", slide);
+      }
+      printf("  Segment %s\n", name);
+      printf("    vmaddr=0x%llx fileoffset=0x%llx\n", vmaddr, fileoffset);
+      printf("    vmsize=0x%llx filesize=0x%llx\n", vmsize, filesize);
+    }
+    ptr += cmdsize;
+  }
+}
+
+void* get_export_trie(const void* header, uint32_t& size) {
+  const uint32_t magic = *(uint32_t*)header;
+  char* ptr = (char*)header;
+  if (magic == magic64) {
+    ptr += 0x20;
+  } else {
+    ptr += 0x20 - 0x4;
+  }
+
+  uint64_t slice = 0;
+  uint64_t linkedit_vmaddr = 0;
+  uint64_t linkedit_fileoffset = 0;
+  const uint32_t ncmds = *((uint32_t*)header + 4);
+  for (int i = 0; i < ncmds; i++) {
+    const uint32_t cmd = *((uint32_t*)ptr + 0);
+    const uint32_t cmdsize = *((uint32_t*)ptr + 1);
+    if (cmd == LC_DYLD_EXPORTS_TRIE) {
+      const uint32_t offset = *((uint32_t*)ptr + 2);
+      size = *((uint32_t*)ptr + 3);
+      uint64_t offset_in_linkedit = (uint64_t)offset - linkedit_fileoffset;
+      return (void*)(linkedit_vmaddr + slice + offset_in_linkedit);
+    }
+    if (cmd == LC_SEGMENT_64) {
+      char* name = (char*)((uint64_t*)ptr + 1);
+      uint64_t vmaddr = *((uint64_t*)ptr + 3);
+      uint64_t fileoffset = *((uint64_t*)ptr + 5);
+      if (strcmp(name, "__TEXT") == 0) {
+        slice = (uint64_t)header - vmaddr;
+      } else if (strcmp(name, "__LINKEDIT") == 0) {
+        linkedit_vmaddr = vmaddr;
+        linkedit_fileoffset = fileoffset;
+      }
+    }
+    ptr += cmdsize;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+uint32_t should_follow_symbol(char*& buffer, char*& _find) {
+  // printf("follow check %s has prefix: %s\n", _find, buffer);
+  char* find = _find;
+  char is_prefix = true;
+  while (1) {
+    int find_end = *find == 0;
+    int buffer_end = *buffer == 0;
+    int check = *buffer == *find;
+    // printf("check is %x == %x\n", *buffer, *find);
+
+    if (buffer_end) {
+      // we must always run to the end of buffer, marked 0x00
+      buffer++;
+      break;
+    }
+    if (find_end) {
+      // symbol to find is shorter than current buffer string
+      // but we still need to run to the end of buffer
+      // so just set not prefix
+      is_prefix = false;
+    }
+    if (!check) {
+      is_prefix = false;
+    }
+    buffer++;
+    find++;
+  }
+  // only move forward if is_prefix
+  if (is_prefix) {
+    _find = find;
+    // printf("prefix is found\n");
+  }
+  return is_prefix;
+}
+
+void* find_in_export_trie(const void* header, void* trie, char* symbol) {
+  uint32_t func = 0;
+
+  char* ptr = (char*)trie;
+  char* find = symbol;
+  while (1) {
+    // terminal node will have data
+    uint32_t data_count = 0;
+    decode_uleb128(ptr, &data_count);
+    if (data_count != 0) {
+      // printf("reached terminal node\n");
+      break;
+    }
+    char num_child = ptr[0];
+    ptr++;
+
+    // printf("num child %d\n", num_child);
+    int still_following = 0;
+    for (char i = 0; i < num_child; i++) {
+      still_following = should_follow_symbol(ptr, find);
+      uint32_t follow_offset;
+      decode_uleb128(ptr, &follow_offset);
+      if (still_following) {
+        ptr = (char*)trie + follow_offset;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!still_following) {
+      // symbol not found
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
+
+  char count = *(ptr - 1);
+  ptr++; // flags
+  // uleb128 offset
+  decode_uleb128(ptr, &func);
+  return (void*)((char*)header + func);
+}
+
+int hook_printf (const char * format, ... ) {
+  va_list args;
+  va_start(args, format);
+
+  printf("HOOKED BEGIN LOL\n");
+  int status = printf(format, args);
+  printf("HOOKED  END  LOL\n");
+
+  va_end(args);
+  return status;
+}
+
+__attribute__((constructor))
+static void bruh(int argc, const char* const argv[], const char* const envp[], const char* const apple[], const struct ProgramVars* vars) {
+  // ProgramVars contains pointer to main executable (mapped) file
+  const void* main = (int*)(vars->mh);
+  // Find our lib (mapped) file
+  const void* thislib = find_header((void*)bruh);
+  // Find dyld lib (mapped) file using a no-sus function
+  const void* libdyld = find_header((void*)dyld_get_sdk_version);
+
+  const void* libc = find_header((void*)printf);
+
+  // From libdyld header, we can list exports table
+  // to find all function we want to use
+  //
+  // This way there is no leakage of functions we use to do our trick
+  // mostly to hide
+  //  - _dyld_image_count
+  //  - _dyld_get_image_name
+  //  - _dyld_get_image_header
+  //  - _dyld_get_image_vmaddr_slide
+
+  // The above functions are crucial to find all libraries loaded
+  // From which we will traverse the exports table to replace
+  // _got and _la_symbol_pointer data
+
+  // Our lib can hide more details too
+  // We can resolve all functions we use
+  // before resolving the main executable imports
+  //
+  // This will make our lib use only dyld_get_sdk_version
+  // For the main executable, imports are empty due to manual resolve
+
+  printf("executable header at %p\n", main);
+  printf("lib header at %p\n", thislib);
+  printf("libdyld header at %p\n", libdyld);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < _dyld_image_count(); i++) {
+    void* header = (void*)_dyld_get_image_header(i);
+    char* name = (char*)_dyld_get_image_name(i);
+    int offset = _dyld_get_image_vmaddr_slide(i);
+    printf("%p 0x%x name=%s\n", header, offset, name);
+  }
+
+  uint32_t trie_size;
+  void* thislib_export_trie = get_export_trie(thislib, trie_size);
+  void* libdyld_export_trie = get_export_trie(libdyld, trie_size);
+  void* libc_export_trie = get_export_trie(libc, trie_size);
+
+  // printf("export this lib address %p\n", thislib_export_trie);
+  // for (int i = 0; i < 136; i++) {
+  //   if (i % 0x10 == 0) printf("\n");
+  //   printf("%02x ", *((unsigned char*)thislib_export_trie + i));
+  // }
+  // printf("\n");
+
+
+  // printf("export dyld lib address %llx\n", (uint64_t)libdyld_export_trie);
+  // for (int i = 0; i < 0x11e0; i++) {
+  //   if (i % 0x10 == 0) printf("\n");
+  //   printf("%02x ", *((unsigned char*)libdyld_export_trie + i));
+  // }
+  // printf("\n");
+
+  // printf("export system lib address %llx\n", (uint64_t)system_export_trie);
+  // for (int i = 0; i < 0x10f30; i++) {
+  //   if (i % 0x10 == 0) printf("\n");
+  //   printf("%02x ", *((unsigned char*)system_export_trie + i));
+  // }
+
+  // printf("\n");
+  // FILE *write_ptr = fopen("../tmp/libc_export_trie.bin","wb");
+  // fwrite(system_export_trie, trie_size, 1, write_ptr);
+
+  struct test_find_export {
+    const char* name;
+    const void* lib;
+    void* trie;
+    void* original;
+  };
+
+  struct test_find_export find_export_testcases[] = {
+    {"__Z11find_headerPv", thislib, thislib_export_trie, (void*)find_header},
+    {"__dyld_get_image_name", libdyld, libdyld_export_trie, (void*)_dyld_get_image_name},
+    {"__dyld_image_count", libdyld, libdyld_export_trie, (void*)_dyld_image_count},
+    {"_printf",libc, libc_export_trie, (void*)printf},
+  };
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+    struct test_find_export test = find_export_testcases[i];
+    void* found = find_in_export_trie(test.lib, test.trie, (char*)test.name);
+    printf("%s: Found=%p | Expect=%p\n", test.name, found, test.original);
+  }
+
+  // legacy symbol resolve
+  //    fix got and la_symbol_ptr
+  // modern symbol resolve
+  //    fix got
+
+  uint64_t* got = (uint64_t*)((char*)main + 0x4000);
+
+
+  printf("BEFORE symbol bind code is %llx\n", *got);
+  vm_protect(mach_task_self(), (uint64_t)got, 0x4000, 0, VM_PROT_READ | VM_PROT_WRITE);
+
+  // fix got table
+  // *got = (uint64_t)find_in_export_trie(libc, libc_export_trie, "_printf");
+  *got = (uint64_t)hook_printf;
+
+  // unsigned char* opcodes = (unsigned char*)got + 0x20;
+  // unsigned char original[] = {
+  //   0x73, 0x00, 0x13, 0x40, 0x5f, 0x70, 0x72, 0x69,
+  //   0x6e, 0x74, 0x66, 0x00, 0x90, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
+  // };
+  // for (int i = 0; i < 0x10; i++) {
+  //   printf("CHANGE AT %p %x => %x\n", opcodes+i, opcodes[i], original[i]);
+  //   // opcodes[i] = original[i];
+  // }
+
+  vm_protect(mach_task_self(), (uint64_t)got, 0x4000, 0, VM_PROT_READ);
+  printf("AFTER symbol bind code is %llx\n", *got);
+
+  printf("symbol should bind to %p\n", printf);
+}
diff --git a/research/custom_loader/build.sh b/research/custom_loader/build.sh
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+++ b/research/custom_loader/build.sh
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+set -ex
+
+VERSION=14
+OUT=./out
+
+mkdir -p $OUT
+clang++ -mmacosx-version-min=$VERSION -o $OUT/libb.dylib -shared b.c
+clang++ -mmacosx-version-min=$VERSION -o $OUT/a a.c -L"./out" -lb
diff --git a/research/scripts/bind.c b/research/scripts/bind.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa3a0bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/scripts/bind.c
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+struct dyld_chained_ptr_64_bind
+{
+    uint64_t    ordinal   : 24,
+                addend    :  8,   // 0 thru 255
+                reserved  : 19,   // all zeros
+                next      : 12,   // 4-byte stride
+                bind      :  1;   // == 1
+};
+
+int main() {
+  // 0 = 0x8010000000000000 = 9227875636482146000
+  uint64_t x = 0x8000000000000010;
+  uint8_t y[] = {0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80};
+  struct dyld_chained_ptr_64_bind* bind = y;
+  // printf("x? %llx\n", x);
+  // printf("y? %llx\n", *(uint64_t*)y);
+  printf("bind? %d\n", bind->bind);
+  printf("next? %d\n", bind->next);
+  printf("ordinal? %d\n", bind->ordinal);
+  printf("addend? %d\n", bind->addend);
+}
diff --git a/research/scripts/dyld_export_trie.bin b/research/scripts/dyld_export_trie.bin
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diff --git a/research/scripts/go.mod b/research/scripts/go.mod
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/scripts/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module a
+
+go 1.20
+
+require github.com/blacktop/go-macho v1.1.155
+
+require github.com/blacktop/go-dwarf v1.0.9 // indirect
diff --git a/research/scripts/go.sum b/research/scripts/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d215ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/scripts/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+github.com/blacktop/go-dwarf v1.0.9 h1:eT/L7gt0gllvvgnRXY0MFKjNB6+jtOY5DTm2ynVX2dY=
+github.com/blacktop/go-dwarf v1.0.9/go.mod h1:4W2FKgSFYcZLDwnR7k+apv5i3nrau4NGl9N6VQ9DSTo=
+github.com/blacktop/go-macho v1.1.155 h1:1yIFj2PxtenaPiB3eGwUSxmZki55f5b4JHGtfrJVFHs=
+github.com/blacktop/go-macho v1.1.155/go.mod h1:f2X4noFBob4G5bWUrzvPBKDVcFWZgDCM7rIn7ygTID0=
diff --git a/research/scripts/libc_export_trie.bin b/research/scripts/libc_export_trie.bin
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diff --git a/research/scripts/parse_export_trie.go b/research/scripts/parse_export_trie.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1dbf98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/scripts/parse_export_trie.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package main
+
+import "github.com/blacktop/go-macho/pkg/trie"
+import "os"
+import "bytes"
+import "fmt"
+
+func main() {
+	// buffer, _ := os.ReadFile("./dyld_export_trie.bin")
+	buffer, _ := os.ReadFile("./libc_export_trie.bin")
+  r := bytes.NewReader(buffer)
+  nodes, _ := trie.ParseTrieExports(r, 0x7ff80715c000)
+  for _, node := range nodes {
+    fmt.Println(node)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/research/scripts/system_exoprt_trie.bin b/research/scripts/system_exoprt_trie.bin
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