- Building Crabcore, my self-hosted homelab ecosystem
- Automating infrastructure with Docker, TrueNAS SCALE, and Linux
- Developing cybersecurity projects (port scanners, traffic analysis, network monitoring)
- Running local and API-based LLMs for automation and experimentation
- Open-source homelab tooling
- Self-hosted AI automation systems
- Practical network defense labs
- Advanced network defense strategies
- Infrastructure-as-code workflows
- Secure cloud tunnel architecture
- Performance optimization for AI workloads
- Beginner-friendly cybersecurity projects
- Network security fundamentals
- Traffic analysis with Wireshark
- Linux system administration
- Docker & container orchestration
- Practical offensive security techniques
- Security+
- Linux+
- Self-hosted services (Jellyfin, Nextcloud, etc.)
- Building a home lab on a budget
- Raspberry Pi security projects
- Running LLMs locally
- Breaking and fixing my own network for fun
I did OTR Truck Driving at 19 for a year and a half.