I build understanding by breaking systems.
Focused on networking fundamentals, security boundaries, and how infrastructure behaves under real constraints.
Learning by building, breaking, and understanding real systems
What I’m doing
I’m deliberately building a foundation in computer networking and security before specializing. The goal is not surface-level familiarity, but mechanical understanding.
I focus on how systems behave in practice - how traffic moves, where trust is assumed or violated, how failures propagate, and how design decisions trade convenience for reliability or security.
I prioritize simple, inspectable systems. If I can’t explain how something works or where it breaks, I treat it as incomplete understanding.
Focus areas
- Networking fundamentals: DNS, NAT, ports, proxies, VPN behavior
- Security boundaries: threat models, trust assumptions, E2EE limits
- Client-side and serverless system design
- Failure modes, edge cases, and trade-offs in real deployments
Projects & experiments
- FileSeal: Offline browser-based file encryption experiment examining client-side trust boundaries and threat assumptions → details
- FormSeal: End-to-end encrypted contact form backend designed to minimize server trust on serverless infrastructure → details
- Project index: Complete archive of projects, notes, and technical write-ups → view all
Current learning priorities
- Linux system behavior and internals
- Cloud networking fundamentals and serverless platforms
- Security fundamentals and practical threat modeling
Target roles
- Junior networking or infrastructure roles
- Security-adjacent or SOC trainee roles
- Cloud or platform support roles
Contact
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