Most of my abilities are UNIX centric, Perl, Python, C++, LAMP stacks, clustering, virtualization, Security, Crypto, data analysis, and more. Here are a few examples of my tech hobbies:
If you follow my x86 Hackintosh GitHub I am no longer supporting new MacOS or OpenCore releases as I’ve switched to M1. No regrets.
Those curious of what I have running for my own personal use, here is my home lab setup. My honeypot is shut off due to all out war from Russia DDoS my connection and they are set to DROP in my firewall rule. I also have a few home automation integrated with Alexa and Siri. I also had a single CCTV camera for testing.
Proxmox, OpenSource QEMU and Containers for lightweight virtualization
pFsense, OpenSource BSD based firewall. Intrusion detection, bridging, routing, VPN, etc.
piHole OpenSource, originally on Raspberry PI, running in a x86 container in this case though. AdBlocks and other marketing data from Facebook, Amazon, Roku, etc are blacklisted for data privacy. Not as fun as sequencing BIND zones, but cute charts for metric analyzing.
TrueNAS OpenSource. NFS, ZFS, MacOS Time Machine, SMB for Microsoft, NextCloud, iSCSI
Plex Not OpenSource as JellyFin, but I really like the software and it runs on my Roku, Samsung Frame, FireTV, mobile devices and I can easily share shows and movies with the in-laws.
*Arr series OpenSource. Sonarr, Radarr, Jackett, running in a container inside separate dockers behind a VPN connection when torrenting. Automates television series download when released.
2FA with SSL encryption for remote connections for SSH, RDP and VNC connections
SynchroNet BBS connected to FidoNet Email, Internet Email transfer, UseNet forums, Door Games, and man subs via QWK. 1980s & 1990s practical internet for those of us who didn’t have PPP or SLIP accounts but had a modem. These days this runs from a web interface.
KC1VAN – FCC Amateur Radio License