The Journey

Building practical systems knowledge through hands-on homelab work with open source tools — pfSense, VMware, and a segmented network architecture.

I learned programming the uncomfortable way: through C. It taught me everything that higher-level languages quietly handle for you. Wouldn’t have it any other way.

This is where everything comes together: coding and administration. Currently building the infrastructure that security practice requires — segmented networks, firewall rules, trust boundaries — while studying CompTIA Security+ and working through TryHackMe.