About

Distributed Systems Nerd, Over Confident Developer, Subpar Hacker, Wannabe Reverse Engineer, AI Addict, Kid in a Candy Store.

What I Do

I’m a software engineer at Cisco based in Reston, VA. I spend my days building distributed systems and my nights breaking things to understand how they work.

What I Write About

• Security & Forensics — DFIR, reverse engineering, malware analysis, and security tooling
• Systems Programming — Linux kernel, low-level programming in C, Rust, and Go
• Infrastructure — Kubernetes, cloud architecture, and DevOps practices
• Development — Tutorials, guides, and lessons learned from building software

Current Interests

• eBPF and Linux kernel internals
• Rust for systems programming
• AI/ML tooling and automation
• Hardware hacking and PCB design

Connect

• GitHub
• LinkedIn
• X/Twitter

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