About
Self-taught Full-stack developer with 29 years of experience building scalable, secure systems. Shipped code in a lot of languages and frameworks.
Deep expertise in security architecture, penetration testing, and reverse engineering combined with modern full-stack development.
Strong background spanning embedded systems to cloud-native architectures. Extensive hands-on experience with security audits, cryptography, and implementing security-first patterns in production systems.
Proven track record in technical leadership roles, managing development teams and establishing engineering standards. Focus on delivering robust, security-conscious solutions for complex enterprise requirements.
I am trained in typography and design, and happen to know the difference between hyphen (-), en-dash (–) and em-dash (—) … not AI slop — relevant craftsmanship 🤣 Exciting times!
Skills & Expertise
Core Expertise
Languages
Frameworks & Platforms
Infrastructure
Security & Tools
Scriptkiddie Suites
Relevant Experience
- Backend architecture and development for startup platform
- System design and implementation
- Owned technical responsibility for website and online shop serving national lottery platform
- Drove international architecture and software projects across multiple markets
- As Deputy Head of Tech, responsible for day-to-day operations of entire tech department
- Managed cross-functional development teams and established engineering standards
- Designed and implemented security-first architecture patterns
- Taught full-stack web development with focus on MERN stack
- Mentored junior developers transitioning into tech careers
- Developed curriculum for modern JavaScript and React development
- Built ticketing platform with offline-capable QR code system
- Implemented EC cryptography for secure offline validation
- Led technical architecture and team hiring
- Security audits and penetration testing for enterprise clients
- Physical penetration testing and vulnerability assessments
- Custom software development and system integration
- Reverse engineering and protocol analysis
- Created multiple open-source tools and frameworks
- Full-stack web development and hosting solutions
- Security analysis and hardening for production systems
- Mobile app development (iOS, Android, web)
- Database design and optimization
- Web design and development
- Graphics design & DTP
- Desktop applications (RAD, RealBasic)
- Database Applications (SQL, FileMaker Pro)
Recent Private Projects
Converted mechanical keyboard from USB to wireless.
- 📡 Bluetooth connectivity (standard stuff)
- 🌐 WiFi connectivity with SSH to remote host
- 🔧 udev keystroke injection (because Wayland is 🤷♂️)
- 🖨️ 3D printed custom case
- 🔋 20k mAh powerbank (heavy as a brick 😄)
Totally pointless fully featured brain simulator in Zig + Vulkan to teach me both. Yes, I used AI for the crazier parts because 😄
- 🔗 Bidirectional connections, autapses with delay buffers
- ⚡ Hebbian plasticity
- 😴 Sleep/consolidation phases
- ⚡ Sparse spiking compute
- 🌡️ Neuromodulatory temperature field
- 🌱 Growing connectivity
- ⚖️ Energy-based homeostasis
- 🔬 Glial cells as second population
- 🧪 Physical chemical diffusion shader
- 📡 Splash/wireless distance-based connections (for messenger simulation)
- 🌿 Neuron forking/splitting
- 📍 Permanent spatial embedding (🎩 @ Penrose)
- 🎲 4-bit quantized weights with stochastic rounding
- 🔮 Quantum-inspired entanglement via shared seeds (🎩 @ Penrose)
- 💥 Result: 16k neurons on my big ass GPU… who would have thought that kind of complexity is a bit overdressed 😄
Currently writing an MMO 4X game in Bun + Three.js/TSL. It's mostly a big effin' shader.
Ground-up reimplementation of X11 protocol in Zig, designed for multiseat, network transparency, live migration, and per-seat independent cursors. The final middle finger to Wayland cultists and Xorg maintainers. Because I'm a little troll.
Comprehensive full-stack framework for building modern, scalable applications with Bun. Security-first architecture with modular design, real-time capabilities, and optimized for Bun runtime.
- 🔧 Core utilities and services (process management, certificates, caching)
- 🌐 API framework with WebSocket support
- 🔒 Authentication and authorization system
- 💾 Distributed key-value store
- 🔐 Secure secrets management
- 🌍 DNS management and resolution
- ⚛️ React integration with state management
- 🛠️ CLI tools and development utilities
- 🔄 This CV is hosted by Delta (Meta 🤯)
Fun Time
Earliest capture of my web presence — the last version of my first homepage (netsurf is defunct, archive.org link). I distinctly remember writing code to update my age dynamically after having to do it manually. Sadly, I can't find an indexed version of syanterra.de that was founded in the summer of '97.
It's cute how small the web was back then 🌐 I connected to a guy from ETH-Zürich, because the volcano community was so small back then 🌋
If you were around in the mid 90s and used FirstClass to access graphical mailboxes… the probability is high that we ran into each other 👋
My favourite game was Glider Pro 🛩️ for a long time, along with the Marathon series by Bungie Software 🎮 and the Escape Velocity series by Ambrosia Software Inc. 🚀
When A/UX sucked hard I switched to mkLinux 😄 dual boot of course 😄
A time when every single move you made in terms of hardware required coding or adapting yourself 🔧 Suffice to say: not everything was better back then 😅