Work Examples

Selected work, broken down.

A closer look at the things I've built: the problem each one solved, the decisions behind it, and how it is put together. Click any example for the full breakdown.

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Homelab Dashboard preview
Year
Jun 2026 - Present
Role
Solo build: design, frontend, backend, deploy
Category
Cybersecurity
Homelab Dashboard

One self-hosted page for the whole lab: network, compute, containers, storage, sensors, and a syslog feed, behind a role-based login.

Home Lab preview
Year
Jan 2024 - Present
Role
Solo build: architecture, ops, automation
Category
Home Lab
Home Lab

A three-node Proxmox cluster that self-hosts photos, voice, and git for family and friends — segmented, monitored, and reachable from the internet with zero open inbound ports.

Cybersecurity Lab preview
Year
Aug 2025 - Present
Role
Solo lab: attack, detect, document
Category
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Lab

A blue-and-red security portfolio where every attack I run ends on the control that catches it: custom Snort and Wazuh detections, a Splunk pipeline, DFIR, and exploit work in an isolated VM lab.

Network Engineering Lab preview
Year
Aug 2025 - Present
Role
Solo build: segmentation, firewall, routing
Category
Home Lab
Network Engineering Lab

Turning a flat home network into a segmented, zero-trust one: 12 routed VLANs, a zone-based firewall, WireGuard-only admin access, plus Cisco IOS and subnetting built from scratch.

Hybrid AD & Entra ID Lab preview
Year
Feb 2025 - Nov 2025
Role
Solo build: AD, hybrid identity, attack & defend
Category
Cybersecurity
Hybrid AD & Entra ID Lab

A two-controller Windows Server 2025 forest, hardened with Group Policy and AppLocker, synced to Entra ID, backed up to Azure, then attacked from Kali to prove the hardening holds.

IT & Systems Administration Lab preview
Year
Jun 2024 - Present
Role
Solo build: Linux, scripting, Windows admin
Category
IT
IT & Systems Administration Lab

Five hands-on projects across the platforms my infrastructure runs on: Linux from the command line up, Python and PowerShell scripting, and Windows patch management I can audit.

Cloud Lab preview
Year
Jun 2024 - Present
Role
Solo lab: build, secure, cost
Category
IT
Cloud Lab

Hands-on infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP: a custom VPC from an empty region up to a reachable web server, then compute, storage, databases, auto scaling, governance, IAM, and a costed game-server design.

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Year
Feb 2026 - Present
Role
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Category
IT
Duresa-Portfolio

The portfolio site itself: resume, work examples, project cards, writing links, and the design system holding everything together.

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Year
Feb 2026 - Present
Role
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Category
Cybersecurity
Duresa-Blog

A dedicated writing home for cybersecurity notes, detection and response thinking, lab builds, and technical rabbit holes.

Star Galaxy preview
Year
Nov 2025 - Present
Role
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Category
Volunteer Work
Star Galaxy

A community site for a gaming group with auth, a 3D galaxy map, publishing tools, feedback flows, and Supabase-backed admin features.

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Year
Mar 2026
Role
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Category
Open Source
Alpha-GYM

A local-first lifting tracker for 5/3/1 cycles, deloads, and PRs without an account, server, or spreadsheet.

Valobrain preview
Year
Nov 2025 - Feb 2026
Role
Open-source contributor
Category
Open Source
Valobrain

Open-source Valorant coaching and review tooling with AI scouting over match feeds, economy breakdowns, and coach-friendly reports.