Sharing notes from my ongoing learning journey — what I build, break and understand along the way.
How I Engineered a Secure and Self-Hosted CV Management System As a Student (Systems Integration Specialist), I made it a principle throughout my education not only to manage ready-made systems, but also to understand how those systems work “under the…
Build a 2-Node Kubernetes Cluster on Hyper-V with Ubuntu 24.04 (kubeadm + containerd + Flannel) In this article, I explain how to set up a Kubernetes cluster on Hyper-V using two virtual machines (1 Control Plane + 1 Worker). In…
IoT-Based Autonomous Wind Power Plant Management and Bird Protection System This project is an interdisciplinary study that combines my professional background as an Environmental Engineer with my current training as an IT Specialist for System Integration. The primary objective is…
TerminalNotes Reminder: A Smart, Local Reminder Manager for Windows I basically built a little “desktop reminder center” called TerminalNotes Reminder. It’s a fully local, SQLite-backed, multi-language, holiday-aware, image-enabled reminder app for Windows. 1. What is this app? This app is:…
SSH Launcher: My Python + Qt Project for Managing and Automating Linux Servers I’ve developed my own SSH connection manager and remote server control tool called SSH Launcher.It’s written in Python, and the interface is built with PySide6 (Qt).The main…
Practice IP Subnetting — Interactive Trainer for Fast, Hands-On Drills I’m studying networking and I believe the only way to really learn subnetting is lots of practice. Theory is fine, but speed and accuracy come from repetition. I wrote this…
How to Install Wazuh on a Hetzner Server and Connect a WordPress Agent Today I’ll walk you through, step by step, how I installed Wazuh on a server rented from Hetzner and how I added a Wazuh Agent to another…
Complete OpenVPN Deployment on Oracle Cloud Free Tier — From Network Setup to Secure Connection As an IT student, I’m always looking for hands-on projects to improve my skills in system administration, network security, and cloud infrastructure. This project was…
Post 2 – Adding a Real Target to Your Pentest Lab: WordPress Site Setup After setting up the core of my pentesting lab, I wanted a real target to practice on. For that, I cloned my own WordPress site and…
Build Your Own Pentest Lab (No Experience Needed) I’ve always wanted a safe, realistic place to test out security tools — one where I could try things without risking any production systems or breaking anything live. This week, I finally…