Work

Case studies & projects

A curated set of engineering work: each with the problem, the approach, and what it proves. Every project is real code I shipped or maintain.

Spam-resistant contact API without exposing secrets

Contact form backend

Built for Batteries Included, LLC: a Fastify + TypeScript service that verifies ALTCHA proof-of-work, validates and persists submissions to PostgreSQL, and delivers mail over SMTP with a rate-limited auto-reply. The site's email address never reaches the browser.

TypeScriptFastifyALTCHAPostgreSQLDrizzle ORMNodemailer
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Self-managed infrastructure and local LLM workflows

Home lab & local AI

A self-managed XCP-ng virtualization lab running Debian VMs for PostgreSQL, Nginx, and Node.js API services, plus a local LLM setup (Qwen via oMLX) and Stable Diffusion for image generation.

XCP-ngPostgreSQLNginxNode.jsLocal LLM
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