Network engineering
Office and site networks that stay up.
Switching, routing, Wi-Fi, site-to-site VPN and segmentation, on Cisco, Arista, Juniper and friends.
undefeatedmindset
I build software, wire up networks, and set them up so you can forget they exist.
No account managers, no hand-offs, no ticket ping-pong. You talk to the person doing the work.
I handle the hardware, the network and the code myself, so nothing falls between teams.
Straight answers, not jargon. If something is a bad idea, you hear it before you pay for it.
Everything I set up comes with notes, so whoever comes next knows what's there and why.
From the switch in the cupboard to the code running on top of it. Six ways I can help, end to end.
Office and site networks that stay up.
Switching, routing, Wi-Fi, site-to-site VPN and segmentation, on Cisco, Arista, Juniper and friends.
FortiGate and pfSense, tightened and documented.
Rule clean-ups, remote access and the hardening work that keeps you out of the news.
Identity and email, set up once and left clear.
Active Directory, Entra ID, Intune and Exchange, migrated cleanly and documented for whoever comes next.
Azure, AWS and Google Cloud without the sprawl.
Virtualisation on VMware, containers with Docker, and infrastructure as code with Terraform.
From fast websites to backends that hold under load.
APIs, services and whole platforms in Go, Rust and TypeScript, up to a DDoS-mitigation firewall. Front ends in Next.js and React.
An outside look before you commit.
A network, a setup or a quote, reviewed short and honest, and cheaper than fixing it later.
Four steps, no surprises. You always know what happens next and what it costs.
What's broken, or what you want built. A call or an email is enough. No pitch, and you owe nothing.
The network, the servers, the code: I look at what you already run before I suggest a thing.
In writing and in plain language, with the cost fixed before any work starts.
I do the work, test it and hand over the notes. After that it should be boring, in the best way.
I take systems apart in my own lab, then build networks and code that are hard to break. You get the result, explained in plain language.
Secure by design, not bolted on. Segmented networks, hardened baselines, least-privilege access and safe defaults, from the first config.
Offensive testing, in a lab or with permission. Active Directory attack paths, privilege escalation and web app testing, so the gaps show up before they become an incident.
Malware analysis, static and dynamic. Unpacking samples, watching what they really do in a sandbox, and pulling out the indicators that matter.
Detect, contain, recover. Detection rules, logging that earns its disk space, and a calm plan for the day something gets through.
Networks, servers, cloud and software. The same person follows the work from the rack to the release.
Sites and interfaces. The part clients and staff actually use.
The software itself. Services and tools, written for the job.
How it gets built and run. The local toolchain, containers and the host.
Servers and identity. Machines, accounts and mail.
The network itself. Switching, routing and the firewall in front.
Where it is hosted. The major clouds, defined as code.
Fixes and build logs, written close to the problem and clear enough to come back to.
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Today was my first day with Grok Bot: a main Bot with its own email, a small dev team in a group chat, and a cloud agent that wrote this post.
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I was stuck on the same KovaaK's scores for months. Training static aim the bardOZ way got me moving again, and here's how I ran it.
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My 2500/2500 fibre gave my iPhone Air only 300 Mbit/s over Wi-Fi. Turning on MLO and off AI QoS on a budget Mercusys MR27BE took it to around 1300 Mbit/s.
ReadWhen the configs are done: games, music and an unreasonable number of cat photos.
Different games, same habit: learn the system, stay calm, climb. These are the ceilings I've reached.

Counter-Strike 2
FACEIT peak rank: Level 10

Tactical shooter
Valorant peak rank: Radiant

Tactical shooter
Rainbow Six Siege peak rank: Diamond

MOBA
League of Legends peak rank: Master

Battle royale
Blood Strike peak rank: Legend

Hero shooter
Overwatch peak rank: Grandmaster

Hero shooter
Marvel Rivals peak rank: Celestial
The original ranked
Chess peak rank: 1400+













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Or something that doesn't exist yet. Infrastructure, networking, web, or a second opinion before you commit.
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