Bridging Cybersecurity and Business Value: Neurodiversity in Tech and Personal Reflections
This project documents the ongoing build of a small-form-factor (SFF) homelab server housed in the beautiful Fractal Design Terra Jade case (with walnut front panel). The primary goals are a quiet, power-efficient, always-on system capable of:
Trusty Potato is a lightweight, always-fresh web app that turns cybersecurity awareness into a quick daily habit. Every day it pulls the latest security headlines and generates new quizzes + phishing simulations so users can test themselves against current threats via retro aesthetic with a friendly potato mascot.
The goal? Make learning about phishing, ransomware, exploits, and social engineering feel engaging with a bit of friendly competition.
In late 2021, I assembled this homelab in the Fractal Design Meshify C to dive deep into blockchain technology and NFTs. What started as curiosity quickly became hands-on mastery: launching my own Cardano stake pool, producing real blocks to secure the network, and minting my own NFTs on-chain using this architecture.
This project was a perfect mix of hardware tinkering, secure Linux setup, and distributed systems, which is exactly the kind of hands-on challenge I love.