A personal notebook on technology, work, and curiosity.

TECH STACK / AN EVOLVING COLLECTION

The tools behind the work.

Protocols, languages, platforms, and systems. Collected through years of building, integrating, troubleshooting, and experimenting.

Networking & protocols

Routing, switching, access networks, and connectivity.

  • BGP
  • OSPF
  • TCP/IP
  • Novell IPX/SPX
  • WiMAX
  • DOCSIS 3.0
  • WiFi
  • Ubiquiti
  • MikroTik
  • F5
  • Cisco routing & switching (L2–L3)
  • Huawei
  • Cambium
  • Ceragon
  • TR-069
  • Fibre
  • VLAN
  • MPLS
  • STP
  • LACP
  • VRRP
  • RIP
  • DNS
  • DHCP
  • IPv6
  • OpenVPN
  • WireGuard
  • IPsec
  • Tailscale

Voice & mobile core

Telephony platforms, signalling, subscriber services, and policy.

  • SIP
  • Asterisk
  • OpenSIPS
  • AAA
  • HSS
  • VoWiFi
  • CNTDB
  • PCRF
  • 3G–5G
  • FreeSWITCH
  • Kamailio
  • RADIUS
  • Diameter
  • RTP / SRTP
  • SMPP

Code & automation

Languages, scripts, configuration, and delivery workflows.

  • Python
  • Bash
  • Perl
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Gitea
  • CI/CD
  • PHP
  • JavaScript
  • PowerShell
  • SQL
  • Ansible
  • Jenkins
  • GitLab
  • Terraform

Systems & virtualization

Operating systems, virtual machines, containers, and orchestration.

  • Linux
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Debian
  • Ubuntu
  • Red Hat
  • Proxmox VE
  • KVM
  • Hyper-V
  • Xen
  • Windows Server
  • Novell NetWare
  • OpenStack

VMware & datacenter

Hypervisors, virtual infrastructure, and centralized management.

  • VMware vSphere
  • ESX / ESXi
  • vCenter Server
  • vCloud Director

Servers & applications

Web services, mail, identity, documents, and collaboration platforms.

  • Apache
  • Caddy
  • Paperless-ngx
  • Tomcat
  • Zimbra
  • SharePoint
  • NGINX
  • IIS
  • Active Directory
  • Exchange
  • Postfix
  • Dovecot
  • LDAP
  • Samba

Data & messaging

Databases, queues, and the connections between services.

  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • RabbitMQ
  • ActiveMQ
  • Telegraf
  • InfluxDB
  • Chronograf
  • Kapacitor
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • SQLite
  • MariaDB
  • Redis
  • MongoDB
  • Elasticsearch

Diagnostics & security

Packets, monitoring, firewalls, and finding the cause.

  • Wireshark
  • Grafana
  • PRTG
  • OPNsense
  • tcpdump
  • Nmap
  • Nagios
  • Zabbix
  • Prometheus
  • iptables
  • pfSense

AI & developer tools

AI platforms, tool connections, and retrieval workflows.

  • Anthropic
  • ChatGPT
  • DeepSeek
  • AI agents
  • MCP
  • RAG
  • Qdrant
  • LlamaIndex

Making & embedded

Connected devices, 3D design, and printing.

  • ESP32
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Zigbee
  • Fusion 360
  • OrcaSlicer