Profiles

When I’m not buried in code or tuning servers, I spend time working on open-source projects, testing new security tools, and experimenting with automation and self-hosting setups.

Outside of tech, I enjoy automotive work — particularly performance builds and diagnostics — along with metal fabrication, tinkering in the garage, and keeping up with the latest in cybersecurity research and Linux kernel development.

I started using WordPress in 2013 to rebuild the Mailborder website. At the time, I was looking for a flexible, self-hosted platform that didn’t get in the way of real development work — something with a solid ecosystem, strong community support, and extensibility through plugins and APIs.

WordPress checked all those boxes. Its mature plugin system and broad developer community made it the logical choice for powering e-commerce, support, and documentation for Mailborder. Over the years, I’ve built custom integrations and security features around it, including plugins designed to connect enterprise systems like software licensing platforms and Zendesk through secure authentication methods such as JWT-based SSO.