"Autumn is for harvesting hard-earned experience, refining core architectures, and fortifying the infrastructure against any storm. True technical resilience lies entirely in the systems you control."
Primary Hub: https://malick.wtf (Portfolio, Architecture & Concepts)
Day Job: Senior Developer & Architect @ https://paddy.app (K8s & DevSecOps)
Sovereignty: Primary dev shifted to self-hosted Gitea & Proxmox / k3s clusters
AI Innovation: Architected https://pathai.one (RAG Pipelines & Agent Tooling)
Availability: Open for technical deep-dives, architecture debates & side-quests
Credentials: 30y in Tech | Certified IT-Security (CompTIA) | Trainer (AEVO)APPLICATION LAYER
React • Next.js • TypeScript • Tailwind CSS • Bun • Elysia.js • Node.js • Python
DATA & STORAGE
MongoDB • PostgreSQL • SQLite • Vector DBs (Qdrant/Pinecone)
SOVEREIGN INFRA & GITOPS
Proxmox VE • Kubernetes (k3s) • OpnSense • ArgoCD • Docker • Ansible • Gitea
DEVSECOPS & PIPELINE HARDENING (SHIFT-LEFT)
Checkov (IaC) • SonarQube • Semgrep (SAST) • Snyk • Trivy • Gitleaks • GitHub Actions
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│ 🏰 SOVEREIGN INFRASTRUCTURE │
│ Operating bare-metal virtualization with Proxmox, k3s, OpnSense, and │
│ declarative GitOps delivery using ArgoCD on self-hosted Gitea nodes. │
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│ 🛡️ PIPELINE HARDENING & DEVSECOPS │
│ CompTIA Security+ certified. Automated security gates embedding Checkov, │
│ SonarQube, Semgrep, and Snyk directly into CI/CD pipelines. │
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│ 🤖 AI & AUTOMATION ENGINE │
│ Custom RAG pipelines, LLM orchestration, vector search implementations, │
│ and complex n8n agent workflows. │
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│ 🤝🏽 LEADERSHIP & HUMAN-CENTRIC SYSTEMS │
│ Certified Trainer (AdA / AEVO). Bridging high-scale enterprise architecture │
│ with clear, maintainable logic and team-focused leadership. │
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- 🌐 Website: malick.wtf
- 📫 Email: me@malick.cloud