gabriel@SIG1LS:~/projects$ls -la

// a collection of personal projects — each one solving a problem i wanted to understand more deeply.

badqt July 2024

BADQt

functional pentesting device

A low-cost alternative to a BadUSB hacking tool, built using open-source libraries and a low-cost microcontroller (Adafruit Trinkey). Custom scripting syntax based on the Hak5 Rubber Ducky payload language, with support for keyboard, mouse, and consumer control inputs. A small OLED screen visualizes and analyzes attacks in real time.

Python, CircuitPython, Adafruit Trinkey, OLED

git clone github.com/JatsuLC/BADQt
cyber-range Feb 2026 — Present

Cyber Range

personal training environment

A personal cyber range built on Akamai Linode VPCs to simulate enterprise network environments. Intentionally vulnerable services let me practice Red Team attack chains, while Blue Team monitoring with Falco, Grafana, and Prometheus catches every move. The setup lets me run through full attack chains including network reconnaissance, privilege escalation, and lateral movement, then develop detection rules to identify each stage.

Ubuntu Server, Akamai Linode, Falco, Grafana, Prometheus

nextcloud-homelab May 2026

Personal Cloud Server

self-hosted nextcloud on a repurposed desktop

A private cloud storage server built on a repurposed desktop running Ubuntu Server, backed by a 4TB WD Red NAS drive. Exposed securely to the internet via Cloudflare Tunnel — no open ports, no exposed home IP. SSH-hardened with key-only auth, UFW, fail2ban, and email alerting for disk, service, and login events. Themed to match this site.

Ubuntu Server, Nextcloud, Cloudflare Tunnel, UFW, fail2ban

cat blog/posts/making-a-personal-cloud-storage-server.md
gabriel-paredes.com 2026

This site

self-hosted personal portfolio

The site you're reading right now. Self-hosted on an Akamai Linode VPS running a hand-configured LAMP stack, with DNS and edge caching through Cloudflare and Let's Encrypt for SSL. Built from scratch with plain HTML, CSS, and a bit of JavaScript.

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Apache, Linode, Cloudflare

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