// portfolio · 2026
Building things, breaking things, and running servers at home.
If a terminal is open, I'm probably in it.
Hey — I'm joinexception. I spend my time writing code, setting up servers nobody asked for, and figuring out how systems break before someone else does.
My homelab is a living experiment — from Proxmox clusters to self-hosted services, it's always running something new. When I'm not staring at Grafana dashboards or writing automation scripts, you'll find me in a CTF or on the servers in CS2.
I believe in understanding systems deeply, from the hardware layer up — and in always knowing what's running on your own network.
role
dev & hobbyist
security
pentesting
infra
self-hosted
game
cs2
github
join-exception
discord
joinexception
Running Proxmox clusters, self-hosting everything from Nextcloud to Gitea, and constantly adding more drives. The goal is zero cloud dependencies — eventually.
From CTF challenges to learning offensive techniques for defensive purposes. Understanding how attacks work is the foundation of actually securing a system.
Competitive shooter and primary stress-relief mechanism. Currently convincing myself that the server tickrate is the reason, not my aim.