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Proxmox on a 2008 Mac Pro: A Weekend of Perseverance

One vintage Mac Pro, one tangled mess of Ethernet cables, and one stubborn weekend laterβ€”how I turned chaos into a working homelab.

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Hack The Box – First Impressions

First impressions of Hack The Box’s blue team labs β€” hands-on SIEM, detection workflows, and packet analysis for defenders in training.

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Proxmox Lab Build – From Scrap to SOC

Turning a 2008 Mac Pro into a cybersecurity lab using Proxmox VE. From busted scrap to a blue team SOC sim stack.

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Log Parser Tool – Simple Log Scrubbing for Suspicious Entries

A simple Python log parser that scans for suspicious entries and scrubs your syslog like a digital detective’s starter kit.

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Google Cybersecurity Certificate Review

An honest breakdown of the Google Cybersecurity Certificateβ€”what it covers well, where it falls short, and how to actually turn it into hands-on experience.

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