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About Me

I'm Devyn — a Cybersecurity student working at an IT MSP in Oklahoma. I'm passionate about homelabbing, pentesting, SIEM/EDR monitoring and response, and network security. Along the way I've picked up a solid foundation in Linux, macOS, and Windows.

I won't pretend to be an expert. This homelab started as curiosity and turned into something I'm genuinely proud of, even if it came with a lot of long nights, 3am YouTube tutorials and Reddit rabbit holes trying to figure out why DNS wouldn't resolve, and more than a few "why is everything broken" moments.

It's taught me more about networking, security, and real-world IT than any classroom has, and I use those skills every day in my current job. If something's broken, I'll figure it out. That's kind of the whole point.

The Lab Over Time

It didn't start as a server rack. It started as a Pi on my desk.

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Raspberry Pi 5 where it all began
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Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny first "real" server
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HP EliteDesk SFF + Synology NAS
HP EliteDesk Mini 32GB RAM, 1TB + 2TB NAS