A self-contained monitoring stack built with Grafana and Prometheus to track infrastructure, network, and CI systems supporting the WTF-Model deployment workflow.

Insights from achieving GitLab CI/CD Associate and iSAQB Foundation certifications—covering pipelines, software architecture views, and stakeholder-driven design.

Setting up a self-hosted GitHub runner with an Intel NUC for Steam build smoke tests on Windows Server 2025.

Adding an Intel Arc A380 alongside my RTX 5080 for dedicated Twitch encoding resolved NVENC crashes and allowed me to deliver smooth high-FPS streams.

Implementing JSON schema and UI testing pipelines with Zod and Playwright to prevent production-breaking changes and enforcing branch protection.

Ongoing compliance efforts across 2D/3D assets and libraries are progressing well. AI remakes, licensing adjustments, DevOps improvements, and new development features have all been implemented to ensure legal clarity, technical consistency, and better usability.

I replaced a costly VM-based Discourse forum with a zero-cost Azure Static Web App powered by Hugo and OpenAI Codex. I detail the rationale, savings, automated workflow, and features added—dark mode, client-side search, responsive design, and newsletter integration.

Completed AZ-204 and AZ-400 Azure certifications. Shared 350-question prep sets on GitHub. Integrated Azure API Management into the WTF Model project to improve backend abstraction and security. APIM now manages Azure Functions with proper CORS and auth headers.

Began IP compliance work for Steam release by recreating ~80 assets using AI, documenting all third-party licenses in a summary and licences.json. Added in-app disclaimers and an IP request form with file upload and reCAPTCHA. All measures now integrated into the app.

Upgraded to a modern Intel x64 workstation for AI and video work. Reorganized network: WiFi split by band, OpenWRT set to AP mode, 19" rack now runs DNS, Pi-hole, Chrony, and SMB. Parsec enables single-monitor remote access. Setup is faster, cleaner, and ad-free network-wide.