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I’m a software developer, entrepreneur, and digital infrastructure expert, based out of MontrĂ©al, QuĂ©bec. I’m the founder of BlackieOps, a software, cloud, and cybersecurity consultancy with a couple products in the works.

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I’ve been doing software development professionally since 2009. In that time, I’ve worked for Shopify (Developer, Payments Platform) and Wealthsimple (Senior Software Engineer, Platform Security), as well as few small agencies and startups. My first real job was working over the summers at MetaLab during my high school years.

My technical experience spans high-performance backend APIs, cloud infrastructure and DevOps, datacentre network architecture, security blue-teaming, and even frontend JS. In recent years, I've pivoted into an entrepreneurial path and have dove deep into running a consultancy and building software products.

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Writing

May 3, 2024 Do you know where your domains are?
February 21, 2024 The Importance of Structure
January 13, 2024 Drummers Still Exist
August 15, 2021 Email Authenticity 101: DKIM, DMARC, and SPF
June 16, 2019 Generating Static Sites with Make and Bash
May 6, 2018 A Review of the Dell Latitude 7214
December 23, 2017 Taking Control of Bell Fibe
July 22, 2015 Quick and Dirty Containers with systemd