Hiya, I'm Kyle!
I'm a cybersecurity engineer who gets a kick out of breaking things (ethically), building and tinkering with things (sometimes chaotically) and figuring out how everything ticks.
Tech, books, coffee and tea... Those are pretty much all of the good stuff in my life. Oh, I also a first responder with St John Ambulance. When I'm not deep in tech, I'm probably down a rabbit hole learning something completely random (Should I apply to this magic program?)
What drives me? Watching problems disappear. I'm a problem solver at heart. There's something deeply satisfying about seeing something broken become... less broken.
This blog's a work in progress. Expect rough edges, half-baked ideas and the occasional 'I'll finish this later' energy. But hey, that's part of the charm, right?
What I'm Up To
Still furnishing the place, but feel free to poke around.
Check out my CV for the professional highlights or my GitHub to see what I'm actually building (and occasionally abandoning).
Tech Deep Dives
- I'll update this part one day...
Daily Reflections
- On Trusting YourselfOn Trusting YourselfI know it's a cliché, but I keep coming back to it: focus on what needs to be done, stay grounded, and life tends to meet you halfway. Sounds simple, right? But we don't actually do this... I don't. We work while doubting ourselves, second-guessing every decision, spiraling into worry about what might go wrong. When things fall apart, we complain instead of fixing what's in front of us. And so nothing changes. Here's what I've learnt: things only start moving when you're calm inside. When y
Latest Updates
LogMy blog is under constructionI'm working on this blog. Please check back later. kyle-construction.png
My digital diary of 'things I did today that might matter tomorrow.'
How I Built This BlogHow I built this blogI'm not a fan of reinventing the wheel, thus, I've searched for the best libraries out there to help me make this website. kyle-drawing.png Resources Here are the external libraries I used to build this blog: * linked-blog-starter (Original repo) * obsidian-export (Obsidian MD -> Common MD) * remarkjs (Common MD -> HTML) * github-markdown-css (HTML -> Beautiful HTML)
Resources and libraries that made this site exist.
Tutorial Resources
I also tutor for university courses because apparently I enjoy explaining things repeatedly until they click. Here's what I've cooked up for my students:
