ConorDOT #
Welcome to my personal site and digital garden. I’m Conor ā a Platform Engineer & Architect and Cybersecurity postgraduate based in Melbourne, Australia.
I spend my time designing reliable cloud infrastructure, streamlining developer workflows, and tinkering with self-hosted systems and applied security.
š ļø Homelab & Architecture
Hybrid cloud setup across UniFi networking, Proxmox LXC virtualization, and Kubernetes GitOps.
š Blog & Writing
Hands-on writeups on platform engineering, hardware reviews, NixOS setups, and architecture.
š Technical Notes
Everyday cheat sheets, terminal one-liners, IaC patterns, and quick infrastructure reminders.
šØāš» About & Contact
Background, postgraduate research in applied cryptography & security, and ways to connect.
Featured Projects & Writeups #
- Secure Platform Migration ā Moved from separate commercial tooling to an identity-isolated, declarative platform workflow while significantly reducing recurring costs.
- Privacy-Preserving Cloud Compliance Research ā Exploring how assessors could verify bounded cloud-control claims without receiving sensitive configuration or findings.
- Hybrid Kubernetes & Zero Trust ā Dual-cluster setup combining on-prem Proxmox and UpCloud K8s via Cloudflare Tunnels and Argo CD.