Santiago Castellar Garcia
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I'm a 16-year-old infrastructure builder and cybersecurity enthusiast based in Colombia. I run a homelab on Ubuntu with Docker Swarm, Tailscale, Traefik, and ESP32-based projects — learning by building real systems.
I study network security, ethical hacking, and Linux administration to understand how systems break and how to make them resilient.
My goal is to design complete, secure, and reliable infrastructure — from low-level embedded systems to container orchestration and network defense.
- > Homelab Architecture & Security Hardening
- > Docker Swarm + Traefik Reverse Proxy
- > ESP32 Embedded Projects
- > Tailscale VPN & Network Mesh
- > Linux Firewall Management
- > Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing
ls projects/
ESP32 PPP Bridge
↗WiFi-to-Serial-PPP bridge for headless server access over USB. Built because my ThinkCentre has broken WiFi — an ESP32 and a USB cable solved it.
Craxker Dotfiles
↗Automated provisioning for Arch Linux + Hyprland. One command sets up packages, configs, dev environment, and services from a fresh install.
Casa Museo Pozon
↗Community museum website preserving Afro-Caribbean memory through pedagogy. A living digital archive for a real institution in Cartagena.
NexusCloud Homelab
↗Docker Swarm cluster with Traefik, Tailscale, Pi-hole, and full network hardening. A private infrastructure lab for learning and building.
cat skills.yaml
Linux
- - Ubuntu
- - Arch Linux
- - Hyprland
- - Bash
- - systemd
Infrastructure
- - Docker Swarm
- - Traefik
- - Tailscale
- - UFW
- - Pi-hole
Security
- - Nmap
- - Wireshark
- - Metasploit
- - Burp Suite
- - OWASP Top 10
Languages
- - C++
- - Python
- - JavaScript
- - TypeScript
- - HTML/CSS
Tools
- - Git
- - Neovim
- - Tmux
- - Lazygit
- - GitHub CLI
Web
- - Astro
- - React
- - Tailwind CSS
- - Next.js
- - Node.js
whoami
$ whoami Santiago Castellar Garcia Role: Infrastructure Builder Interests: Cybersecurity Linux Networking Embedded Systems Stack: Ubuntu 24.04 / Docker Swarm / Traefik Tailscale / UFW / Pi-hole ESP32 / C++ / Python Astro / React / Tailwind Status: Building. Learning. Securing.
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Want to collaborate or have a project in mind? Reach out.