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We live in an era of "digital paper skin"—everything looks sleek on the surface, but the infrastructure underneath is often held together by hope and outdated scripts. I’ve been in the server rooms since the days of dial-up, and if there is one thing I’ve learned from building the backbones of global networks, it’s that the machine doesn't care about your feelings. > THE ORIGIN: WHY "CYBERAX"? To understand my approach, you have to understand the name. It’s a relic of 90s British tech-culture, taken from the TV show Bugs. In the series, Cyberax wasn’t just a virus; it was a distributed artificial intelligence that could bridge the gap between silicon and the human brain. It was a warning that technology is never just "code"—it’s something that interacts with, and sometimes infects, the way we live and think. > FROM THE GROUND UP My career wasn't built in a sanitized corporate lab. It started in the charity sector, where "IT Manager" meant doing everything. I wasn’t just managing servers; I was building out new centers from scratch—wiring CCTV, configuring door access systems, and providing the frontline support that kept mission-critical services running. That "do-it-all" grit led me to launch my own business, providing dedicated IT infrastructure to small charities that the big firms ignored. > ENGINEERING LONGEVITY: VOWS CLAN & SWAT 4 Before "Auto-Updates," I was a leader in the VOWS Clan, managing infrastructure for one of the largest SWAT 4 (and later ARMA) co-op communities in the world. When the game started to die because players couldn't access content, I co-created a custom game downloader. It was a one-click solution that kept the community thriving for years after official support ended. > EVOLUTION: TELECOMS, DEVOPS, AND CLOUD From Asterisk phone systems to DevOps, Cloud, and Platforms. Through that evolution, I saw a recurring flaw: security was always treated like a "bandage." My philosophy is different. Security belongs at the front. It should be baked into the blueprint of every platform from the first line of code. > THE HUMAN NETWORK Over 20 years ago, I was the backbone for massive fan portals and NexusIRC chat networks. Those weren't just handles on a screen. Today, many of those same people are still my closest friends. We’ve moved from IRC channels to WhatsApp groups. Hardware is decommissioned, but loyalty is the only thing that truly scales.
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