About

Hey, I'm Jon. I'm a tinkerer — the kind of person who sees a broken piece of hardware at a garage sale and immediately starts thinking about what could live inside it.

This site is a place for me to write up my experiments, projects, and occasional failures. If something took me a weekend of troubleshooting to figure out, it probably deserves a write-up so the next person doesn't have to go through the same.

My interests tend to cluster around homelabs, privacy, physical computing, and the security community. I've been to DEF CON more times than I probably should have, and I have an RFID implant to prove it.

The "Idiot" in the title is self-deprecating on purpose. I'm not a professional. I'm someone who tries things, breaks things, and occasionally gets them working.

The Setup

Currently running a three-node Proxmox cluster at home with more containers than I'd like to admit. You can find me on GitHub.

Work

I build infrastructure for people who need to disappear into the internet. My work centers on end-to-end managed attribution — custom Windows and Linux VDIs, proprietary proxy networks, and the operational plumbing that lets investigators, analysts, and operators conduct their work without leaving a trace. The goal is always the same: make the client look like everyone else.

I've been doing this work in some form since 2014 — long enough to have built managed attribution networks at Fort Bragg before most people had a name for what it was.

I've worked in environments that required a security clearance, and remain eligible for reinstatement.

I'm not actively looking, but I'm always open to interesting conversations. If something I've written resonates with work you're doing, reach out.