Building Port Scan as a Service with RabbitMQ message queuing: nginx/PHP-FPM frontend validates and queues scan requests via php-amqplib, backend workers execute nmap scans immediately, with automatic job retry on failure and SQL result storage.
Rewriting ipquail.com in Go using pilu/traffic router: replacing SSI/Apache hacks with proper API endpoints for IP/PTR lookups, nginx reverse proxy handling IPv4/IPv6 termination, and JSON response formatting.
Monitoring Tor hidden services with Nagios using torsocks: creating check_commands for HTTP/SSH/TCP over Tor, tracking onion availability/performance, and publishing monion repository with sample configs for .onion monitoring.
Building a JSON API for ipquail.com using Python/Flask and uWSGI/nginx: RESTful endpoints returning IPv4/IPv6 addresses, inspired by ARIN's Whois-RWS, with CORS support and production SSI implementation.
First impressions of GitHub's Atom editor as a Sublime Text alternative: markdown-aware UI, git status indicators, built-in CLI launcher, and early macOS-only binaries despite cross-platform plans.
Continued Python learning: using ConfigParser for INI file configuration. Demonstrates Python's simplicity, built-in functionality, and extensibility with practical code examples.
Building IP Quail, an IPv4/IPv6 service to display client IP addresses. Deployed on HenchCDN with anycast distribution using SSI and Bootstrap for high performance and availability.
Web design projects using HTML5 and Bootstrap. Redesigned multiple sites including portfolio and blog, leveraging static site generation instead of PHP-based solutions.
Blog engine migration to Octopress with Markdown support. Upcoming technical articles on OpenBGPD looking glasses, IPv6 implementation, and infrastructure projects for 2014.