jp@codesmith:~$ whoami
JP CodeSmith β software engineer moving from "it works" to "it's secure, observable and shippable"
jp@codesmith:~$ cat mission.txt
Build real-world products. Understand the whole system underneath them.
Bake security into every stage of the pipeline, not bolt it on at the end.
jp@codesmith:~$ cat philosophy.txt
Don't just make it work. Understand why it works. Then make it safe.I build across the stack: interfaces, mobile apps, APIs, databases, infrastructure and AI-powered tools. My direction is DevSecOps: automating delivery while treating security, reliability and visibility as first-class features.
flowchart LR
A[π‘ Plan<br/>Threat Modeling] --> B[β¨οΈ Code<br/>Pre-commit Hooks]
B --> C[π Build<br/>SAST β’ Secrets Scan]
C --> D[π§ͺ Test<br/>DAST β’ Dependency Audit]
D --> E[π¦ Package<br/>Image Scan β’ SBOM β’ Sign]
E --> F[π Deploy<br/>IaC Scan β’ Policy Gates]
F --> G[π‘ Operate<br/>Monitor β’ Alert]
G --> H[π Feedback<br/>Improve]
H --> A
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| Stage | What I care about | Tools I'm working with / toward |
|---|---|---|
| π§ Plan | Threat modeling, least privilege, secure-by-design | STRIDE, OWASP Top 10 |
| β¨οΈ Code | Catch mistakes before they leave my machine | pre-commit, Gitleaks |
| π Build | Static analysis, secret detection, dependency checks | Semgrep, Trivy, npm/pip audit |
| π§ͺ Test | Automated tests and dynamic scanning | Vitest/Jest, pytest, OWASP ZAP |
| π¦ Package | Minimal images, SBOMs, signed artifacts | Docker, Syft, Cosign |
| π Deploy | Reproducible infra, policy as code | Terraform, Checkov, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions |
| π‘ Operate | Metrics, logs, alerts, incident readiness | Prometheus, Grafana |
building: CodeSmith Agent
learning:
- Secure CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)
- Container and image hardening (Docker, Trivy)
- Infrastructure as Code and policy as code (Terraform, Checkov)
- Kubernetes fundamentals and workload security
- Observability (Prometheus, Grafana)
exploring: AI engineering, agentic workflows, secure AI tooling
improving: Software architecture and threat modeling
shipping: Real-world productsSoftware Development ββΊ Backend Engineering ββΊ Linux & Systems
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DevOps & CI/CD ββΊ Cloud Infrastructure ββΊ DevSecOps
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Production & Security Engineering
Open to collaborating on all open-source, DevSecOps tooling, full-stack and mobile products, backend systems, AI-powered developer tools and real-world technology solutions.


