About Me
I’m Duke, a dedicated network engineer with a strong passion for open-source development, automation, and cybersecurity. With a deep understanding of networking principles, I thrive in designing efficient, secure, and scalable network solutions. My work extends beyond traditional engineering—I actively contribute to open-source projects that enhance network management, system security, and developer workflows.
My contributions include tools that simplify IP management, refine cybersecurity protocols, optimise automation, and improve the developer experience across various platforms. From enhancing web-based IP address management solutions to crafting utilities for streamlined version control, I believe in the power of collaborative innovation.
Driven by curiosity and a commitment to knowledge-sharing, I continuously explore emerging technologies, refine best practices, and engage with the community to push the boundaries of networking and system optimisation. Whether solving complex network challenges or building tools that empower engineers and developers, my goal is to contribute meaningful advancements to the industry.
I have contributed to various open-source projects, including:
| Network & IP Management | Description |
|---|---|
| phpIPAM | An open-source web IP address management application |
| phpipam-ansible-modules | A collection of Ansible modules to manage entities in a phpIPAM |
| Cybersecurity & Encryption | Description |
|---|---|
| GUN | An ecosystem of cybersecurity protocols that lets you build community-run and encrypted applications - like an Open-Source Firebase or a Decentralised Dropbox |
| Hasher | A program that hashes text with a random algorithm |
| Automation & Workflow Optimisation | Description |
|---|---|
| Git-CC | A git extension to help write conventional commits which dovetail with SemVer |
| Actions-GH-Pages | GitHub Actions for GitHub Pages - a user-friendly static site generator |
| Actions-Hugo | GitHub Actions for Hugo - the world’s fastest framework for building websites Hugo extended, Hugo Modules, Linux (Ubuntu), macOS, and Windows are supported |
| Twitter-Together/Action | A GitHub action to tweet from a repository |
| Instaloader | Download pictures (or videos) along with their captions and other metadata from Instagram |
| Terminal & Development Tools | Description |
|---|---|
| Textual | Build sophisticated user interfaces with a simple Python API. Run your apps in the terminal and a web browser. |
| Rich | A Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in the terminal. |
| Pip-Review | A tool to keep track of your Python package updates |
| Bashhub-Client | Bash history in the cloud - indexed and searchable |
| Icontract | A utility that provides design-by-contract to Python with informative violation messages and inheritance |
| Vim-pydocstring | Generate Python docstring to your Python source code |
| Flake8-bugbear | A Python plugin for finding likely bugs and design problems in your program |
| Other Projects | Description |
|---|---|
| Python | A curated list of Python examples from GeekComputers |
| Awesome-UNIX | All the UNIX and UNIX-Like: Linux, BSD, macOS, Illumos, 9front, and more |
| Awesome-WSL | An awesome list dedicated to Windows Subsystem for Linux |
| Awesome-Password-Store | A collection of awesome pass extensions and interfaces (for zx2c4’s pass) |
| Reference | Maintain a database of quick reference cheat sheets for developers at QuickRef.ME |
| Hugo-Best-Practices | Best practices and ideas for Hugo - an open-source static site generator |
| Emoji-Cheat-Sheet | A markdown version emoji cheat sheet |