HACKATOA
Network Security · Linux
Active Development

Self-teaching network security through homelab chaos and real infrastructure.

I'm Jacob — aka Hackatoa (hacker + Krakatoa, it's a volcano pun). Self-taught developer and CompTIA student building real infrastructure to learn security from the ground up. My homelab runs a 3-node Proxmox cluster, self-hosted services, and a games platform — and it breaks in interesting ways that teach me things textbooks don't.

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Primary Focus
Network security, Linux infrastructure, and browser game development.
Active Projects
Self-hosted games platform, Proxmox homelab, CompTIA A+ in progress.
Portfolio

Recent & favorite builds

A mix of infrastructure, tooling, and tinkering.

Hackatoa.com · main site

The volcano-themed home base. Built with vanilla JS and CSS — no frameworks — featuring a time-driven background that shifts between day, sunset, and night based on your local clock. Deployed via GitHub Actions to self-hosted infrastructure on a Proxmox homelab.

Live Source

Lab tooling & security notes

Scripts, configs, and notes from the homelab — Bash automation, Linux hardening, service deployments, and whatever breaks on a given week. Studying toward CompTIA A+ and Network+, so a lot of this is hands-on practice documented as I go.

GitHub profile

Hackatoa Games

A self-hosted browser games platform — free, no account, no ads. Infinisweeper is an infinite shared Minesweeper board anyone can play simultaneously. 1v1 Minesweeper is a competitive head-to-head race. Tic-Tac-Toe Online is the classic 3×3 played live with a friend. All running on the homelab.

All Games Infinisweeper 1v1 Minesweeper Tic-Tac-Toe

Clip Forge · Browser Video Editor

A fully browser-based video editor — no uploads, no server processing. All rendering happens locally using FFmpeg compiled to WebAssembly. Multi-track timeline with video, audio, text, and shape layers, voiceover recording, transitions, audio splitting, and per-track volume control.

Open Editor GitHub

Active Repositories & Contributions

A live feed of my latest commits, security tools, and open source contributions pulled directly from GitHub.

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Ramblings

Research & Logs

Homelab notes, security study logs, and the occasional tangent.
Contact

Get in touch

Email, Signal, or show up on TeamSpeak.

Best reached by email at [email protected]. I'm usually on Linux, split between homelab projects, studying for certs, and shipping games. Happy to talk infrastructure, security, development, or whatever you've got in mind.

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Support

Support My Work

Everything here is free — no ads, no accounts.

Monero (XMR) & Coffee

The games, tools, and content are all free to use. If you want to help cover hosting costs or just appreciate something here, a coffee or some XMR goes a long way.

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