Web developer meets information security - securibee

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1994: My first personal computer 🐝

My first introduction to the personal computer.
Quickly became familiar with Windows 3.11 and MS-DOS.
Taught myself concepts, such as networking and hardware, through trial-and-error.

Concepts 🐝

Hardware
Networking

Skills 🐝

Windows
MS-DOS

2002: Internet Relay Chat 🐝

Made small games, bots, and utilities using the mIRC client.
Provided support, both on- and offline, addressing various computer issues.
Had my first encounter with infosec.

Tools 🐝

mIRC

Concepts 🐝

IRC
FTP

Skills 🐝

Troubleshooting

Languages 🐝

mIRC scripting language

2003: Online Gaming 🐝

Launched my own website, sporting the infamous guestbook.
Created several hubs for gaming clans.

Tools 🐝

Dreamweaver

Skills 🐝

Templating
Web hosting
Database management

Languages 🐝

HTML
CSS
CGI
PHP

2004: Webdesign 🐝

Improved front-end skills, with a focus on design.
Learned about pattern creation, and vector graphics.

Tools 🐝

Notepad ++
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator

Skills 🐝

Design
Slice PSD

Resources 🐝

2006: My first client work 🐝

Started making websites for friends and family.
Build my first e-commerce store.

Skills 🐝

ShopFactory
Client interaction
Project management

Languages 🐝

JavaScript

2011: Started my own business 🐝

Founded web development business.
Learned jQuery with interactivity as my goal.
Became familiar with CSS3 and HTML5.

Tools 🐝

Sublime Text

Skills 🐝

Drupal
Magento

Languages 🐝

HTML5
CSS3
jQuery

Resources 🐝

2012: Search Engine Optimization 🐝

Sarted to learn more about Search Engine Optimization, and offered it as a service.
Started using WordPress as my go-to CMS, because of its wide adoption, and customizability.

Tools 🐝

Sublime Text 2
WordPress
WampServer

Skills 🐝

CTA
SERP
PPC
On/off-page SEO
Backlinking

Resources 🐝

2015: Ruby (on Rails) 🐝

Picked up Ruby (on Rails), on the recommendation of my mentor; It enabled me to build REST APIs and minimum viable products rapidly.
Started automating, using Rake.
Became familiar with Shopify, their API, and templating system Liquid.
Started using a Linux VM for my development work.
Integrated git into my workflow (aha-erlebnis).

Tools 🐝

VSCode
Virtual Machines
Linux (Ubuntu)
Task runners

Skills 🐝

Git
REST API
CRUD MVPs
Ruby on Rail
Shopify
SASS
PostgreSQL
Gulp
Grunt

Languages 🐝

Ruby (on Rails)
Liquid

Resources 🐝

2018: Vue.js & Nuxt.js 🐝

Set out to learn Vue.js, to be able to build modern user interfaces, and single-page applications.
Picked up Nuxt.js in conjunction, as a framework for universal applications.
Became familiar with TailwindCSS
Itroduced to Docker

Concepts 🐝

State management

Tools 🐝

Docker
TailwindCSS

Skills 🐝

JAMstack
Webpack
Nuxt.js
VueX
Single Page Applications (SPA)
Server-side Rendered Applications (SSR)
Flexbox

Languages 🐝

JavaScript ES6
Vue.js
Nuxt.js

Resources 🐝

2019: Infosec & Bug Bounties 🐝

Introduced to infosec and the world of bug bounties.
Started learning all things bug bounty.

Concepts 🐝

Owasp top 10

Tools 🐝

Burp
Tmux
Notion

Skills 🐝

Recon
Automation
CLI

Languages 🐝

Bash

Resources 🐝

2020: Embraced the CLI 🐝

Improved my workflow by using vim, Tmux, and Linux with a tiling WM.
Enamored of open-source intelligence, I decided to delve in deeper.
Started bug bounties, helped numerous companies resolve severe vulnerabilities.
Grok *NIX, Bash, Linux, and vim.
(Finally) build my own website, using Eleventy.
Started using ObsidianMD to build my second brain.

Tools 🐝

Eleventy
vim
ObsidianMD

Skills 🐝

OSINT

Languages 🐝

Nunjucks

Resources 🐝

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