// about me
Christopher Badgett
@cmbadgett
// The short version
I'm a cybersecurity student who got tired of reading about networking and decided to just build it instead. My homelab started as a single Raspberry Pi running Pi-hole and has since grown into a full rack: a 72 TB NAS, a four-node Kubernetes cluster, a managed switch, a dedicated firewall, and more cables than I care to count.
On the security side, I spend time doing CTF competitions, studying for certifications, and writing tools that make the tedious parts of recon and analysis faster. Most of that tooling lives on GitHub — rough around the edges, but it does the job.
The 3D printing hobby started as a way to make enclosures for the homelab hardware and quickly became its own rabbit hole. I'm currently running a Bambu Lab P1S for FDM and an Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra for resin prints. If it fits on the build plate and someone in my house will use it, it's fair game.
// Currently
- 📚 Studying for CompTIA Security+ (exam booked for Q3)
- 🖥️ Migrating homelab workloads from Docker Compose to K3s
- 🔒 Competing in weekly CTF challenges on HackTheBox and TryHackMe
- 🖨️ Designing a full custom rack-mount enclosure in Fusion 360
- 📡 Setting up WireGuard-based split-tunnel VPN for remote lab access
// What I actually care about
Network Security
Subnetting, firewall rules, intrusion detection — the fundamentals that underpin everything else.
Self-Hosting
If there's a service I use regularly and a self-hosted alternative exists, I've probably tried it.
Hardware & Bare Metal
There's something satisfying about knowing exactly what's running on what, and why.
Open Source
I believe in owning your stack. Most of what I run is open source, and I try to contribute back.
[ photo coming soon ]
$ cat facts.txt
- Location
- United States
- Education
- B.S. Cybersecurity & Networks
- Class of
- 2026
- Certs
- CompTIA A+
- Primary OS
- Arch btw
- Editor
- Neovim
- Shell
- Zsh + Starship
$ skills --list
Languages
Security
Infra
Networking