Case Studies

Real projects, real problems solved.

A look at the systems I've built — legal industry software, infrastructure reliability work, and self-hosted products.

15
Case Studies
5
Categories
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Custom Software Development
Confidential Client — UAE Law Firm
Multi-Tenant CRM SaaS for a Legal Practice
A multi-tenant CRM built to centralize case management, billing, and document generation for a legal practice's daily operations.
Django Django REST Framework django-tenants Stripe
02
DevOps Services
Confidential Client — Infrastructure
Stabilizing a Shared Multi-Site WordPress Infrastructure
Diagnosed and resolved cascading reliability issues across 8 co-hosted WordPress sites sharing a single EC2 instance.
WordPress nginx PHP-FPM AWS EC2
03
Product Development
Internal Product
Traffic Intelligence: A Self-Hosted Analytics Platform
Built a self-hosted, real-time traffic analytics platform as an alternative to third-party trackers, with full data ownership.
Laravel Chart.js MySQL
04
Product Development
Internal Product
A Self-Hosted Document Management System
Built a lightweight, self-hosted document storage and sharing tool as an alternative to relying on third-party cloud storage.
Laravel MySQL
05
DevOps Services
Infrastructure Project
Deploying OpenVPN Behind Carrier-Grade NAT
Set up and troubleshot a self-hosted OpenVPN deployment operating behind an ISP's carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT), diagnosing intermittent connectivity failures.
OpenVPN TP-Link routing CGNAT / NAT traversal
06
DevOps Services
Confidential Client — Fintech
CI/CD Pipeline Modernization for a Fintech Platform
Replaced a manual, error-prone deployment process with an automated CI/CD pipeline supporting zero-downtime releases for a platform handling live transactions.
GitHub Actions AWS Docker Terraform
07
Custom Software Development
Confidential Client — SaaS
Real-Time Notification System for a High-Traffic Web App
Built a real-time, scalable notification system to replace a polling-based approach that was overloading the database under peak load.
Node.js Socket.io Redis PostgreSQL
08
Custom Software Development
Confidential Client — Enterprise
Migrating a Legacy Monolith to Microservices
Incrementally decomposed a decade-old .NET monolith into independently deployable services, without a disruptive full rewrite.
.NET RabbitMQ Docker API Gateway
09
API Development & Integration
Confidential Client — Consumer App
GraphQL API Gateway for a Multi-Platform Mobile App
Built a GraphQL gateway in front of several legacy REST services to give mobile clients a single, efficient API without over- or under-fetching data.
Node.js GraphQL Redis REST
10
Custom Software Development
Confidential Client — B2B SaaS
Automated Testing Pipeline for a Django Platform
Introduced automated testing and QA gating to a platform that had been shipping almost entirely on manual QA, reducing regression bugs reaching production.
Django pytest Selenium GitHub Actions
11
Cyber Security Services
Confidential Client — E-Commerce
Web Application Penetration Test & Remediation for an E-Commerce Platform
Ran a full penetration test against a live e-commerce platform ahead of a compliance audit, then remediated every finding before the deadline.
OWASP Testing Methodology Burp Suite PHP MySQL
12
Cyber Security Services
Confidential Client — SaaS
Centralized Log Monitoring & SIEM Rollout for a Growing SaaS Team
Set up centralized log aggregation and a lightweight SIEM so the team could detect suspicious activity instead of relying on scattered, unreviewed server logs.
ELK Stack Wazuh Linux Slack API
13
Cyber Security Services
Confidential Client — Enterprise
Secrets Management & Access Control Overhaul
Replaced hardcoded credentials and shared admin accounts scattered across a team's codebase and infrastructure with centralized secrets management and least-privilege access.
HashiCorp Vault AWS IAM Docker
14
Cyber Security Services
Confidential Client — SME Retailer
Phishing Simulation & Security Awareness Program for an SME
Ran a phishing simulation campaign and built a lightweight security awareness program for a small team with no prior security training.
GoPhish Security Awareness Training
15
Cyber Security Services
Confidential Client — SaaS
Container Security Hardening & Vulnerability Scanning Pipeline
Added automated container vulnerability scanning and hardening to a Docker-based deployment pipeline that had no security gating before images reached production.
Docker Trivy CI/CD Linux
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