Tyler Laudenslager

Systems architect with end-to-end ownership of a hybrid cloud/on-prem
environment. I build software wherever a gap exists.

What I run

• Network & security — FortiGate HA clusters, WireGuard VPN tunnels, Wazuh, intrusion response and forensics
• Identity — OpenLDAP + SSSD centralized authentication across the

server fleet, LDAPS with internal CA

• Telephony — 3CX PBX administration, SIP trunking, call flow design, inotify-driven call recording compression (~90% storage reduction), transcription/summarization pipeline
• Observability & recovery — Zabbix monitoring with custom

triggers, Nakivo backup infrastructure, RAID administration

• Platforms — VMware ESXi, AWS, Ubuntu Server fleet, Jenkins CI/CD,

MySQL/PostgreSQL replication and query optimization

What I'm building

• Softstore — online selling platform for selling software & publications, uses Quartermaster for delivery. *(source coming soon to GitHub)*
• Quartermaster — offline-first software licensing in Go.

Ed25519-signed licenses, no phone-home.

• Tamo — LoRa mesh radio from scratch on ESP32 + RP2040. Speaks

Meshtastic's BLE GATT protocol over a binary UART bridge.

• *The Traveler's Guide to Computing* — a book series.

Also

• Dual-camera ( Telephoto / Wide Angle ) Raspberry Pi 5 security system, MJPEG streaming in Go
• Self-hosted Plex and Nextcloud, both in Docker, on a 4-node Raspberry Pi 4 cluster.
• 3D printing (FreeCAD, Prusa Core One+). Prusa Core One+ Kit
• Currently studying: x86-64 assembly and binary formats.

Writing

Guides and notes at lauden.dev — the documentation
I went looking for and couldn't find, written down so the next person can.

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I approach every system as a beginner: investigate, understand, build
better.

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