Building a Practical Proxmox Homelab from Old Laptops
How I built a practical Proxmox homelab from old laptops to learn virtualization, Docker services, remote access, Wake-on-LAN, Tailscale networking, and infrastructure thinking for real projects.
Available for opportunities
Junior Software Engineer focused on backend, automation, and practical DevOps.
I build Spring Boot systems, deployment pipelines, AI-assisted data extraction tools, and infrastructure scripts. Currently learning Astro, Svelte, Strapi, and modern frontend workflows by building this portfolio.
Open to: IT internship, junior backend, automation, DevOps-oriented roles · Antwerp / remote / EU
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Karel de Grote Hogeschool, Antwerp
Backend development, databases, networking, and project management. Focus on practical engineering over theory.
NSI
Short professional internship during secondary school — first exposure to working in an IT environment.
Polytechnic School Complex in Głogów, Poland
Five-year technical secondary school specialising in programming. Foundations of programming, databases, computer networks, and professional certifications INF.03 and INF.04.
Academic project
Full CI/CD pipeline on GCE with GitLab CI, Docker, and Nginx. Blue-green deployment strategy with automated health checks.
Personal project
Spring Boot HTTP endpoint monitor with check history, live dashboard, PostgreSQL persistence, Redis caching, Thymeleaf UI, Docker Compose, Caddy HTTPS reverse proxy, Adminer, GitLab CI, and GCP deployment scripts.
GitHub →Academic project
Spring Boot web app for managing intersections, traffic lights, maintenance logs, and maintenance companies. Thymeleaf MVC, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Spring Security, AJAX, CSV import, caching, tests, and GitLab CI.
GitHub →Academic project
Spring Boot ride-sharing and activity platform for KdG students. Real-time STOMP/WebSocket chat, voting, friendships, maps/routes, Google Calendar integration, OAuth2 login, PostgreSQL, Thymeleaf, Docker, and GitLab CI/CD.
GitHub →Academic project
Spring Boot IoT smart room monitoring platform for real-time temperature, humidity, CO₂, noise, TVOC and occupancy tracking. Analytics dashboards, threshold alerts, multi-room support, role-based access, PostgreSQL, Thymeleaf, Bootstrap and Chart.js.
GitHub →Technical writing on things I built, debugged, or learned the hard way.
How I built a practical Proxmox homelab from old laptops to learn virtualization, Docker services, remote access, Wake-on-LAN, Tailscale networking, and infrastructure thinking for real projects.
I am open to IT internships, junior backend positions, automation roles, and DevOps-oriented opportunities. Based in Antwerp — available for remote and EU roles.