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dlashock/README.md

Hi there, I'm David 👋

Boot.dev Profile

🚀 About Me

I'm an IT Director passionate about expanding my technical skills in software engineering and Site Reliability Engineering. I believe in continuous learning and enjoy building systems that solve real problems.

🛠️ Tech Stack & Skills

  • Languages: Go, Python, JavaScript
  • Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus/Grafana
  • Platforms: Unraid, Linux, Home Lab Infrastructure
  • Focus Areas: Full-stack development, SRE practices, System Architecture

📚 Continuous Learning

I'm strengthening my programming fundamentals through Boot.dev while building practical projects. My current interests include:

  • Backend development with Go and Python
  • Container orchestration and monitoring
  • Infrastructure as Code and automation
  • Building production-ready applications

🔨 Featured Projects

🏠 Home Lab Infrastructure

Production home lab running 29+ containerized services on Dell PowerEdge hardware. Implementing SRE best practices including monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana), automation, and reliability engineering.

🎮 Pokédex CLI (Go)

Interactive command-line application featuring intelligent caching, concurrent operations, and clean architecture patterns. Integrates with PokéAPI for real-time data.

🤖 AI Code Assistant (Python)

Gemini-powered development assistant with sandboxed code execution, file management, and intelligent code analysis capabilities.

🕸️ Static Site Generator (Python)

Markdown-to-HTML converter with full CommonMark support, creating complete static websites from markdown content.

🎯 Current Focus

  • Building production-grade systems for personal projects
  • Deepening understanding of cloud-native technologies
  • Contributing to open-source projects
  • Exploring DevOps and SRE methodologies

📈 GitHub Activity

GitHub Stats

🤝 Let's Connect

Always interested in collaborating on interesting projects or discussing infrastructure, reliability engineering, and software development best practices!


"The best way to learn is by building real things that solve real problems."

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  1. AI-Agent AI-Agent Public

    Project written in Python, exploring how to utilize Google Gemini through code and API calls

    Python

  2. bookbot bookbot Public

    Boot.dev Python Project #1

    Python

  3. Docker Docker Public

    This repository is for the Boot.dev learning course regarding Docker

    Python

  4. Kubernetes Kubernetes Public

    This repository is for the Boot.dev learning course regarding Kubernetes

  5. Maze_Solver Maze_Solver Public

    Maze game where a maze is randomly drawn and then solved

    Python

  6. Pokedex Pokedex Public

    Interactive CLI Pokédex built with Go featuring intelligent caching and PokéAPI integration

    Go