rbdig
A DNS lookup library built from scratch in Ruby to explore how queries are encoded, sent, traced, and decoded, with dig-style output for A records.
- Ruby
- DNS
- Networking
./dig.rb example.com
Selected work
Projects I’ve built and contributed to.
A selection of products, developer tools, security experiments, and open-source work. Some started with a practical need; others began as a way to understand a system from the inside out.
Built by me
Products, experiments, and tools I have taken from idea to working software.
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Amanu
A private, offline-first voice journal for Android that transcribes spoken thoughts and keeps encrypted notes on the device, without accounts, ads, or cloud storage.
- TypeScript
- React Native
- Expo
- Android
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Polyglot POC
A Ruby proof-of-concept tool that combines PHP payloads with JPEG files to demonstrate polyglot upload risks.
- Ruby
- PHP
- JPEG
- Web security
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CuCSS
A lightweight Firefox extension for applying custom CSS to any site, with per-site toggles, a CodeMirror editor, and local import and export.
- JavaScript
- WebExtensions
- CodeMirror
- CSS
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Balancer
A social-impact investing platform where entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups can launch campaigns and investors can back them.
- Ruby on Rails
- PostgreSQL
- Stripe
- Bootstrap
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Ruby on Feet
A small Rails-like MVC framework built to understand routing, controllers, rendering, and persistence from the inside out.
- Ruby
- Rack
- SQLite
- Minitest
Open-source contributions
Small, focused improvements to products maintained by communities I value.
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Human Essentials
Inventory and reporting software that helps essentials banks distribute diapers, period supplies, and other necessities to their communities.
My contribution: Improved partner and distribution workflows through safer user creation, clearer identifiers and form affordances, more reliable pickup emails, and better seed data.
- Ruby on Rails
- PostgreSQL
- JavaScript
- RSpec
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CASA
Volunteer management software for CASA programs supporting foster youth across the United States.
My contribution: Improved organization email timezone handling and refined default behavior in case-contact workflows.
- Ruby on Rails
- PostgreSQL
- JavaScript
- RSpec
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Avo
A Ruby on Rails toolkit for building maintainable internal tools and administration interfaces.
My contribution: Fixed datetime field editing so input state stays synchronized correctly in the admin interface.
- Ruby on Rails
- Ruby
- JavaScript