> access_granted_
~/packetpursuit/vault $ cat README.md
> whoami --real
the stuff that doesn't make it onto a resume.
combat vet. former cop. current dad.
perpetually tired, chronically curious.
my office is a very specific kind of chaos,
challenge coins, military awards, 40K miniatures,
a GameCube, an original Xbox, and two bearded dragons
judging me from across the room.
the little one in the toy car doing 3mph
while we blow bubbles is the best part of any day.
no contest.
> the_dream
the honest answer to "where do you want to end up?"
somewhere I get paid to chase threads. a real research shop, the kind of place that finds something interesting and turns someone loose on it all the way down. the CrowdStrikes, the Huntresses, Talos, Palo Alto, Censys, that tier.
I don't do surface-level. never have. hand me a loose end and I'm pulling it until the whole thing comes apart, and I genuinely do not care what day of the week it is when that happens. Friday night, holiday weekend, doesn't matter. if threads are coming undone I'm still at the desk.
that's not discipline. it's just how I'm wired, and I picked it up carrying a badge. you catch a case, you follow it, you follow it, you follow it, until it's closed. malware and phishing kits are just a new kind of case. the itch is identical.
so if you run a team that gets to go deep on the interesting stuff, we should talk.
> currently_playing
the updated task system was a good call. streamlines the grind for new and returning players. still not sure where Mad Finger Games is taking this long-term. going up against Tarkov with a persistent world is an ambitious swing and the optimization still needs work, but these devs put in work and it shows. been here since v0.0.1 and not going anywhere.
50v50 WWII where the entire war hinges on whether anyone plays the objective. when a squad actually coordinates, it's the best war game on the market. when they don't, it's a very authentic simulation of being confused and shot. keep coming back.
physics sandbox sci-fi shipbuilding. build something inspired by The Expanse, watch it immediately fail structurally. repeat indefinitely.
played since before most current players were in high school. no regrets. mostly.
> currently_watching
> streaming / TV
- The Expanse, peak science fiction television. nothing comes close.
- House of the Dragon / Game of Thrones, the good seasons are very good.
- Warhammer 40K content, Blood Angels. Sanguinius. always. Salamanders as a respectful second.
> YouTube, channels worth your time
malware analysis and CTFs from someone who genuinely knows what they're doing
100-second explainers that somehow make complex things land
unhinged performance engineering opinions. usually correct
hardware hacking, Wi-Fi tools, war rigs. directly responsible for several purchases I do not regret
homelab and cyber content worth the time
DFIR walkthroughs, solid fundamentals
security content, good follow
networking and ethical hacking deep dives
righteous chaos. watch at least one video
> currently_listening
the Deftones. always.
and anything from that late 90s / early 2000s window
when rock was doing something genuinely interesting:
Tool. System of a Down. Smashing Pumpkins. Alice in Chains.
that era specifically.
> hot_takes
opinions nobody asked for. you found the vault, you get the unfiltered version.
gaming is in a rough spot. I keep rotating back to older titles because half of what ships now is hollow, over-monetized, and out the door six months early. watching studios I grew up on speedrun their own decline is genuinely depressing. Bungie went from Halo in 2001, one of the defining moments in the medium, to getting gutted in 2026. Microsoft, that one's on you too. brutal thing to watch in real time.
House of the Dragon, season 3. I'm watching it. barely. it's slow, it's timid, and the source material is sitting right there. the books do wild, brutal, memorable things and the show keeps tapping the brakes. just adapt what's on the page. stop being careful.
rooting for open source from the sidelines hurts sometimes. followed Athena OS for a good while, really wanted it to be the daily driver. it's just not all there yet. maintainers are human and usually unpaid, so no shade, but it's a bummer to watch a project you're pulling for stall out.
and before this reads as pure grievance:
the bright side. my daughter is getting big, fast. she's stringing words together now, and her current favorite hobby is sprinting over to slam both hands on my keyboard mid-sentence (she's got notes, apparently). I can't wait until she's big enough to sit on my lap and actually build something with me: games, web apps, security, the whole stack. teaching her this stuff is going to be the best project I ever ship.
> current_obsession
> agentic AI + workflow automation
the idea that you can build systems that think, decide, and act on your behalf is one of the more interesting things happening in any field right now.
spending serious time here. reading, building, breaking things, building them better.
> hardware_shelf
what's in rotation:
- Raspberry Pi cyberdecks
- Flipper Zero
- RF / microphone / camera detectors
- mesh radio nodes
- various devices that make IT people visibly uncomfortable
blame a military buddy with similar tendencies and a channel called Call Me Koko.
conventions: DEF CON. CactusCon. BSides. hardware badges. soldering iron. the usual.
> find_me
Discord (personal):
email: jake@packetpursuit.net portfolio: packetpursuit.net github: github.com/PacketPursuit
> you found it. that was the point.
drop a line if you want to talk, jake@packetpursuit.net