@offsitedark
Systems Engineer, Web Dev, Cybersec grad
I had an idea
I wanted to start a cybersecurity-related business but honestly had no idea what to build. I just knew I wanted to make some kind of product, maybe something involving malware or network tools.
I’ve had a few ideas and messed around with them in private, but never really finished anything thanks to “le skill issue” and lack of commitment. Eventually, this account just became a more anonymous, personal space where I ended up finding community through TPOT aka tech Twitter.
Lately I’ve been trying not to rot in bed or become a lazy piece of shit (I think I do a decent job at that).
I try to stay productive — not just doomscroll, shitpost, or game too much. I quit my last tech job because it was honestly soul-draining. The company had no real vision, or if they did, it was outdated, small-minded, and poorly run. They were obsessed with new hardware but resistant to modern software, which made everything harder than it needed to be. The culture wasn’t forward-thinking, and the clients made the job tough in all the wrong ways — it was the bad kind of hard work.
Now I work remotely from home in a non-tech related field (not fastfood lol) while grinding LeetCode, studying functional and low-level programming, researching AI and malware, and diving into web dev again — all with the goal of becoming a better engineer.
Getting into big tech (or a startup) feels essential for me, almost life or death, because of the kind of person I want to become — for myself, for my future, and for the family I want to support. I juggle 3 or 4 side gigs, two time-consuming music hobbies, family responsibilities, and just life in general. It all adds pressure, but I keep pushing through it because…
I will not settle.
OFFSITE CLOUD
At one point, I had the idea of building a reliable cold storage cloud service — something secure, long-term, and affordable — but I didn’t have the money, infrastructure, or a strong enough edge to realistically compete with even the small players in that space.
Instead, I started thinking about how I could contribute differently — like creating a cloud-native app or service that connects existing cloud solutions together.
Inspired by how Vercel simplifies deployment or how Terraform bridges different cloud providers, I thought maybe I could build something that sits in between services, streamlining how they talk to each other or automating how they’re used together.
And I thought of something pretty good… hard to make, but not bad.
