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- -# Pietro Quintavalle -
- Systems Engineer · Developer · Homelabber · Economics Student @ USI 🇨🇭 + Pietro Quintavalle
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- Open to work — Junior SysAdmin · IT Consulting · Junior Quant -
- ---- - -## About Me - -> Hi — friends call me **Quinta**. I'm an Economics student at USI Lugano and a self-taught systems engineer who's been running homelab infrastructure since 2020. -> -> My setup spans bare-metal Proxmox clusters, DNS and domain management via Cloudflare (AAAA + Tunnels), Pangolin/Traefik reverse proxying with auto-TLS, and a full media & music automation pipeline. -> -> On the academic side I'm deepening my understanding of microeconomics, macroeconomics, game theory, and quantitative finance — finding more overlap with systems thinking than you'd expect. - -- BSc in Economics @ USI (in progress) · 2 yrs BSc Informatics completed -- 5+ years SysAdmin & IT consulting · 6–10 production servers · 90%+ uptime -- Daily driver: Ryzen 7 9800X3D · RTX 5080 · hand-built custom keyboard -- Italian (Native) · English (Fluent) · German (Conversational) · Spanish & Norwegian (Basic) -- Lugano / Bellinzona, Switzerland - ---- - -## 🛠️ Tech Stack +
-**System & Infrastructure:** - - - - - - - - - +Economics models incentives under constraints — infrastructure models constraints under load. +I like sitting where those two disciplines overlap. -**Networking & Security:** - - - - - - - - - - -**Development:** - - - - - - - - - - -**Data & Monitoring:** - - - - - - - -**Dev Tools:** - - - - +**[Portfolio](https://quinta0.github.io/whoami/)**  ·  **[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pietro-quintavalle-996b96267/)**  ·  **[Email](mailto:0pietroquintavalle0@gmail.com)**
---- - -## Homelab - -Two-node setup built to enterprise patterns at personal scale. **Zero open ports** — all external access via Cloudflare Tunnels and Tailscale. Every service containerised, every entry-point proxied, every failure logged. The UNRAID box, **[Nargothrond](https://github.com/Quinta0/Nargothrond)**, is fully documented in its own repo — hardware, Docker stack, network segmentation, and traffic-flow diagrams. - -| Component | UNRAID Server (Nargothrond) | Proxmox Node | -|-----------|--------------|-------------| -| **CPU** | Intel Core Ultra 5 225 | Intel Core i7-8700 | -| **RAM** | 48GB DDR5 5600MHz | 32GB DDR4 | -| **Storage** | WD Gold 14TB + 2× WD 12TB parity array + 2TB NVMe pool | SSD (OS) + SATA pool | -| **OS** | UNRAID 7.3.1 | Proxmox VE 8 | -| **Access** | Pangolin + Traefik | Tailscale + SSH | -| **Focus** | NAS · Docker · Media stack | Virtualisation · LXC · IaC | - -**Key services:** Jellyfin · Navidrome · Sonarr/Radarr/Bazarr · Lidarr · AdGuard Home · Authelia · Grafana/Prometheus · Uptime Kuma · slskd (via VPN) +
--- -## Projects +### 01 — About -| Project | Status | Stack | Description | -|---------|--------|-------|-------------| -| [**valgo**](https://github.com/Quinta0/valgo) | ● Live | TypeScript · React · Next.js | Step-by-step algorithm visualiser — sorting, graph & search with live code annotations | -| [**Ainulindale**](https://github.com/Quinta0/Ainulindale) | ● Live | Docker · Navidrome · slskd · Gluetun | Fully self-hosted music discovery & streaming — auto-downloads via Soulseek P2P through VPN | -| [**re-soulcommand**](https://github.com/Quinta0/re-soulcommand) | ↗ Open Source | Python · Docker · ListenBrainz · Last.fm | Music recommendation downloader — ListenBrainz/Last.fm playlists into Navidrome via slskd | -| [**ObsidianSetup**](https://github.com/Quinta0/ObsidianSetup) | ↗ Open Source · 26★ | PowerShell | Cross-platform provisioning utility for Obsidian and plugins — adopted by other users | -| [**Boston Housing Price Prediction**](https://github.com/Quinta0/BostonHousing) | ● Live | Python · scikit-learn · Jupyter · Seaborn | Linear-regression model with EDA to identify socioeconomic price drivers | -| [**Nargothrond**](https://github.com/Quinta0/Nargothrond) | ● Live | UNRAID · Docker · Traefik · Mermaid docs | Fully documented UNRAID home server — hardware build, Docker stack, network segmentation, and traffic-flow diagrams | +Economics student at USI Lugano and self-taught systems engineer, running homelab infrastructure since 2020. + +`Lugano, Switzerland`  —  `BSc Economics, USI`  —  `Open for work: Junior SysAdmin · IT Consulting · Junior Quant` + +
--- -## Experience +### 02 — Skills & Know-How -**Systems Engineering Consultant** · Freelance · Ticino, Switzerland · *Jan 2020 – Present* +**Infrastructure & Development** -- Delivered and maintained 6–10 production servers at 90%+ uptime for private and business clients -- Eliminated public server exposure across all clients via Cloudflare Tunnels + Pangolin/Traefik — zero open ports, DNSSEC enforced, split-DNS via AdGuard Home -- Implemented Authelia SSO + 2FA, Fail2Ban + Crowdsec intrusion detection, and UFW/iptables across all nodes -- Reduced storage recovery time to under 30 minutes with ZFS RAID-Z snapshots and automated rsync offsite backups -- Enterprise Proxmox Cluster: VLAN segmentation, Pangolin/Traefik reverse proxy, Cloudflare Tunnels, Grafana/Prometheus monitoring -- 9-User TrueNAS NAS: RAID 10, per-user ACLs, ZFS snapshots, automated offsite backups -- Windows Server: Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Disaster Recovery planning +| | | +|---|---| +| **System & Infra** | Proxmox VE · UNRAID · TrueNAS · Docker · LXC · KVM · Linux · ZFS · Windows Server / AD | +| **Network & Security** | Cloudflare Tunnels · Tailscale · Traefik · Pangolin · Fail2Ban · CrowdSec · Authelia · VLANs · UFW | +| **Development** | Python · TypeScript · React · Next.js · Django · Rust · SQL · Bash · HTML/CSS | +| **Data & Monitoring** | Grafana · Prometheus · Uptime Kuma · cAdvisor · ZFS/RAID · rsync | + +**Economics & Quantitative Methods** + +| | | +|---|---| +| **Microeconomics** | Consumer & producer theory · market structures · welfare economics · externalities | +| **Macroeconomics** | GDP & growth models · IS-LM · monetary & fiscal policy · open economy models | +| **Game Theory** | Nash equilibrium · dominant strategies · extensive/normal form · mechanism design · auction theory | +| **Quantitative Finance** | Time value of money · probability & statistics · regression · financial modelling | + +**Certifications** + +`Google — Data Analytics Professional Certificate`  ·  `Google — IT Support Professional Certificate`  ·  `Microsoft — Foundations of IT Systems, Networking & Data Protection` + +**Languages** + +`Italian — Native (C2)`  ·  `English — Fluent (C2)`  ·  `German — Conversational (B1–B2)`  ·  `Spanish — Basic (A1)`  ·  `Norwegian — Basic (A1)` + +
--- -## Education +### 03 — Homelab -**BSc in Economics** · USI Università della Svizzera italiana · Lugano · *Sep 2024 – Present* -Microeconomics · Macroeconomics · Game Theory · Quantitative Finance · Statistics · Financial Modelling +Two nodes — **Nargothrond** (UNRAID) and a Proxmox node — fully containerised, every entry point proxied, zero open inbound ports. -**BSc in Informatics** *(2 years completed)* · USI · *Sep 2022 – Jun 2024* -Algorithms & Data Structures · OOP (Java/C++) · Software Engineering · Web Development +``` +Traefik + Pangolin reverse proxy, zero-trust access, auto-TLS +AdGuard Home + Unbound network-wide DNS filtering, split DNS +CrowdSec + Gluetun intrusion detection, VPN-locked downloads +Jellyfin + *Arr stack media library and automation +Navidrome + slskd self-hosted music discovery and streaming +Immich + Vaultwarden photo backup and password sync +``` -**Maturità Cantonale & AFC Economics** · Scuola cantonale di commercio · Bellinzona · *2018 – 2022* -Maturità: **4.5/6** · AFC Economics: **5/6** — Above average in both tracks +Full stack reproduced from code — Ansible + Docker Compose, rebuild in under 30 minutes. +Documentation: **[Nargothrond](https://github.com/Quinta0/Nargothrond)** + +
--- -## Certifications +### 04 — Selected Projects -- Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate -- Google IT Support Professional Certificate -- Microsoft — Foundations of IT Systems, Networking & Data Protection (Specialisation) +| Project | Description | Stack | +|---|---|---| +| **[riptune](https://github.com/Quinta0/riptune)** | Terminal-native music client for Subsonic servers, built for niri | Rust | +| **[re-soulcommand](https://github.com/Quinta0/re-soulcommand)** | ListenBrainz / Last.fm → Navidrome downloader via slskd | Python | +| **[Ainulindale](https://github.com/Quinta0/Ainulindale)** | Fully self-hosted music discovery and streaming stack | Shell | +| **[ObsidianSetup](https://github.com/Quinta0/ObsidianSetup)** | Cross-platform Obsidian and plugin installer — 26 stars | PowerShell | +| **[Nargothrond](https://github.com/Quinta0/Nargothrond)** | Homelab provisioning documentation | Docs | + +
--- -## GitHub Stats +### 05 — Open Source Contributions -[![GitHub Stats](https://github-stats-extended.vercel.app/api?username=Quinta0&show_icons=true&include_all_commits=true&theme=nord)](https://github-stats-extended.vercel.app/api?username=Quinta0&show_icons=true&include_all_commits=true&theme=nord) +**libratbag / libratbag** — reverse-engineered the USB HID protocol for an unsupported gaming mouse, wrote a complete driver from scratch. [PR #1873](https://github.com/libratbag/libratbag/pull/1873) -[![GitHub Stats](https://github-stats-extended.vercel.app/api/top-langs?username=Quinta0&layout=compact&langs_count=6&theme=nord)](https://github-stats-extended.vercel.app/api/top-langs?username=Quinta0&layout=compact&langs_count=6&theme=nord) +**ValveSoftware / steam-for-linux** — diagnosed and fixed a Steam Linux Runtime install bug. [Issue #13248](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/13248) +**Recol / DLSS-Updater** — fixed a UI state desync bug between a popup overlay and the dropdown menu. [PR #252](https://github.com/Recol/DLSS-Updater/pull/252) - -## Connect - -
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